It doesn’t matter whether you spell it Barbecue, Barbeque or BBQ; it’s still America’s entry into the Great Cuisines of the World. Practically every state in the Union has its own style. Well, okay; maybe California doesn’t; and that’s just fine with the rest of us. After all, they’ve got Schwarzenegger movies any time they [...] Read more »

Beans are one of Nature’s great foods. They deliver wonderful nutrition, dry and store nicely, and are versatile ingredients in so many dishes.
Here in Texas, we like our pintos, as well as black beans, red beans, butter beans, navy beans and more. They’re comfort food, especially once the weather turns a mite nippy out.
While we’re [...] Read more »

Kids don’t like them, usually. Even Presidents don’t like them. They’re so unpopular that it only takes 300 acres of them to supply the whole USA’s demand for half a year.
The Brits eat them, when they can’t get peas. A pundit once opined, “The English have only three vegetables, and two of them are cabbage.” [...] Read more »

I love to read about food. I don’t subscribe to many magazines, but I often pick up issues at bookstores. If I think there’s a lot of neat stuff inside I’ll buy a copy.
That happened to me recently with two magazines: The new Food Network Magazine, and the current copy of Every Day with Rachel [...] Read more »

Finally the weather’s cold enough to think about football. If you’re a true football fan, you’re required you know how to prepare tailgating fare for you and all the lazy camp followers friends and family who come with you to the game to drink your beer and eat you out of house and home cheer [...] Read more »

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The Death Match took almost five hours, and as in all good death matches, only one contestant survived.
This time, it was the human who triumphed.
Brad Sciullo, from western Pennsylvania, took less than the time limit to consume the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser, a fifteen pound burger with five pounds of condiments on board. [...] Read more »

Today is my darling brides’ birthday. (I’d tell you how old, but then we’d need a new blog writer for the Underground.) I’ll keep this short; we’ve got places to go and parties to crash!
Here’s a seafood dish for tomorrow, if you’re of the persuasion:

Spicy Shrimp With Red Devil Sauce

At first, the preparation may appear [...] Read more »

Enough with the fancy food already! Let’s talk hot dogs, that versatile (and some could argue, singularly American) toob steak we all love…
Oh yes, we do take our dogs seriously. Where else can you find competitive eating events like Nathan’s on Fourth of July? (We’re big-hearted about this, though; we even let Japanese competitors try.) [...] Read more »