My time in Memphis at the big BBQ competition goes down as the best week ever. I drove down with Willie from Honky Tonk BBQ pulling the Southern Yankee Smoker with his big RV. Willie had been tweaking his rub recipe and his sauce recipe for a while and he had a really good idea […]
It was supposed to be on the roof top, but spring is still playing games so we had to move it all inside. Our dinner guests walked through the grocery store, picked out some wine, and then came upstairs to the store room of the grocery store. We set up a dining room among boxes […]
After a stupid busy month last December, I had to decide whether I would start out the New Year fighting the ice on my windshield or jump on a plane to somewhere hot. Needless to say, I just returned from Mexico from a great trip. I took some time to visit places I’d never been […]
The idea of slaughtering an animal with the intent to stew is something that probably never gets into the head of the urban omnivore. But perhaps it should. My experience with Tony the Goat over the past couple of months led me through the world of butchering, animal rights activists, birria, animal cops, goat farming, […]
This is the Omnivore’s Dilemma… I think people who eat meat do so for a variety of reasons. We enjoy the taste and texture We grew up on meaty dishes like roasts, fried chicken, and goat stew We love a good steak We’re cutting down on carbs We like our veggies, but balance this with […]
So that’s the question. Although the overfeeding of geese with intent to fatten has been going on for about 5,000 years, something strange has happened in the City of Chicago, a city known for modernizing and industrializing the stocking and slaughtering of hogs and cattle. It was in Chicago that Upton Sinclair discovered the inspiration […]