I will be scheduling a visit to Chicago in April 2012 specifically for the “pulled-pork sandwich on a pork-fat dough-nut” to be found on Stephanie Izard’s neo-diner, Little Goat.

Mark Bittman answering the question: Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? 

The alternative to soda is water, and the alternative to junk food is not grass-fed beef and greens from a trendy farmers’ market, but anything other than junk food: rice, grains, pasta, beans, fresh vegetables, canned vegetables, frozen vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, bread, peanut butter, a thousand other things cooked at home — in almost every case a far superior alternative.

Someone has made the best sandwich ever? at home, with step-by-step pictures and beer bottles as the weights to press the sandwich. Sandwich? That’s a manwich.

David Chang talks about why the Momofuku Culinary Lab doesn’t stock the latest high-tech kitchen tools and accessories.

Vaughn is living the dream: In-n-Krispy.

Producing your own sea salt is easy and is something I’m going to start doing when I get near salt water.

First, I boil the water for a minimum of six minutes to kill bacteria. Then I set it in a nonreactive shallow pan in the sun to slowly dehydrate.

Words spoken by cowboys from the 1890′s that could have come from my lips.

If it wasn’t for gravy and coffee, we’d starve to death

Food was among the many pleasures of Louis Armstrong.

Louis Armstrong was a very earthy human being. He got great pleasure out of the simple things: food, women, music. That really sums up the man. And you can’t take food out of the equation. It’s too simple to say, ‘he was just a trumpet player,’ or whatever else he is. The man was all about things that brought him pleasure, and food was very near the top of the list

I’ll give my vote to the Detroit Coney for America’s greatest hot dog.

I think the Detroit Coney should be considered one of the great American “Heirloom hot dog styles” that has stood the test of time—as important a part of hot dog history as the Chicago dog and New York Kosher style, and just as delicious

Obama and I agree on the big issues.

“You shouldn’t put ketchup on your hot dog,” the president said straightforwardly.