[VIDEO] Willie Nelson + Coldplay Cover + Animation = Chipotle PSA? There’s a slight WTF element to the notion of Willie Nelson recording a Coldplay song for a Chipotle commercial. But the burrito chain and Nelson do, in fact, share some core beliefs. Read more More
Sam’s Good Meats: What’s It Like to Judge a Professional Cookoff? Notes from the Lamb Jam: “I lost focus around plate 17, when the meat sweats started. The pages of my judge’s book tell the story of that moment: half-readable scrawls and sauce spots everywhere. People around the table stopped talking to each other.” Read more More
A Look at Bus Rapid Transit System in Guangzhou, China Guangzhou, China’s new Bus Rapid Transit system won the International Sustainable Transit award this year. The BRT transports some 800,000 passengers per day and has reduced commute times from an hour or more to 10-20 minutes. Read more More
Farm to Table: An Education in French Pig “By five minutes into the cutting session, he was cradling the pig’s brain in his hands like a delicate flower. He betrayed his professorial demeanor once, when he saw that I’d ruined a perfectly good pork shoulder roast with an errant cut. ‘My hhhroast?!’” Read more More
Cochon 555 Closing Ceremony: The Pork Olympics “In my dream, I sit at the Cochon 555 judge’s table with only a plastic spork, and nothing I stab with it will stick. Tom Waits’ Looks Like I’m Up Sh*t Creek Again plays in the background. My screams are not heard.” Read more More
Pig Olympians: Chef Adam Sobel, The New Guy Adam Sobel’s Yankee swagger was on display when I asked him if he had any messages to send to his competitors. “I hope they’re taking it seriously, because I’m not just the new guy, I’m here to win.” Read more More
The Pork Olympics “When the doors finally opened, I was physically assaulted by the smell of roasting pork. I’m not talking a mixed bag of restaurant kitchen smells with a faint trace of bacon. I’m talking the type of pure essence that is hard to find unless you’re standing next to a pit-roasting hog. It was like the best punch in the face I’ve ever had.” Read more More