Eating Your Way Across Kentucky

by West, Gary P.; Crawford, Byron

• ISBN13: 9780979002519
• ISBN10: 0979002516
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-20
• Publisher: Acclaim Pr

Summary

"The cook's not gonna like it if you put catsup on 'em" the waiter whispered, nodding to my plate. I quickly replied that i was the one paying for it and I didn't care what the cook thought. Bring me some catsup. Seconds later, as if a Hollywood central casting department were involved, a stocky fellow wearing white pants, a sleeveless undershirt covered by a semi-white apron, with an assortment of stains, some of which sure did look alot like blood, arrived at my table. In one hand was a meat cleaver. The hand could have easily held a bottle of catsup. But it didn't. In a not so friendly voice he asked, "Is there a problem?" Suddenly I realized I didn't need catsup after all. Would I go back there? You're darn right I would. The steak was good and those fries were some of the best I've ever eaten. But more important, for years it has provided me with a story to tell.

Author Biography

Gary P. West grew up in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and attented Western Kentucky University before graduating from the University of Kentucky with a degree in journalism in 1967. At UK he was a daily sports editor for the Kentucky Kernel. In 2005 he wrote the state-wide bestseller, also published by Acclaim Press, King Kelly Coleman-Kentucky's Greatest Basketball Legend.