July 6th is “National Fried Chicken Day”! To encourage your celebration of this most important day, here’s round-up of some things that I’ve done about fried chicken: A fun video: Some articles: “The History of Fried Chicken in London,” James Fitzgerald, The Londonist, Aug. 21, 2017. “The South’s Best Fried Chicken,” Adrian Miller, Southern Living, Aug. […]
July 4th Meal Recap–Especially Those Alligator Legs!
Let’s face it. When one wants to be an known as a barbecue expert, one’s grill game has to be tight. At this point in my life, I’m far better at eating barbecue than cooking it. My dad usually handles the barbecuing during the summer holidays, but I volunteered to cook the Fourth of […]
Soul Food Advisory: Catfish Haven, Denver, Colorado
For whatever reason, two people from very different parts of my life mentioned Catfish Haven during the past week. So when a catfish-loving friend visiting Denver asked me to take to her to a spot, I immediately thought of Catfish Haven. We got there right before closing time (the kitchen closes at 9 pm, […]
BBQ Advisory–BigMista’s Barbecue & Sammich Shop, Long Beach, CA
I was going to post this in a few days, but I just saw this in Jenn Harris’s June 19th “Daily Dish” column for the Los Angeles Times: “Long Beach is about to lose some serious BBQ. Neil Strawder and his wife Phyllis announced they would close Bigmista’s Barbecue & Sammich Shop in a cryptic […]