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• 11.24.08
  Road Trip Edition: But I forgot my instant-read thermometer eating out | (15)

  Disappointment compounding on disappointment:  Not only is the world's largest, oldest cured ham off limits on Mondays BUT the Bob's Big Boys in the rest stops along I-95 in Maryland no longer have breakfast buffets -  they've restructured the rest stop to make room for some bullshit seafood restaurant, like we're all stopping at the Maryland House to refill the tank, take a shit and grab some nice dover sole with rice pilaf. Where are my powdered eggs? My biscuits with chipped beef in gravy? My unlimited bacon? My scrapple, that I don't actually eat but find endlessly fascinating?  I DEMAND ...

  Tagged: barbecue, barbeque, BBQ, bob's big boy, hygiene, north carolina, road trip, virginia
  
• 09.06.08
  Eating Out: The Left Bank in Pictures eating out | (12)

  Goddamn it, I fucking LOVE DUCK. We've been to The Left Bank, one of the more upscale restaurants on the Outer Banks, twice this week, once for cocktails and munchies and once for dinner. Chef de Cuisine Joel Sardinha is assisted by, among others, my nephew Ryan and the peripatetic Dodge Draffin, but that's no reason not to go.* *Rim shot! Continue Reading...

  Tagged: dining, duck, eating out, joel sardinha, left bank, north carolina, restaurant, sanderling
  
• 06.01.08
  Smoke-a-Thon 2008: Porc a la Mode du Caroline du Nord BBQ, pork, sauces, veg | (23)

  Is everyone tired of pork yet? Not a rhetorical question. We come now to the final installment of Smoke-a-Thon 2008, semi-classic North Carolina-style pulled pork with my in-demand potato salad as your special bonus with purchase. I'm not sure what I'm more tired of doing: eating pork, editing pictures of pork, looking at leftover pork or writing about pork, so I'm a little relieved that we've come to the last chapter. Note, however, the bacon exception: I am not currently, and do not foresee ever being tired of eating, photographing or writing about bacon. I'm fairly certain that the ...

  Tagged: barbecue, barbeque, BBQ, canon, cooking, food, grilling, north carolina, pork, powershot
  

...as of late

• You are so not off the hook
• 2008, Over and Out
• Weekend Frig: Yes, I am 12 Years Old
• Waiting for Santa
• Waterloo du patisserie, deuxieme
• Waterloo du patisserie, le premiere part.
• Cheap Ass Monday: Cuddle up with a big bowl of Cheerios
• I didn’t have a single drink, ocifer.