Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, and Travel
Sturbridge, MA seems a little out of the way for a lot of people to drum up a reason to go there other than to visit Sturbridge Village, a "living museum" of New England in the 1830's. As it turns out there is another reason to head out to Sturbridge (or stay there if you're from... Continue Reading →
Upon complaining about the lack of good barbecue in New England, a friend of mine who works in Taunton, MA told me about a "shack" he saw there that sells barbecue. He saw it a few times, but never had the chance to try it. I did a little research and found out that the "shack"... Continue Reading →
It's been a few years since I went to an event thrown by Drink Craft Beer, but when I saw that they were hosting a beer AND BBQ fest, I knew I wanted to be part of it. A bunch of my friends and I hastily bought tickets to the event, which quickly sold out.... Continue Reading →
I've always wanted to make my own barbecue sauce and I finally got around to it. I came up with this recipe that creates a sweet, spicy, and smoky barbecue sauce that is surprisingly well balanced. I chose to use tomato paste as the base rather than something like ketchup because I wanted to make sure... Continue Reading →
A friend of mine was raving to me about Chili Head Barbeque for a long time before I actually had the chance to try it out. I'm a person that is constantly looking for good barbecue around Massachusetts and Rhode Island because the simple truth is that the local area is hurting for genuinely good... Continue Reading →
Kofta, Kafta, or Kafka is often characterized as the Middle Eastern version of a hamburger. Yes, it's made with ground beef, ground lamb, or both, but that's pretty much where the similarity ends. Kofta is more like a sausage without the sausage casing. Sure, you can make this into patties like a burger and eat... Continue Reading →
Man Fuel: I'm excited to announce that this is the first guest post on my site that reviews a restaurant. At first I wasn't sure that I wanted reviews on my site that I didn't create myself, but after hearing about "the best barbecue I have ever had in my life," I knew I had... Continue Reading →
In mid-October I had the privilege of attending one of my best friends from high school's wedding in New Orleans. If you haven't been to New Orleans it is definitely a singular experience when traveling through the United States because it feels like you are in a different country. The architecture is old world and... Continue Reading →
While visiting a friend out in Connecticut, he and his family rewarded my mini-road trip with a full day of smoking a pork shoulder. We used a dry rub that I came up with a couple of years ago and a combination of techniques discerned from my own experiences and from reading what others had... Continue Reading →
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