Vote for your favorite restaurant serving burgoo in Kentucky
How do you burgoo? Unless you happen to have spent time in Kentucky’s “burgoo belt,” you might not be familiar with this highly regional stew that’s a staple on the menu of barbecue joints throughout the state. This dish has competing origin stories; some say that it came from Wales and found its way to Kentucky via Virginia. Others claim it was created by French chef Gustave Jaubert while serving a Confederate general in 1860. There are multiple variations of the dish as well, with meats ranging from beef, chicken, pork and mutton to pigeon, rabbit and squirrel finding their way into the stew pot. Vote for your favorite once per day until voting ends on Tuesday, February 26 at noon ET. The 10 winning restaurants will be announced on 10Best.com on Friday, March 8. Read the official Readers' Choice rules here.
How do you burgoo? Unless you happen to have spent time in Kentucky’s “burgoo belt,” you might not be familiar with this highly regional stew that’s a staple on the menu of barbecue joints throughout the state. This dish... Read More
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Alan Cornett
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Alan Cornett, chief eater and writer for Eat Kentucky, is always searching for Kentucky's hidden food treasures, and he considers the Kentucky Hot Brown to be a perfect food. He lives in Lexington with his wife and three daughters where he also works as a Realtor. Follow him on Instagram.
Alan Cornett
Alan Cornett, chief eater and writer for Eat Kentucky, is always searching for Kentucky's hidden food treasures, and he considers the Kentucky Hot Brown to be a perfect food. He lives in Lexington with his wife and three daughters where he also works as a Realtor. Follow him on Instagram.
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