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Make your reservation ( https://www.hollyhillinn.com/cassoulet ) for our annual Cassoulet Feast here at the Inn! Join us for Dinner or Brunch throughout the weekend and enjoy one of our most special, traditional meals complete with ceremonial crust cracking by Chefs Ouita and Tyler.Cassoulet is a dish, a dinner, a tradition, a literary inspiration, an expression of an ancient culinary heritage, a celebration with friends.
Our earliest menus date back to 2001, the second year Holly Hill Inn was open under Chris and Ouita Michel’s ownership. Our old friend and food historian Clay McClure was in the kitchen at the time and her research has informed our Cassoulet ever since.
While working at the University of Kentucky King Library Press, Clay published an ode to Cassoulet written by the poet Franc-Nohain. A beautifully printed copy of it was given to guests at our 2010 Cassoulet.
After hosting Cassoulets in 2001 and 2002, Holly Hill Inn has made them an annual tradition since 2007. We always take a moment to wish a Joyeux Anniversaire to Prosper Montagné, author of the Larousse Gastronomique and one of the great French gastronomes, and schedule our Cassoulet on or around his November 14 birthday.
In 1929, to settle a long-running dispute over which cities could lay claim to Cassoulet, Montagné issued the following decree “God the Father is the cassoulet of Castelnaudary, God the Son that of Carcassone, and the Holy Spirit that of Toulouse.”
Like all our Cassoulets before it, this year’s menu adheres to tradition. We offer a cheese plate, Kentucky pâté de campagne, and oysters on the half shell for optional starters, following Julia Child’s recommendation that a Cassoulet should always commence with oysters and champagne. And naturellement, Chris will have special wine selections available by the glass, flight and bottle!
Á Votre Santé!
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426 N Winter St, Midway, KY, United States, Kentucky 40347
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