It’s biscuits, biscuits, and more biscuits as the International Biscuit Festival returns to Knoxville, Tennessee this week. This relatively new festival, first held in 2009, has rapidly grown into one of the country’s major food shindigs. There are really two parts to this event. Beginning Thursday, May 14th, and continuing through the day Friday, is the Southern Food Writing Conference, featuring seminars, speakers, and professional food writers. The $450 registration fee will keep those with a more casual interest in the subject away. Of more relevance to the general public will be the events from Friday evening on. Continue reading
Day: May 13, 2015
Pig Feathers, Toledo OR
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No regional qualification necessary: Pig Feathers makes damn good barbecue. We admit to being surprised by this fact. Coastal Oregon is not considered a hotbed of great Q, and we’ve come to expect smoke parlors with goofy names like Pig Feathers, and goofy mottos like their trademarked “Everyone loves a great rack!”, to churn out the kind of ordinary barbecue found in shopping malls across the country. Beware of hasty judgments. Continue reading
HAPPY NATIONAL APPLE PIE DAY!
Primanti Bros. is opening a new restaurant in York, Pennsylvania this Friday, May 15th. The first 100 to show up will get a free sandwich each week for a year (plus a t-shirt). What’s it worth to you? We’d suggest heading out to 2151 South Queen Street today if you want to have any chance at all!
