I’d simply like to get the word around that if you haven’t read Roy Blount Jr.'s food writing, you owe it to yourself to do so. I just picked up his “Long Time Leaving: Dispatches from Up South” at the... (6 replies, last updated by revsharkie August 30, 2007)

I’ve never had the prix fixe menu, but if I remember the price of the entrees correctly, this could be a good deal. Plus, I’ve found with prix fixe that you often get some of the best menu items. I say go for it. I... (10 replies, last updated by JR January 11, 2004)

I have been hitting a local Roy Rogers lately and must have forgotten that they make very good fast food. My parents would take us to either RR or Burger Chef when I was a child (McDonald’s was forbidden) but I stopped... (22 replies, last updated by Big N Fat February 9, 2008)

You might try Roy Rogers. I believe that Carl’s Jr., Hardees, and Roy Rogers are all the same thing in different parts of the country. (I know that Hardees is here in the south). (88 replies, last updated by Servorg September 4, 2009)

in Frederick Maryland persevered. They spent several futile years trying to purchase the rights for Roy Rogers from Imasco (the one time owner of Hardee’s which for some unknown reason was purchased by Carl’s Jr.).... (25 replies, last updated by Joe H. May 27, 2004)

Song to Pie by Roy Blount, Jr. Pie. Oh my. Nothing tastes sweet, Wet, salty and dry All at once so well as pie. Apple and pumpkin and mince and black bottom, I’ll come to your place every day if you (2 replies, last updated by Yaxpac September 17, 2009)

Sweet Willie said: While I usually like my oysters raw, last week I had the fried... Reminds me of Roy Blount Jr’s poem about oysters. Here’s an excerpt: I like to eat an uncooked oyster. Nothing’s slicker,... (2 replies, last updated by Rene G November 19, 2002)

"When Krispy Kremes are hot, they are to other doughnuts what angels are to people." -Roy Blount Jr. (7 replies, last updated by Karl S. June 25, 2003)

I like her joie de vivre, too. She was a good sport. I just wi had been a show that included Roy Blount, Jr. and Paula Poundstone. Those episodes seem to have the best repartee. (14 replies, last updated by DGresh April 24, 2009)

You’ll find no better—or funnier—essay on eating, on food writing, and, in fact, on writing in general than Roy Blount Jr.'s “The Way Folks Were Meant to Eat.” Find it in his recent book “Long... (26 replies, last updated by Barry Foy September 24, 2007)

Starting with an article by Roy Blount, Jr., in “Cornbread Nation,” I have been compiling a food playlist on my iPod. Here’s where we are thus far: A Chicken Ain’t Nothin' But a Bird by Louis Jordan & His... (18 replies, last updated by Fydeaux September 15, 2009)

Please see my posting on this board from yesterday, "Roy Blount Jr. Is a Food Writing God." (43 replies, last updated by GilloD August 31, 2007)

The song predates the movie – it’s by Roy Blount, Jr, who’s got a chapter of food songs in his miscellany collection "One Fell Soup."... (73 replies, last updated by JudiAU March 10, 2005)

Do as Southern cooks do: Fry okra in a cornmeal batter. Indiana-born journalist Roy Blount Jr. wrote a poetic tribute, “Song to Okra” — String beans are good, and ripe tomatoes, And collard greens and sweet... (48 replies, last updated by joshlane4 July 24, 2008)

to quote Roy Blount, Jr., "Brunswick stew is what happens when small mammals carrying ears of corn fall into barbecue pits." There are some great receipts out there. Check Marion Farmer’s “Southern Cookbook” as... (41 replies, last updated by markemorse July 7, 2009)