This coming Sunday, July 29, Bitter Brothers Brewing Co. is hosting it’s quarterly chef Family Dinner series featuring five All-Star BBQ greats, utilizing local proteins. The headline humans -- as opposed to foodstuffs -- are special guest chefs, Corbin O’Reilly, Andy Harris, … [Read more...]
ALL FORKED UP: “Taking it Low and Slow” (S1E4)
The All Forked Up team -- Mercy Baron and me -- interview Brad Cooper of Coop’s and Andy Harris of Grand Ole BBQ about barbeque and San Diego’s emergence as a bona fide Q town. Here's the Podcast: … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Iron Pig Alehouse is a different kind of San Diego IPA
If sun and sand don't define our city's national image, craft beer does. And if there's one type of beer that put San Diego on the sudsy map, it's the IPA. The hop-forward nature of the IPA style is a shockingly good match with barbecue, another bona fide San Diego trend. And … [Read more...]
RECIPE: Jamaican Jerk Smoked Spare Ribs
My friend, Mercy Baron is a certified Kansas City Barbecue Judge and a regular on the BBQ competition circuit. She is also the owner of the http://baronsbbqbeat.com/ blog based here in San Diego. Given her reputation as an expert in all things ‘cue, a UK company sent … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: Bugsy’s BBQ proves you can’t barbecue on a Gaslamp
Barbecue joints tend to be located on the wrong side of the tracks. Whether that's down to the cheap rent, tradition or that folk in those communities are less likely to complain about the smoke is unclear. But great barbecue in high-rent neighborhoods is the exception, not the … [Read more...]