Skip to Main Content

‘Kentucky Life’ tells the story of Wade Houston of Louisville, a new cookbook by author Aimee Zaring; the nation’s first commercial winery, established in 1799 in Kentucky; and a mural that honors the African American community of Jonesville

PressRoom

‘Kentucky Life’ tells the story of Wade Houston of Louisville, a new cookbook by author Aimee Zaring; the nation’s first commercial winery, established in 1799 in Kentucky; and a mural that honors the African American community of Jonesville

For Release: 04/03/23 7:00 AM

On this episode of Kentucky Life, host Chip Polston talks with Wade Houston, a Louisville businessman and former basketball coach at Male High School and the University of Louisville; visits with Aimee Zaring, who in a new cookbook explores the recipes and journeys of refugees living in Kentucky; retraces the history of the First Vineyard, the first commercial winery in the United States, established in 1799 by Kentucky state statute; and explores a Buon fresco mural that honors the once thriving African American community of Jonesville in Bowling Green.

Kentucky Life
KET Saturday, April 15 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Monday, April 17 • 7/6 pm     
Watch on-demand at KET.org and on the PBS app

Kentucky Life is a KET production, produced by Casey Harris and Reeve Daulton. View more Kentucky Life episodes online, as well as those from KET’s archives, at KET.org/KentuckyLife.

KET is Kentucky’s largest classroom, where learning comes to life for more than two million people each week via television, online and mobile. Learn more about Kentucky’s preeminent public media organization at KET.org, on Twitter @KET and at facebook.com/KET.

Contact:

Elizabeth Greenfield
Director of Marketing and Communications
859-258-7749
egreenfield@ket.org