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Three books lean against a black pot. Below, an herb and two cloves of garlic sit. Text reads, "Eating the Past."
Eating the Past

Eating the Past: Kentucky Bourbon

By Jamie Sanders
Published August 7, 2023 at 1:27 PM MDT
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Why did Bourbon become associated with Kentucky? Today over 95% of the world's Bourbon is made in Kentucky.

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Jamie Sanders
Jamie Sanders is a historian of Latin America at Utah State and his family’s cook. He grew up in the rural South and loves its regional cuisine, but a study abroad trip to the Yucatán when he was a teenager really awakened him to international food culture.
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