By Kevin Roche Coronamonomania is alive and well. After over a year of dealing with this serious epidemic, you might imagine that we had learned how to minimize the overall toll from the epidemic itself and our response to it.…
by Kevin Roche 2020 has been marked by a distinctive tendency toward mass delusion and hysteria relating to several events, including the epidemic. I think this pre-existing human tendency is greatly exacerbated by the ubiquity of social media and smartphones.…
Pittsboro, NC – Food writer and historian Rien Fertel has written an ode to the Southern tradition of whole-hog barbecue: “THE ONE TRUE BARBECUE: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog.” He will be making an appearance…