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Article: Taste of the south: Hot browns
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- Southern Living
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright Southern Progress Corporation Apr 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This Louisville specialty is a delicious piece of Southern history.
Mention "Hot Brown," and folks either look mystified or they immediately call to mind an open-- faced turkey sandwich smothered in a delicate cheese sauce and topped with crisp bacon strips. It originated at The Brown Hotel (now The Camberley Brown) in Louisville in 1923.
The hotel's current executive chef, Joe Castro, comes from a big food family; he and brother John Castro, executive chef at Winston's Restaurant and a culinary instructor at Louisville's Sullivan University, often cook together. "A little friendly competition is good," Joe says, "but when it comes to the Hot Brown, we have varying opinions." Joe wouldn't ...