I confess I was a shameless ridiculer of the new meat-substitute products that have flooded the market and taken even fast food...

I am lucky to have family nearby––if I'm ever feeling lonesome in Charlotte or need a change of pace, it's an easy 90 minute drive up to...

I excitedly watched the weekend weather forecast for the Charlotte metro area develop over the past week––a massive winter storm was set...

Perhaps it was the sense of impending doom resulting from waking up every day in this pandemic, now again in a terrible phase, that...

Unless you've been living under a rock, y'all know that things are getting bad out there again with the virus. For this and mental health...

You may have heard a bit of hubbub about ramps in recent years. Or maybe you haven't––I myself hadn't heard of them until five or six...

I wasn't planning to double down on my Lao food posts, but holy shit people... this recipe. Larb has been called the national dish of...

My sister signed me up for a monthly spice delivery service, Spice Madam, for my Christmas gift, and I have thoroughly enjoyed getting my...

Here's a quick post for a quick, healthy, easy-peasy, and super ethical snack to inaugurate a new series about various ways to reduce our...

My mini-crusade to improve my choices and shift my life toward a more ethical food trajectory has involved a multitude of little...

Today I present another of my neglected posts from back in the early parts of quarantine in Iowa, with the hopes that you, too can find...

Something I learned from my first visit to Stone Barns is how corporatized and streamlined our food experience has become. There are...

One of the cooler trends we've been seeing emerge during the pandemic from restaurants are take-home, heat-and-eat style dinners. These...

Despite writing it up, I'd never posted this gem from back in the depths of Iowa quarantine in March 2020, but figured no time like the...

This short and sweet blog post is dedicated to the impending first week of classes, a time when I need short and sweet (and comforting!)...

I really enjoyed issuing a series of absolutely meaningless "Big Drunk Gay" awards last year, highlighting the very best things I ate,...

Like much of the country, I woke up on Wednesday morning feeling pretty darn terrible. Not just because of the amount of rum I drank the...

I always love exploring the various cuisines of the world, but know relatively little about African culinary traditions. I have, however,...

Now that I am back in the south, some of my memories of the south come back from time to time, and my discovery of the wonders of grits...

Ah, we have a new series to inaugurate! "Quarantine Cuisine" no longer seemed quite right, since I am, for all intents and purposes, not...