Article: Kentucky's other pride and joy: burgoo

A lot of tasty things come from Kentucky. Some, like bourbon and barbecue, have traveled the country and the world, staking the Bluegrass State's claim for producing top-notch whiskey and delicious slow-cooked meats.

Others, like the regional specialty known as burgoo, never really left their home turf. Outside of western Kentucky, there are few restaurants serving the meaty stew that's become a spring and summer staple here.

Kentuckians aren't complaining. They're happy to have burgoo to themselves. May kicks off the burgoo season in Owensboro, a city of 65,000 on the Ohio River between Cincinnati and St. Louis. Rising from the green, rolling countryside, Owensboro -- about a five-hour ...

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