Vo2Max and I made our brine last night (apple cider, brown sugar, kosher salt, ginger, garlic, oranges, bay leaves, and cloves) and we submerged our thawed bird this morning for a 24-hour bath. It's going to be just the three of us tomorrow, so I'm...

We finally made it out to The Admiral in West Asheville (Haywood Road), and it was only fitting that we did so on Veterans Day. The last time I saw a building like that, Tom Hanks was hurling a grenade into it. It's a little cinder-block bunker off...

Since I know you are all like me, you started your day with some sun salutations and then you read the New York Times and then chatted in the eGullet forums before making your way to marathonguide.com where you freaked out when you saw this: Boston...

I did a real chest-thumper of a run on Wednesday. I was coming off a Tuesday track session where I did 12 x 200s and my legs were a little rubbery. It was a blustery day -- gray, 40s, plenty of wind, cloudy -- but I had a mid-week, mid-range run on...

The TW picked me up for lunch yesterday, and I said: "Where do you want to go?" She replied: "I don't know. Something healthy." I said: "How about 12 Bones?" She said: "Word!" After all, is there anything healthier than blueberry-chipotle glazed pork...