Food Trade Shows: Overwhelming, Terrifying & Delicious Gazing out over an endless cattle pen teeming with fixers, hawkers, and nibblers, our Man of Little Restraint entertained a moment of doubt about whether he was going to survive the 2011 Fancy Foods Show. Eight steps in, his mouth was already full. Read more More
[VIDEO] Pig Abuse is Really Sad, But Unfortunately Bacon Remains Really Tasty Want to know where your bacon comes from? Before answering yes, just know there is a reason animal rights group Mercy for Animals dubbed their undercover investigative video into a pork production facility as “disturbing content.” Read more More
Secrets of Success from The King & Queen of Pork For the local food nut or swine savant, it’s impossible not to be inspired by John Stewart and Duskie Estes, the husband-and-wife duo who just won the Pork Olympics. Hear their secrets, and learn how to cook like them (plus helpful recipes!). Read more More
Jazz Fe(a)st: Someone Get Me a Wheelchair Then you look down and there, cupped like magic beans in your hands, is a pepper sauce-dressed pile of pulled pork from a wood-roasted suckling pig. It’s your bachelor party at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, aka Jazz Fe(a)st. Read more More
Unintended Consequences: Invisible Problems of Government Programs How can we get people to give a damn about questionable federal programs that cost us each only a few pennies? The answer lies in highlighting the inefficiencies of tax collection, and in showing you how these programs often hurt as much as help. Read more More
Bury Me in a Bowl of Pig Foot Jambalaya Sam’s Good Meats challenges anyone turned off by the title of this piece to say they wouldn’t try the dish made at the end of it. Except vegetarians. They can ping @SamsGoodMeats on Twitter with complaints. Read more More
Jesus is Just Alright With $560,000 of BP Spill Relief Money Spent on Doobie Brothers Florida’s Okaloosa County received part of the $745 million BP paid after last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill. How’d they spend the money? well, $560,000 of it was spent on a pair of rock concerts featuring the Doobie Brothers and thankfully, Lynryrd Skynyrd and Kenny Loggins. Read more More