Bender's Tavern - Canton, Ohio Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes There are restaurants you visit once and forget by the time you get home. Then there are places like Bender's Tavern in Canton, Ohio — where the host greets you at...
2026 - Best Big Green Egg Accessories There is a moment, somewhere around your 50th cook on a budget kamado smoker, where you stop blaming the charcoal and start wondering if the equipment is the problem. That was me and my Akorn. The Akorn is not a bad grill. But...
You know the feeling. You've spent real money on a growler of something worth talking about. A double dry-hopped IPA from some 12-tap operation tucked behind a parking lot. A cold brew with the kind of nitrogen-kissed creaminess that makes you question your entire...
Walk into any serious backyard cook's setup and you will eventually find one of two things sitting on the patio like a quiet piece of sculpture: a round, ceramic vessel that could pass for an alien artifact, either green or red. One is from Atlanta. The other is from...
AI CRM for Breweries - Start Growing on Day 1 We’ve talked to a lot of breweries over the years, and the feeling of chaos is consistent, especially when dealing with the complex sales process of the alcohol market. Most brewery software is built for the "back of...
Somewhere between a gas station in Osaka and a Tuesday night in my kitchen, I made peace with the fact that ramen is not a guilty pleasure. It is a legitimate meal when you build it right, and most people never build it right. The version most of us grew up with was a...
New Orleans, Louisiana Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes New Orleans does not ease you in. You step off the plane and the city makes its case immediately — the heat, the smell of something frying somewhere nearby, the sound of a...
There is a stick of butter sitting in your refrigerator right now that is doing absolutely nothing for you. That ends today. Cowboy butter is not a trend. It is not a social media phase that disappears by next Tuesday. It is the kind of thing your grandfather would...
Spiedie? What's That? The iconic Spiedie is a delicious skewer of marinated meat, grilled to perfection and served on Italian-style bread. Ingredients: 2 ½ pounds of boneless chicken breasts or lamb (skinless) 1 bottle of Salamida's State Fair Spiedie Marinade 6...
National Chicken Wing Day = Christmas to Me As PFFMaestro, the wing-obsessed founder of Pints, Forks & Friends and host of I Can Do Another 12 - The Global Chicken Wing Show, I’ve eaten my way through thousands of chicken wings across the globe, from Buffalo’s saucy...
