, DID use a wood fire). So I’m kind of like those language reactionaries who bitterly complain about linguistic bastardization, when, really, foodways and language both are in constant flux and all you can do is track it...

as casual as places like Southern California, the dress code in NYC restaurants seems to have relaxed over the years...but you’re still likely to get more respect – and better service – if you dress nicely.

we use in the US may derive from “barbacoa” as Passdumkeg speculates because of the Spanish influence in the Americas. Southern port cities were heavily influenced by the Caribbean trade; less so the port cities on...

Tough to identify the “best.” I’ve been to many north american cities, and like sbp, I’d identify both sf and nyc as “the best,” both in terms of variety and in terms of respect for food and...

we go there we have some good eats: sauerbraten & spaetzle, wild boar ragout, fried camembert with lingonberries, trout with slivered almonds, red currant tart. All very typical. In southern Germany you also find...

"Southerners" long before they were “Mexicans,” so to speak. ;) Regarding the alleged German origin of Carolina BBQ, I have argued against that viewpoint elsewhere on these boards, but to be fair to those who espouse...

You can throw present day Oklahoma and Kansas in the same mix, as folks have migrated up and down the Southern Plains for work and family for 150+ years. By now it’s an indigenous style; lots of beef and corn dishes-just...

. Both of us have family all over the world.45% in Europe,45% the southern hemisphere, 10% N America and the the islands so we have in work and play tried on many places from the inside.All good,just not as good for us forever.Now...

. Both of my parents were good, but limited, cooks. They stayed with food they were comfortable with, my father mainly meat (lots of wild game) and potato and my mother with some Southern CA border foods. Joined the Air Force at 17...

as you do. I know a lot of people like you who are actually from the South. One of the reasons they moved to NYC was that they said they didn’t click with the general Southern mentality and needed to be in a place where...

I was lucky lucky lucky to be exposed to the old food-ways of my Southern family, with the freshest vegetables right out of the garden, prepared lovingly by my grandmother. But I agree with Mojo: prepare good, balanced meals and...

," and we shouldn’t drink the Kool-Aid. Some of the processes such as pasteurization come from Europe, remember. It’s not valid to extrapolate from the experience of the Kraft sawdust cheese on your family dinner table...