The 34 most delicious, mostly ghetto things I ate & drank in 2018
A ton of cheap eats in 2018 yielded a delicious array of American road food mixed with the occasional European classic. Here's one man's year in food. 34. Gas station…
This pork-packed Key West Cubano breakfast sandwich is la bomba!
The amazing El Cubano breakfast sandwich at The Fisherman's Cafe in Key West is packed with eggs, melty Swiss cheese and three (3!) kinds of pork. Sometimes a roadside sandwich…
I put South Carolina BBQ sauce on my South Carolina BBQ sauce
Mustard-based South Carolina-style barbecue sauce is packed with flavor and a bright yellow color that really makes smoked meat pop off the plate. Was delighted to enjoy crispy smoked hot…
Nobody cares if you check into Key West airport drinking booze
Key West is probably America's greatest drinking town. Here's a little proof: I checked into Key West International Airport the other day drinking my last cup of beer from Sloppy Joe's down on Duval…
Crab cakes Benedict is my fucking jam, baby
Crab cakes Benedict at Huey's Southern Cafe in Savannah, Georgia. My F-150 has a bumper sticker on it that says "I brake for crab cakes Benedict." OK. That's a lie.…
Hot take: shit on a shingle deserves more love and respect
Shit on a shingle at Mill Dam Corner Grille in Hebron, Ohio. Shit on a shingle is an American classic. It’s cheap, yummy and delicious. It deserves more love. Certainly…
Lips & assholes: France’s original, um, rustic andouille sausage
Toto we're not in Louisiana anymore. A delicious look at the folded intestines inside the original andouille of Vire, France. Got the stomach for rustic old European sausage-making tradition? You’ll…
West Virginia bartender pouring beer, wearing open-carry sidearm
They do things a little differently in West Virginia. This bartender was walking around one of the local sports bars with an open-carry pistol as Mountaineers fans last week celebrated…
Take a look inside Ireland’s best whiskey bar
Wall of whiskey at Dick Mack's pub, many of the whiskeys quite rare (and quite expensive). Love Irish whiskey? You'll love Dick Mack's Pub. Dick Mack's is a popular landmark in Dingle,…
The pancake pot pie at Ellen’s in Dallas is true breakfast genius
The amazing multi-layered pancake pot pie at Ellen's in Dallas. Every now and then an item leaps off a menu and reaches out into your soul. The menu at Ellen's, red-hot…
Battle-scarred Verdun: the saddest city in France
“Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades - words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.” - All Quiet on the Western Front Verdun is a small city on…
Behold the world’s No. 1 greatest beer (hint: it’s from Bavaria!)
A trio of Schlenkerla Marzen rauchbier I love all those nouveau American hop bombs and porridge-thick New England IPAs just as much as the next guy. But the reality is…