Bar-B-Q News

Two staples of Down East life - beach music and barbecue - come together next week at an annual scholarship fundraiser for Edgecombe Community College.

Here at Patch, we like to be thrifty, so we talked to two barbeque experts and uncovered some really good ideas to help you save money on your next outdoor party.

It seems like every year the organizers of Bonnaroo promise to raise their game when it comes to food , and from what I hear they may have followed through.

Memorial Day is almost upon us, and it's time to dust off that grill in the garage, fire it up and lay some franks down on it.

We love Friday-night pizza or lazy-Sunday Thai delivery as much as the next guys -- but we can't say the same for our waistlines.

Who knew that you were able to walk into a dealership for lunch. The Jeep Grill , 56 Boston-Providence Tpke.

The Reason pulled pork sandwich at Slows Bar BQ in Detroit is topped with sliced pickles and slaw.

Creamy homemade pimento cheese on toasted multigrain bread with a side of cucumber and tomato salad is perfect for lunch or a light dinner.

Morton's, a yellow and dark green truck, specializes in barbecued and smoked meats.

I heart picnics. Even Webster's definition makes a picnic sound healthy: an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.

Last week, Texas Monthly surprised exactly no one by naming Franklin Barbecue the best in Texas-slash-the-world. After all, the magazine's barbecue editor Daniel "BBQ Snob" Vaughn has said he'd like to spend eternity preserved in a Franklin brisket fat confit , and Franklin brisket graced the barbecue issue's cover.

The Essay is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide . Our grocery romance started years ago with your bread pudding, a perfection of sweet and soft and crunchy and creamy.

Miami's favorite cheesy food truck, Ms. Cheezious , was named one of the ten finalists in the Live With Kelly and Michael's Truckin' Amazing Cook-Off contest, beating out dozens of other food trucks across the country to make it as one of the 20 semi-finalists. Those semi-finalists were invited to produce a 30-second video to entice Kelly and ... (more)

Well, here it is: the Libya episode of Parts Unknown . The one host Anthony Bourdain has been saying he wanted to make ever since he left the Travel Channel for CNN.

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial kickoff to summer and with that, barbecue season.

Where's the Q4U? You might recall that Q4U restaurant in Taylorsville was once ranked among the top 10 barbecue restaurants in the United States by various publications, including Sunset magazine.

Noel Coward once sang that only "mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun," but he never attended the Pacific Rim Street Fest, where more than 10,000 visitors poured into Old Sacramento on Sunday.

Jackson Beard and Moustache Club member Lyman Robertson will be on hand at the New Holland Brewing Company Tap Takeover Beard and Mustache Competition at Rocky Top Beer BBQ and Grill on Wednesday, May 22.

Most people agree that eating more vegetables is a good idea. Those who consume a lot of veggies enjoy health benefits from clear skin to a lower incidence of some chronic diseases.

This past Friday amidst the mansions of Preston Hollow, Steven Stodghill hosted one heck of a party to mark the release of Daniel Vaughn's new book, The Prophets of Smoked Meat .