Betty's Trip to Boone Tavern Restaurant--NO RECIPE--

In this video, Betty and her husband, Rick, have dinner out at Boone Tavern Restaurant in Berea, Kentucky.

Boone Tavern Restaurant is owned and operated by Berea College. Berea College came into existence in 1855, the first coeducational and racially-integrated college in the Southern U.S. Now it provides a tuition-free education to (mainly) impoverished Southern Appalachia, as well as students from about 60 other countries. Berea College currently has about 1,500 students and still maintains a work-study program, allowing students to work at least 10 hours per week in lieu of paying tuition. For the past decade, Berea College has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the #1 comprehensive university in the South.

Before having dinner at Boone Tavern Restaurant, Rick and I stopped by a couple of arts and crafts stores to look at jewelry, pottery, and woodcrafts. Berea is considered to be the arts and crafts center of the state of Kentucky. Rick and I were lucky enough to catch Warren A. May in his woodworking shop. He specializes in the making of finely crafted dulcimers. Mr. May was kind enough to give us a little demonstration of dulcimer-playing for this video. If you are interested in his work, please visit his website, www.warrenamay.com.

Inside the Boone Tavern Hotel lobby, we examined a photo gallery of famous past guests, and we also pointed out a copy of Richard T. Hougen's first cookbook, Look No Further, which was published in 1958. Hougen was the director of the Boone Tavern Restaurant from 1935-1975, and created many of the recipes prepared there. After a dinner which included spoonbread, tossed green salad, chicken in a birds nest, pork chops some tricky way, race day pie, and soft drinks, we made our traditional trip to the gift shop to try our hand at Skittles, a game that is played on a finely crafted wooden tray with cut-outs and spindles. We had a great time, as usual, in Berea, but we would have like to have shown you more!

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[mgblue]

lol i think rick has played that game before haha

[bettyskitchen]

@mgblue Yes, he has!

--Betty  :)

[RiMiFoster]

I love that you represent Kentucky so fabulously! :o)

[bettyskitchen]

@RiMiFoster Thanks! I really enjoy going to see things outside my county, and I am surprised at how many interesting and unique things Kentucky has to offer! Thanks for your lovely comment!

--Betty :)

[pegbars]

You all are so cute! :)

I love how you speak. Not necessarily the accent as I have that, too (being from Winchester originally), but the cadence; very measured and deliberate. ;)

Gonna try your beer cheese receipe.. thanks for that. Been a long time since I've had any, and of course, you can't get it here on the east coast.

[bettyskitchen]

Thanks for your sweet comment! It's nice to hear from someone who grew up close by--I've been looking for a way to work Ale-8-1 into my cooking show! I hope you enjoy the beer cheese! I'm sure you will, because you know what to expect! Thanks for viewing and commenting!

--Betty :)

[JackamosLPs]

Rick looks like a greaser with his hair combed like that and its awsome

[bettyskitchen]

I'm glad you liked the trip! Thanks for your lovely comment!

--Betty :)

[1965blaze]

Betty this is so awesome! so nice to see these shops still exist and i love the music thanks for taing us along!

[bettyskitchen]

Hi Patty!

Thanks for your lovely comment! I will pass your compliment along to my husband. We do have good times together!

--Betty :)