Stay warm and have a marvelous meal at the same time I can’t say I was really ready for all this rain, but it is Spring. How best to warm up? Heading over to Plaza Drive to order up a bowlful of these hot potatoes and warm melted cheese is a good way to go! […]

Zingerman’s Delicatessen and Detroit Bikes are joining forces to celebrate National Bike Month. The companies designed a limited run of custom Zingerman’s Deli Pickle Bikes, each covered in 160 hand-placed pickle decals. Pickle and bike lovers alike are invited to enter to win one of two custom pickle bikes at zcob.me/picklebike before May 31, 2019. […]

A sneak peak at one of the speakers at the 10th Anniversary Camp Bacon Main Event on Friday, May 31 at Cornman Farms!    Ari: Looking over your resume, you’ve done a whole lot!  If I read it right, you graduated from North Carolina A&T.  You were a “Swine Specialist” in Uganda and Tanzania. You were […]

To get you going for Camp Bacon and to share an advance taste of what’s in her new book, The Pasta Friday Cookbook, Allison Arevalo sent along a lovely recipe: Bucatini with Corn, Pancetta and Burrata! For the pasta, the bucatini from the Rustichella folks will work well (available at the Deli or Mail Order). Burrata—mozzarella […]

Have you stopped into the Roadhouse lately? If you have, you may have heard excited whispers from the Roadhouse team and our guests about our James Beard nomination for outstanding service.  You may have also noticed some modest but significant upgrades in carpet and paint in addition to a new bar top. Other improvements, which […]

Jeff Roberts and I have run into each other at about a hundred conferences over the years! We’ve shared thoughts, heard each other present, eaten a meal or two together. Over the last thirty-five years, I think it’s safe to say that we’ve travelled moderately parallel paths through the culinary world! Each, of course, in […]