Dreams come true at the Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Thrift Store
There is a Magic Kingdom of baked cheese snacks where childhood dreams come true. It’s called the Pepperidge Farm Thrift store. There’s one in Richmond,
Fry sauce changed my life and it will change your life, too
So there’s a really cool regional American condiment called fry sauce. It originated in Utah in the 1940s and it’s served there and in surrounding states today
John Glenn’s birthplace (+killer hot wings!) on The National Road
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on this date 57 years ago: Feb. 20, 1962. I visited Glenn’s birthplace on a
The 34 most delicious, mostly ghetto things I ate & drank in 2018
A ton of cheap eats in 2018 yielded a delicious array of American road food mixed with the occasional European classic. Here’s one man’s year
This pork-packed Key West Cubano breakfast sandwich is la bomba!
Sometimes a roadside sandwich reaches deep into your soul and caresses it with the love of the angels. Such was the case with the El
I put South Carolina BBQ sauce on my South Carolina BBQ sauce
Was delighted to enjoy crispy smoked hot wings doused in South Carolina-style barbecue sauce recently at a cool waterfront craft beer-and-barbecue joint called Q on Bay in
Nobody cares if you check into Key West airport drinking booze
Key West is probably America’s greatest drinking town. Here’s a little proof: I checked into Key West International Airport the other day drinking my last cup of
Crab cakes Benedict is my fucking jam, baby
My F-150 has a bumper sticker on it that says “I brake for crab cakes Benedict.” OK. That’s a lie. But said imaginary bumper sticker
Hot take: shit on a shingle deserves more love and respect
Shit on a shingle is an American classic. It’s cheap, yummy and delicious. It deserves more love. Certainly deserves the same level of respect accorded
Lips & assholes: France’s original, um, rustic andouille sausage
Got the stomach for rustic old European sausage-making tradition? You’ll love Vire in Normandy, France – the traditional home of andouille sausage. If you’ve heard the phrase
West Virginia bartender pouring beer, wearing open-carry sidearm
They do things a little differently in West Virginia. This bartender was walking around one of the local sports bars with an open-carry pistol as
Take a look inside Ireland’s best whiskey bar
Love Irish whiskey? You’ll love Dick Mack’s Pub. Dick Mack’s is a popular landmark in Dingle, a very pretty but isolated old fishing port in the far
The pancake pot pie at Ellen’s in Dallas is true breakfast genius
Every now and then an item leaps off a menu and reaches out into your soul. The menu at Ellen’s, red-hot Southern breakfast joint in Dallas,
Battle-scarred Verdun: the saddest city in France
“Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades – words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.” – All Quiet on the Western Front Verdun
Behold the world’s No. 1 greatest beer (hint: it’s from Bavaria!)
I love all those nouveau American hop bombs and porridge-thick New England IPAs just as much as the next guy. But the reality is that
Flying over the North Pole to Hong Kong
Flew to Saigon for a family wedding last year and it took just 19 hours to get there! The quick trip was made possible by Cathay
My favorite photo of the Eiffel Tower in a golden sunset
October 15, 2018 Paris is everything it’s cracked up to be. Just a magical place of great food, cool vibes and monumental architecture at every
Food porn from Texas, America’s No. 1 food state
The fine folks from Thrillist last week did what they do best and posted a completely unverifiable but entertaining piece of click bait, purporting to