If Old Hickory Steakhouse in the hotel (traditional steakhouse) or Sunset Sam’s (pretty good seafood) don’t work for you, go to the Venetian Room at the Caribe Royale hotel. 10 minutes or so away and very fine dining....

on seasonal and local ingredients. Our recent (and only, but we’ll go back) meal for three included a garlic flan, hickory smoked shrimp wrapped in nori, chicken roulade stuffed with chicken thigh forcemeat (amazingly moist...

andy nelson’s! andy nelson’s! andy nelson’s! andy nelson’s southern pit bbq, 11007 york road, eysville, 410-527-1226 not quite dry as in smoked only with dry-rub seasonings, but these are true hickory smoked...

Kind of early in the growing season. Sadly, the OC Farmers Market will not be open on Saturdays until next month. But you will drive by dozens of roadside markets on US 50 on the way there, some of which actually have local...

Better: Eating bacon while getting a “massage” by three pigs using bacon grease. Other idea: add hickory smoke seasoning to the bacon or cook it slowly over wood smoke on the grill.

The rainy season has delayed a lot but today looked like the market in May is supposed to look. At last, Iacopi Farms is here! Their first Sunday of the year. Could not resist the English peas, so sweet at this time of year....

Summer visitors to Finger Lakes wine country will find plenty to eat between vineyard visits, from fancy French to pub grub.

with hickory from a local firewood dealer. Smoke at about 200 degrees for about 24 hours. I rub the butt roasts with a dry rub from the Steve Raichlen book. My thought was that the creosote build up was the problem. When I started...

of Beef and Pork Links. I then took them home and Hickory smoked them for about 3 hours. I made up some sauce and all I can say is WOW. They had that old fashioned coarse texture and juicy flavor that I remembered from BBQ joints...

I have been a very long time fan of the hickory smoking that has gone on at Smokey Joe’s in Edmonton for almost 20 years. I have eaten their brisket in at least 5 different locations as they moved around the city. They have...

sausage and cheese. It was huge, I could only finish half. Both plates came with crispy hash browns. Then as we were paying, we asked what the fresh seasonal fruit pie was, remembering the yummy peach pie we got here last year....

dressing already mixed in (Salty and Garlicky), then Roasted Chicken with a supposed “Lemon” seasoning (I only tasted chicken skin...no salt..no flavor), and Nice fresh cut Belgium style fries (Great) It looks like...

regarding cost. Demand is high and vineyard’s are charging accordingly. The small producers that are making good juice are getting $35-45 easy. The known names like Ken Wright can get $50+ for 2006 if you can find them. The...

, I got some fresh air and we had some hickory smoked chicken that I would put up against any pitmaster’s. There are only three of us, but I started with three whole chickens, so we would have plenty of left overs to enjoy...

that was overdone and cold. Others of us had raw food that was sloppy. (I had the latter). The flavors were all off (under/over seasoned) the meat tasted warmed-over. It was just an overall bummer. What amazes me still is that he...