Month: October 2019

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The Best Cheese in the World is from America

We pause for breaking news. Regular readers will recall the recent report by Ross Eisenbrey, one of our Senior France Correspondents, on Fleur de Lys in Gruyères, Switzerland, home of an ethereal Civet de Chevereuil, or venison stew as it is known here in the États-Unis d’Amérique.  As the restaurant was in Gruyères, we noted in passing the dominance of Gruyere in international cheese competitions. … Continue reading The Best Cheese in the World is from America

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North Carolina, Top Places

Back to Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge, Shelby, North Carolina

My favorite, or certainly one of my favorite, barbecue meals ever was at Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge.  You can, and should, read that review here.  It was on Day 2 of my three-day, three-a-day North Carolina Piedmont Tour de Barbecue a while back.  So while we were in Charlotte for the Griffin – Duckworth wedding, Nancy and I decided to drive to Red Bridges for … Continue reading Back to Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge, Shelby, North Carolina

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North Carolina

Sweet Lew’s, Charlotte, North Carolina

After delicious meals at Lexington Barbecue #1 and Noble Smoke, I looked about for another barbecue place for lunch on Friday.  I naturally consulted the experts at  Barbecue Bros.  As I mentioned in the Noble Smoke review, the Bros rated Jon G’s, a food truck that’s usually in the next county, ahead of both Noble Smoke and Sweet Lew’s.  I called and found that they … Continue reading Sweet Lew’s, Charlotte, North Carolina

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North Carolina, ribs, Top Places

Noble Smoke, Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte need no longer skulk about when people are talking about barbecue.  Noble Smoke has arrived and Charlotte can hold its head high: they have a Top Place. It was not always so.  Famously, when Charlotte was announced as the site of the 2012 Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama touted Charlotte’s “great barbecue.”  Mayor Anthony Foxx, perhaps America’s most honest elected official since … George Washington … Continue reading Noble Smoke, Charlotte, North Carolina

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North Carolina, Top Places

Back to Lexington Barbecue #1, Lexington, North Carolina

How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways. Why does Lexington Barbecue #1 make me quote poetry, as it did in my first review, here?   For now, let’s just say that if you come across a Best Barbecue list that does not include Lexington #1 just tear it up and throw it straight into the trash.  Well, if you’re looking at the Best … Continue reading Back to Lexington Barbecue #1, Lexington, North Carolina

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An Important Health Alert

Here at the Blog, we are very concerned with public health, and want our readers to keep up with the latest scientific discoveries.  We have provided scientific analysis of appropriate barbecue sauce ingredients and the respective health effects of eating foods from pork to boiled peanuts to pot likker and greens; and warned of the dangers of Lone Star Ticks.  The Blog has, indeed, reconciled current scientific studies on … Continue reading An Important Health Alert

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DC and Maryland

Chez Hammons 2019, Washington, DC

Regular readers will recall the annual Hammons-Guy cookout as one of the heights of the Washington, DC, social season, and, along with the Annual Beer Snob Pig Picking in Lumberton, North Carolina, and The Great Independence Day Barbecue here at Stately Tanner Manor, one of the red letter barbecue events of the year.  This year, they kicked it up yet another notch. As with any great … Continue reading Chez Hammons 2019, Washington, DC

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California, Other foods

Chambers Landing Restaurant and Bar, Tahoma, California

Or is Chambers Landing in Homewood, California?  The internet suggests it’s in Homewood, an unincorporated community of some 200 souls, but you know how the internet lies.  Tahoma is an actual town that actually appears on some maps.  But the important point is that Chambers Landing is on Lake Tahoe.  Either way, you should go there and enjoy a lovely meal at Chambers Landing. Michael … Continue reading Chambers Landing Restaurant and Bar, Tahoma, California

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California, Other foods

Azul Latin Kitchen, South Lake Tahoe, California

Spoiler alert:  Azul Latin Kitchen is the best place to eat in South Lake Tahoe.  It’s great for a number of reasons, but first we need to get to Lake Tahoe. We left Sacramento bound for Lake Tahoe after taking a 10k walk on a 107 degree day in August (well, we walked in the morning when it was much cooler).  We picked up Liza, Michael, … Continue reading Azul Latin Kitchen, South Lake Tahoe, California

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