Welcome to the web site of food writer and culinary historian Robert F. Moss

July 1, 2018

Looking for More Barbecue? Check Out The BBQ Hub

My online repository for all sorts of barbecue info

February 1, 2018

Historic Cookbooks - A Checklist

A list of old American cookery books, including links to online versions.

November 15, 2017

Classic Bartenders Guides: An Online Resource List

Classic cocktails guides and a few shady characters, too

November 14, 2017

The Thanksgiving Backlash

Instead of ditching the turkey, maybe we should just phone it in.

November 1, 2017

Dipping Into Cheesy History

RoTel Dip: A Marriage of Convenience (Plus a Bonus Nugget)

October 23, 2017

A Little Remodeling

Time to give the site a little makeover. Pardon the dust . . .

September 20, 2017

Why Do South Carolina Liquor Stores Have Red Dots?

No sunsets or illiterate tipplers, just convoluted liquor laws

August 20, 2017

Tale of Two Derbies (Brown Ones)

The classic Hollywood cocktail that never came within 3,000 miles of Hollywood

August 7, 2017

A Mint Julep-Fueled Escape

"Tar, Feathers, Imprisonment, and the D---l knows what”

June 16, 2017

Tariff Skullduggery and the American Whiskey Trade

A tale of political folly and miscalculation.

May 9, 2017

How Old is Katz's Deli?

Perhaps not quite as old as we've thought

August 10, 2016

Some Signature Sandwich Theory

And please don't ask me if a hot dog is a sandwich