Where: Frank, in Austin, TX. What: the Carolina Pork It!, which in fact has an exclamation point in its name. A cheese-stuffed dog wrapped in bacon and deep-fried, and topped with great slaw. With whom: Allie, and her friends B. & J. Why: Deep fried. Bacon. Cheese. Slaw. The name. Grade: B+. I had some…
Tag: food
friday nonsense: what’s for dinner
After the year of Everything I Ate, I thought I’d swear off food photography, but lately I’ve actually been remembering to feed myself, and as housewarming gifts I got some gorgeous white plates and gorgeous glass bowls, and, well, here I am, taking pictures of dinner. Don’t they all look good, though?
life list: 100 foods in 100 counties
58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. Chatham County. Foie gras at Fearrington House Restaurant. I’m not super into goose liver, but the meal as a whole was the best I’ve ever eaten. Plus a bonus carved root vegetable from Halloween. Fearrington’s pumpkins were awesome.
life list: 100 foods, 100 counties
One off the 100 foods list … Hot Dipped Fried Chicken from Keaton’s Barbeque, in Cleveland, NC, Rowan County. I need to go back because I think the chicken suffered from a drive to Augusta, GA, in my trunk, which is not Keaton’s fault. But when they say hot, they mean hot. The spice is…
life list: 100 foods, 100 counties
Though my trip to Hickory was only partially successful — baseball-watching thwarted by a thunderstorm and a dead car battery — I did get to cross off three more counties on my Life List item of eating at all of Our State’s 100 Foods In 100 Counties. From top to bottom: Iredell County: Port-A-Pit BBQ,…
life list: learn to roll sushi
49. Learn to roll sushi. Item 49 on my life list is “Learn to roll sushi”, so when I found a sushi-making class at local gourmet cooking heaving A Southern Season, I bought tickets and took shep. for her birthday. Check that off the list! It was even tasty.
hot dogs everywhere: skippy’s, winston-salem
Where: Skippy’s, 624 W 4th St, Winston Salem, NC. What: the chili cheese dog With whom: Allison Why: I love chili cheese dogs. Grade: A-. The dog and the chili were straightforward; loved that they use shredded cheddar for cheese, leaving it to melt on the warm chili, instead of standard orange nacho stuff. The…
life list: 100 foods in 100 counties
This mini-roadtrip with Mama had three purposes: look at art on barns; hang out with Mama; and eat at a few more places on the Our State list of 100 things in eat in North Carolina’s 100 counties. We hit three in two days, and they were all interesting. From top to bottom, the Hot…
baltimore, february 2013
I always eat well when I go home to see my folks.
happy thanksgiving
Here’s to a weekend of sloth and gluttony, and a lot of gratefulness.
brand new kind of photography 