Category Archives: Sweet Tea

An ugly condiment’s beautiful cousin

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Andy Staples

HOMEWOOD, Ala. – On my third visit to Saw’s BBQ, I finally accepted my own hypocrisy.

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Sauces? We don’t need no stinking sauces.

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Andy Staples

DESTIN, Fla. – It takes guts to open a cash-only restaurant with no indoor seating in a place where the temperature routinely hovers between 90 and the fires of hell. It takes even more guts to serve a pulled-pork sandwich … Continue reading →

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Barbecue in The Bywater

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Andy Staples

NEW ORLEANS – Even Tom Robbins would admire the way I ate my way through NOLA to keep the leg-humping hunger beast at bay. I consumed Po’ Boys, gumbo, boudin, rabbit, lamb, alligator and the porcine delicacy the French call … Continue reading →

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Automatic, Y’all

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Andy Staples

“I wanted Weaver D’s to be a place where there is a bounty, a land flowing with milk and honey, like Moses talked about in Exodus.” – Dexter Weaver in Automatic Y’all: Weaver D’s Guide to the Soul ATHENS, Ga. … Continue reading →

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Sweet memories

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Andy Staples

LEXINGTON, S.C. – First, a confession.

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The new champ

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Andy Staples

AUSTIN, Texas – Ranking barbecue joints feels an awful lot like ranking college football teams. Each ranking is purely subjective. Each ranking is based on potentially dubious criteria unique to the individual doing the ranking. Each ranking, in the grand … Continue reading →

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Welcome. Pull up a chair and pour a glass of sweet tea.

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Andy Staples

At my day job, the reactions I get from readers typically fall into three categories. 1. You wrote something nice about my favorite college team. The next time you’re in [insert college town], I’m going to buy you a beer. … Continue reading →

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