Charleston Wine and Food Festival starts this Thursday, and I am going to Texas this weekend. While I am very excited to go to Houston to see Radiohead in concert and see some friends we haven’t seen in a very long time, I am so bummed to miss the festival. Thanks to my awesome friend at Le Creuset, Corby and I got totally hooked up last year with some passes to the Chef’s event on Thursday night and to the tents on Saturday. We also have been to the BBQ finale on Sunday for the last two years which is incredible. Check out the full list of all the fun things going on here www.charlestonwineandfood.com. Just a word of advice if you do go to the BBQ event on Sunday- we tried every station, and there are about 15 all serving different style BBQ with sides and even some with dessert, in about 20 minutes. I thought after that 20 minutes that I was going to die as I had just consumed about 30,000 calories, had a whole pig in my stomach, and a couple of beers to top it off. So, I suggest, if you go, that you maybe take it easy and don’t try all the stations at once.
But back to Houston, or as Corby likes to call it “Ground Control”- we get in Saturday around noon and Radiohead starts at 7:30 I think. Radiohead is Corby’s favorite band. I really haven’t listened to them that much- the end of their songs seem a little screamy to me but I am not a music buff in any way shape or form, so what do I know. Anyway, we are going to go to The Ginger Man (www.gingermanpub.com) because Corby loves it, but any suggestions for awesome Mexican food would be greatly appreciated. Yay Mexican food- yay queso! I don’t really have much else for now as I am just waiting for the weekend, and its Tuesday. But, I saw in Esquire Magazine that they featured a breakfast casserole by the amazing Mike Lata of FIG. Here is the link http://www.esquire.com/features/food-drink/the-community-cookbook/breakfast-casserole-recipe-0312– it looks yummy!
