Kentucky IS Southern Living at Its Best

Wow, I am a blog posting machine this morning - I'm so inconsistent with my posting, I go a week without anything new and then you have four posts back to back! At any rate, I have to go on a small rant this morning, and I think you women from Kentucky will understand why.....

I've been a devoted subscriber to Southern Living for the past couple of years. My mother is a subscriber, as well as my grandmother and probably many other women in my extended family. Since I love to cook, the recipes are great - there are also tons of home ideas and great articles on different places to visit in the Southern region (and, I should point out, locales in Kentucky are always prominently featured). For some reason, I haven't gotten the latest issue of Southern Living in the mail - I can only guess that my subscription has expired. While I was at a local Rite Aid last week, I just happened to look in the magazine section to see if they had SL. Imagine my horror when instead of my beloved Southern Living I found a copy of ...... brace yourselves .... MIDWESTERN LIVING. What the hell is this?!?!?! I stand firm in my belief that Kentucky is undoubtedly a Southern Living state. This was confirmed when I got my 2007 Best of Southern Living cookbook in yesterday's mail and noted all the Kentucky influences in the recipes (such as hot browns, bourbon balls, etc.). We might not be the deep South, like Mississippi or Georgia, but by God, all the good things about Kentucky - Derby, horses, bourbon, landscape, charm - are all things Southern. This girl will NEVER switch her subscription over to Midwestern Living!