Lunch at Fast & French/Gaulart et Maliclet Cafe in Charleston, SC

Lunch at Fast & French/Gaulart et Maliclet Cafe in Charleston, SC

When we heard about this place, we couldn’t believe our luck. Cheap, delicious French food in Charleston, SC? Fast & French (also known as Gaulart & Maliclet Cafe Restaurant) delivers affordable and tasty French and North African food from a tiny storefront on Broad Street 

Charleston Shrimp Boil

Charleston Shrimp Boil

Local shrimp, that’s what we wanted. They have them for sale in Charleston at the grocery stores. (Note: This area has the weirdest grocery store names in the country, Piggly Wiggly is one, Harris Teeter is another.) We prepared a “classic” Charleston shrimp boil — 

Bojangles’ Fried Chicken, the Best Fast Food in the South

Bojangles’ Fried Chicken, the Best Fast Food in the South

The West has In-N-Out. The Midwest has Culver’s. The East has Five Guys. And the South has Bojangles’. Burgers? No. Spicy fried chicken? Hell yes. I was introduced to Bojangles’ in Charlotte, North Carolina during a business trip. I started with a biscuit. Yum. Then 

U-Pick Strawberries at Charleston’s Boone Hall Farms

U-Pick Strawberries at Charleston’s Boone Hall Farms

Driving around Charleston, we were constantly getting lost. The city is confined to a small peninsula and the suburbs are all linked by bridges and causeways, so one mistake means you may be stuck on a bridge to a new island. During one five-mile loop 

@piesandpints Makes Us Want To Move To Charleston, WV

@piesandpints Makes Us Want To Move To Charleston, WV

Pies and Pints, damn you. We were just going to stop in Charleston, West Virginia (aka: the most northern city of the South, the most southern city of the North, Chemical Valley, The Capital City, Chucktown, Charly West) for the library WiFi, but we arrived 

Trial and Error in Cleveland, OH

Trial and Error in Cleveland, OH

Traveling with four people is hard when things don’t go as planned. If it’s just Paul and me, we’ll seek shelter in a library or hotel when hit with a series of cold, rainy days. But for a few days, we were traveling with my 

Harvesting the Wild Ramp (aka Wild Leek)

Harvesting the Wild Ramp (aka Wild Leek)

Walking through the woods on Kelleys Island, Paul has his eyes on the ground. Paul always has his eyes on the ground when we’re walking through the woods in the spring. He’s looking for morels. We found one morel once, a big one, but we 

Detroit’s Coney Dog

Detroit’s Coney Dog

In Detroit, you don’t eat hot dogs, you eat Coney Dogs — hot dogs topped with bean-free, all-meat chili and chopped onions and mustard. Dip into the Ohio-area and they’ll put cheese on it too. Yum. Note: This ain’t a New York thing.

Our Favorite Chicago Restaurants

Our Favorite Chicago Restaurants

A few weeks before our anticipated return to Chicago, we started a list of the restaurants we wanted to hit up when we were back in the city. It was impossibly long, and it brought up tons of fun memories of dining out with friends. 

Brunch With the Nuns Outside Terre Haute

Brunch With the Nuns Outside Terre Haute

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a peaceful Catholic woman’s college located in the wilds of southern Indiana, about five miles from Terre Haute. It’s home to a sisterhood of nuns, who, among other things, raise alpacas and sell alpaca wool creations to benefit their Center for Eco-Justice. It’s also 

Kansas City Barbecue at Oklahoma Joe’s

Kansas City Barbecue at Oklahoma Joe’s

Ask anybody in Kansas City where the best barbecue is and you’ll probably get one of three answers: Jack Stack, Oklahoma Joe’s, or Arthur Bryant’s BBQ. These guys are the Big Three of barbecue in the town. My sister’s favorite is Jack Stack and we’ve 

Culver’s vs. In-N-Out: The Burger Challenge

Culver’s vs. In-N-Out: The Burger Challenge

It started with this comment in my post about hot dogs: “Sure, there’s In-N-Out out here in California, but, honestly, it’s not that different than Culver’s in the midwest.” Fightin’ words, apparently. Scott tried to ban me from ever getting an Animal Style burger again. James educated me about