There is a specific kind of frustration that comes from buying a bag of charcoal based on nothing more than the picture on the front. You light it, wait, get impatient, add more lighter fluid than you intended, and an hour later you are eating food that tastes vaguely...
There is a specific kind of Saturday morning that changes how you think about cooking outdoors. The flat top is already hot, a thin layer of oil shimmers across the steel, and you're standing there with a spatula in your hand realizing that nothing you own — no grill,...
Meat Church BBQ Rubs There are two kinds of people standing in front of a smoker. The ones who grab whatever seasoning is on sale at the grocery store and call it a day, and the ones who treat the rub like an argument worth having. Matt Pittman is firmly in the second...
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...
There are two kinds of people at a Cleveland game. The ones who grab whatever mustard is closest and squeeze without thinking, and the ones who notice. Who pick up the bottle, read the label, and feel something resembling loyalty — maybe even a little righteous...
You already know how to grill corn. You've been doing it since you were old enough to stand near fire unsupervised. This is not that. This is what happens when a stick of butter has a seriously good day. Cowboy corn is corn on the cob pulled off the grill and hit...
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...
There is a bowl of soup sitting somewhere on North Claiborne Avenue right now. It costs about five dollars. It comes in a styrofoam cup. It has no Instagram presence worth mentioning, no James Beard nomination, no celebrity chef staking a claim on it. And it will...
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...
