November 29

Pig Wings: In my latest "United Tastes" column, published in the New York Times, I write about how an enterprising Michigan farmer conceived a new market for pig shanks, cut into two inch bits, and marketed as Pig Wings. Speaking of the need for a clever name, my protagonist Bob File said, “Let’s face it. Shank is not a pretty word.”

October 20

Here's that Garden and Gun article on Animal, a Los Angeles restaurant that succeeds in cooking Southern, because the chefs don't really try to cook Southern. 

October 10

The new food issue of Garden & Gun is an embaressment of riches. There's a Vanessa Gregory profile of SFA filmmaker Joe York. And a Wright Thompson dispatch from the Memphis in May BBQ contest, wherein my son Jess talks of Jello shots. 

I have four pieces in the issue. One on the LA restuarant Animal, which I'll post soon. The other three are about Charlotte, NC. Can this banking metropolis lay claim to being a food city? Here I answer maybe. Here I isolate the good stuff. Here I profile three key Charlotteans. 

September 28

There are more Bosnians in St Louis than anywhere outside Bosnia. Of the 60k-pus who now live in St. Louis, a good number are great bakers. In this United Tastes dispatch for the NYT, I explore bread baking, assimimialtion, and a sausage called cevapi. BONUS: The bread recipe was developed by Blair.