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Lone Star Pit BBQ Stands Alone
Every barbeque fanatic has a personal preference about which style, or styles, are the best. Southerners often favor the type of barbeque he or she grew up eating. Personally, I come from the barbeque wasteland of Ohio. While many of us Northerners missed out on growing up with a strong and specific barbeque culture, those […]
Mint Condition: Outstanding Indian Food in Chapel Hill
In New York I was introduced to Indian food while working at the wonderful restaurant Tabla. When visiting the famed “curry row” in mid-town Manhattan or in Queens at the epicenter of all things Indian in Jackson Heights I had no trouble falling for this enchanting cuisine. My uncle Wes in Chapel Hill, North Carolina […]
The Pit – Right on “Que”
Amanda and I were first introduced to The Pit restaurant’s eastern North Carolina style barbeque two years ago at New York City’s Big Apple Barbeque Festival in Madison Square Park. After tasting The Pit’s memorable chopped pork sandwiches from their street setup in New York City we made sure to stop at The Pit’s permanent […]
It Starts Young, Cooking With Kids
During our stay in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Brian and I offered to make dinner. When my young cousin Sofia, 5, and younger brother Jackson,2, announced that she wanted to help Brian and I make dinner for her family we immediately accepted the help and got a stool! I was always welcomed as a child to […]
Pork, Catfish, and Bluegrass in Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a beautiful college town and home to the University of North Carolina. Just as in any good college town there are some great, funky restaurants and many bars playing live music. Amanda’s aunt and uncle Wes and Tania (and their two kids) who live in Chapel Hill took us to […]
Good Times in Greensboro
Our next stop in North Carolina, after the beach, was to Greensboro and nearby Sea Grove to visit my Aunt Nancy and cousin Karen. During our stay in Greensboro, Karen and Aunt Nancy took Amanda and I to a popular downtown brewpub and to my aunt’s beautiful community dining room to eat. Karen also took […]
Jumping Mullets!
Large Styrofoam cups are constantly being re-filled with sweet, cold, crisp, strongly brewed tea, cool air being is pushed around by the ceiling fans, the walls are colored a nice sandy yellow and covered with pictures of local prize catches; this is the atmosphere greets us as we walk into the Fish Hook Grill on […]
Camp on the Cape
As a newcomer to this whole camping thing, our latest venture was quite the test for me. My Uncle Wes and Aunt Tania took us to a favorite spot of theirs in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. After arriving on the coast, we boarded a ferry to drop us off on the beach of […]
Down-Home Hibachi
A down-home hibachi is not really a hibachi at all. It is actually a Weber Grill without any legs that is propped up on cinder blocks in the backyard. Uncle Mike from Saluda, North Carolina proclaimed that his beloved old grill was a hibachi when the legs fell off, lowering it significantly to the ground. […]
Mountain Pizza
As we hear my Uncle Mike’s truck pulling up the mountain in the late afternoon drizzle, we know dinner is here. Luckily, Brian and my cousins are almost back from a swim in the pond, so they can get cleaned up and have dinner with us. As they walk up to the porch with a […]