Dear readers, A while back, Layne Mosler of Taxi Gourmet approached J.O. and me with her newest project: a series of self-guided food tours, written by local experts and sold through a mobile app used to explore good food throughout the world. I signed on because Layne’s approach to food is very much like my [...]
My latest column for Serious Eats is the first of two stories on Chicago’s Southside, where ribs come fiercely smoky and typically smothered in a barbecue sauce that is not for the meek.
My latest pieces for Serious Eats explore the medium-rare delight of Maryland’s Pit Beef sandwich and plumb the full menu at this year’s Big Apple Barbecue Block Party. New York’s Annual Moment in Barbecue Maryland Pit Beef: Barbecue in Rare Form
My latest barbecue columns for Serious Eats focus on America’s regional barbecue sauces and a hunt for the best barbecue pork ribs in Manhattan. A Guide to American Barbecue Sauce Styles Regional Barbecue Sauces Available by Mail-Order The Best Barbecue Pork Ribs in Manhattan Oh, and sandwiches! A Sandwich a Day: Charles’ Grilled Cheese at [...]
My newest barbecue column for Serious Eats is an extensive guide to regional barbecue cooking styles in the United States of America. I don’t suggest reading this one on an empty stomach.
Robert F. Moss’ Barbecue: The History of an American Institution The Serious Eats Barbecue Style Guide, Part I My newest barbecue columns for Serious Eats review some essential barbecue reading and set out the first part of what will become a fairly epic guide to barbecue styles in the United States of America. Yyyabba Dabba [...]
Part One: Roundup Part Two: Judging My newest barbecue columns for Serious Eats tell the story of my experience as a first-time certified KCBS judge at “The Jack,” America’s most prestigious barbecue competition. As is to be expected in the world of controversial foods, the most passionate of barbecue partisans have negative things to say. [...]
My newest barbecue column for Serious Eats is the last of the stories I’ve written on my recent trip through the Carolinas. This piece is about the experience of eating at Scott’s Variety Store and Bar-B-Que, a country smoke house that is enough to make a man believe every barbecue legend in the book. Click [...]
My newest barbecue column for Serious Eats is the third of four stories I’m writing on my recent trip through the Carolinas. This piece includes a set of reviews focused on the region stretching from Columbia to Charleston in South Carolina. Referred to by some as “The Mustard Belt,” this area is known for pairing [...]
My newest barbecue column for Serious Eats is the second of four stories I’m writing on my recent trip through the Carolinas. This piece is devoted to the incredible side dishes of North and South Carolina. Featured: Brunswick stew, hush puppies and the Palmetto state’s barbecue hash (pictured above), which is essentially the American South’s [...]
