yay, i have barbecue. real barbecue, not just the grilled burgers and whatever that non-southerners (and englishers) refer to incorrectly as barbecue. real barbecue is chopped up (very) tender meat (pork or beef) mixed with a vinegar-based sauce. (sauce recipes are closely guarded secrets.) NC is known throughout the south for its barbecue. it's ( Read more... )

i'm havin' irn-bru for breakfast! the bright orange energy drink the scots conductor on the gner train from edinburgh told me was the national drink o' scotland! it is invigorating! if i had a claymore i'd wave it around excitedly! i'm also havin' the cake and the tarte au framboises that S made last night in my honour. she cooked and it was ( Read more... )

i can't stop reading food porn (those are both in french). food blogs. especially the blog of the NYT restaurant critic, frank bruni. (which reminds me of how when i was a sophomore at mills, something like nine years ago, i used to sit up in cpm 200 - i was a computer lab assistant - with the NYT spread out on the desk, reading the restaurant ( Read more... )