Blood, Flood, and Spilled Beers: Surviving the First Manchester Music Fest in Manchester, Kentucky
The Manchester Music Fest 2018 celebrated bluegrass, outlaw country, and southern rock in a tiny Appalachian town. And things almost went off without a hitch.
The Devil’s Pool: A Jasal Bawi on the Wissahickon
Just north of Philadelphia, and within Wissahickon Valley Park, lies the “Devil’s Pool.” Don’t let the name scare you though – it’s worth hiking to.
The Storytellers: A Madcap Story Set in the World of Texas Barbecue
We may have been in Springdale, UT, but when we mentioned Giddings, TX to our hosts, they began telling us an improbable story that, while set in Texas, was full of Utahn industriousness.
Gilets Jaunes in Nice: What a City’s Protests Can Reveal About its Identity
The violent protests by the gilets jaunes, or “yellow vests,” happening in Paris are not happening in Nice, France’s fifth largest city. This begged a question: How much you can infer about a city based on the protests that occur within it?
Manic Kentucky Barbecue Adventures: Monroe County Shoulder at The Smokey Pig in Bowling Green
There are plenty of regional variations in American barbecue. But there might not be a stranger style — or one that’s more difficult to make — than Monroe County Pork Shoulder from Monroe County, Kentucky.
Steak Tips Vignette: Sal’s Ristorante & Pizzeria in Southie
Steak tips, in a sub, and eaten on the beach? What sort of clash of cultures was this, and why had it taken us this long to find it?
Rec Room Wrestling: We Put Our Bodies Through Hell For The Crowd
Memphis’s Broad Avenue Brawl involved chairs, poles, buckets, and plenty of flying bodies. This bar-room wrestling match provided the sort of unregulated fun you could never get at a WWE arena event.
New Photos, New Map: Returning to Memphis, April 2018
It’s time to go back to Memphis, a city that continues to hold our attention. Even as it grows and changes, it remains a city with a true sense of self.
What Leonard’s Pork Volcano Taught Us About Being “Memphis Famous”
Leonard’s Pit Barbecue is one of the oldest and “top” spots in one of America’s barbecue capitals, but it has very little national hype. We went to find out why.