by Richard Villadónigawww.eat-american.com Editor’s Note: According to an announcement in the St. Augustine Record dated February 3, 2010, Johnny’s Restaurant (described in the text below) has changed owners and will re-open as the Hastings Cafe on February 11. The location will remain the same. Some people crave a big, juicy, medium-rare steak or a decadent chocolate dessert. Me, I’m …
A Texas Barbecue, 1882
By Alexander Edwin Sweet and John Armoy Knox Accompanied by the reporter, we left San Antonio in the gray dawn of a summer morning. The reporter was going to Eagle Pass on professional business, and we agreed to travel together. First, however, it was necessary that the reporter should attend a barbecue, held some ten miles from the city. The …
Rebuilding Haiti One Pepper at a Time
Editor’s Note: Our company, Sunbelt Shows, Inc. is joining forces with Bel Soley, Inc. to assist in rebuilding the Haitian economy. I am urging my readers to contact Brian and render any assistance to this project that you can. Brian Hays writes: I am the Chairman of Bel Soley, which is a company dedicated to development in Haiti by building …
Rick Browne’s New Book Project
My good friend, Rick Browne of “Barbecue America” on PBS, has launched a new project entitled A Century of Restaurants and because he has to travel to 100-year-old (and older!) restaurants all over the country and photograph them, he needs help funding the project. He has found a publisher and has rounded up about 25% of the funds needed, but …




