Month: October 2015

Gurus and reviewers, North Carolina

North Carolina Barbecue in the News 2

I think Calvin Trillin may have read Jim Shahin’s article in the Washington Post, because he has an article in the New Yorker that covers some of the same ground.  http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/02/in-defense-of-the-true-cue.  Or maybe he just wanted the magazine to pay for him to go to North Carolina and eat barbecue.  Who wouldn’t? Trillin focuses on the Campaign for Real Barbecue, http://www.truecue.org,  a group that identifies … Continue reading North Carolina Barbecue in the News 2

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North Carolina Barbecue in the News

David Boyd pointed me to this Washington Post article by Jim Shahin about barbecue in North Carolina. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/why-north-carolinas-barbecue-scene-is-still-smoldering/2015/09/20/019564f6-5c9d-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html You should read the article.  Shahin explores changes in approaches to barbecue as the state’s population changes — small places like Grady’s — the traditional, pit-cooked whole hog with hush puppies, Brunswick Stew, slaw and boiled potatoes — are disappearing, largely because pit-cooked barbecue involves extra expense … Continue reading North Carolina Barbecue in the News

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Alabama

Alabama Tour de Barbecue – The Jim and Nick’s Tour Continues

My friend Ed Still is an outstanding attorney — he’s known as the best appellate lawyer in Alabama — and a stalwart of the voting rights bar nationally.  It is always a pleasure to work with him.  We currently have a First Amendment case together and we met on it a couple of times during my most recent Alabama Tour de Barbecue.  We had dinner, … Continue reading Alabama Tour de Barbecue – The Jim and Nick’s Tour Continues

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The Alabama Tour de Barbecue Continues

What do you do the day after a football game in Tuscaloosa?  Why, you eat barbecue.   That’s just what Nancy and I did after church on the day after the Alabama-Arkansas game.  We met friends – Paul and Kelly and Sammy and Isaac Horwitz at the Jim and Nick’s in Tuscaloosa.  (Actually, they style themselves Jim ‘N Nick’s, but I oppose capitalizing the letter … Continue reading The Alabama Tour de Barbecue Continues

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Alabama – Football and Barbecue in Tuscaloosa

After Church and Family, the most important things in Alabama are football and barbecue – followed by pie, ‘nana pudding, non-vegetarian vegetables,* fishing, hunting, corn bread, biscuits, sitting by the lake or on the beach drinking beer, and pimento cheese.  Cornell University scientists determined (by studying twitter activity) that the favorite activity in Alabama is eating.  The favorite activity in Ohio is sitting, and folks … Continue reading Alabama – Football and Barbecue in Tuscaloosa

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Dreamland, Montgomery, Alabama Revisited

I was in Montgomery for depositions and went to Dreamland for dinner with Census data guru Tony Fairfax of Hampton, VA. I noticed that they had sausage on the menu, and ordered a link. The sausage was good, and there was more of it before I bothered to take a picture.  It was not Conecuh Sausage good, but it made a nice appetizer. I ordered … Continue reading Dreamland, Montgomery, Alabama Revisited

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Demetri’s, Homewood, Alabama

Demetri’s has been in the center of Homewood, a Birmingham suburb, since 1961.  It’s one of the real old-line barbecue places, along with the Golden Rule and Ollie’s of Blessed Memory. Curiously, Playboy magazine (read it for the articles and, I suppose, the restaurant reviews) named it as having the best breakfast in the South.  I’ve had breakfast there and it was great, but then … Continue reading Demetri’s, Homewood, Alabama

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