I love B’s. B’s is one of the great classic whole hog over wood coals places of Eastern North Carolina. I posted about B’s once before, back in 2015. I commend that piece to you. It was a wonderful visit. Back then I was able to arrive at 11:30 and only had a short wait, mainly because a light rain turned heavy and the summer … Continue reading B’s Barbecue, Greenville, North Carolina

I recently wrote in great excitement (see here) about Manifest Bread in Riverdale Park (at 6208 Rhode Island Avenue). I also was excited about their sandwiches, especially their muffuletta on Saturdays. Well, I’ve been and I’ve tried one, and I’m happy to announce that Manifest Bread, which bakes sensational bread, also produces a fine muffuletta, the best I’ve had here in the Washington area. The … Continue reading A Delicious Muffuletta Comes to the Washington Region

Nancy and I were dropping off some donations at the Smile Store at St. Peter’s in Lusby when we ran into our friend and neighbor, Eric Zabiegalski. You remember Eric. You first first met him here. He has a new book out, UnThink, about developing mental flexibility. I bought a copy (he said I was mentioned in it) via Amazon, and Mr. Bezos and his … Continue reading Chaptico Market & Deli, Chaptico, St. Mary’s County, Maryland

Here’s the headline: Direct heat pork barbecue comes to Virginia! Subhead: And whole hogs barbecue is on the way! Direct heat is the classic and best way to cook pork barbecue, with coals below the pork, not off to the side as in Texas beef barbecue. Indeed, as one venerable pitmaster put it, “If pork fat ain’t dripping down on the coals, it ain’t barbecue.” … Continue reading Two Drummers Smokehouse, Toano, Virginia

I went back to Allman’s at 1299 Emancipation Highway (US 1) in Fredericksburg with an eye to updating my list of the Ten Best barbecue places in Virginia. Allman’s made that list easily, and you can read a lot of background here, including a discussion of sauces, etc. Briefly, Allman’s is a long-time landmark that had sunk into the mediocracy of gas-assisted cooking until rescued … Continue reading Allman’s Bar-B-Q, Fredericksburg, Virginia

When I was beginning my pizza survey a while back, I heard a lot about Pizzeria Da Marco at 8008 Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda, an affluent suburb of Washington. It took me a while to get there in large part because the smallest pizza is 12 inches in diameter. Most small pizzas around here are 10 inches, which is about right for me, and a … Continue reading Pizzeria Da Marco, Bethesda, Maryland

I decided to return to Smokehouse Barbecue Shack at 29084 Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville over in St. Mary’s County. I hadn’t been for a while and wanted to see if their ribs were still among the best in the Washington area, and to have another go at their pit beef. I also owed them a Campaign for Real Barbecue window sticker, as Smokehouse BBQ … Continue reading Smokehouse Barbecue Shack, Mechanicsville, St. Mary’s County, Maryland