My latest story for Serious Eats is about my favorite barbecue sandwich in town, and definitely one of the top five barbecue sandwiches I’ve ever tasted. Click on the yellow slaw to read more…

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I haven’t been able to complete my story for this week, mostly because I was busy wrapping up my latest piece of Serious Eats! If you haven’t already seen my coverage of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, click through the following series of pieces to learn about the largest pork competition [...]

Eaters of Earth,
I was hoping beyond hope to get my usual New York story up today, but the fact that I leave for the 2010 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest at 8am tomorrow has placed an all-stop on my regular blogging commitment.
While walking along the banks of the Mississippi, I’ll be hanging with the Mills [...]

After almost a year away from the Deep South, I’m finally back in North Carolina. I’ll be bouncing around the state for the better part of a week, tearing through the Hold Steady catalogue and conducting small n research for what I hope will be the book proposal that gets me a publisher’s ear in [...]

On the morning of June 11, Federal Express dropped a large package on my doormat. It consisted of two wholesale boxes of Big Dipper Ice Cream Cones, bonded, sealed and shipped from Memphis less than twenty four hours prior.
The name on the return address was Matt Allen, the man I’ve been proud to call my [...]