Red Apple Guy

about me

Hey folk. I live in the Atlanta area with my wife, daughter and son. Another daughter lives in town with my two grandsons. I'm an environmental manager at a manufacturing facility.

My Mom and Dad would have loved Zaar. Dad was a huge collector of recipes and was in the food industry. Mom was a terrific cook as well. Another influence was a roommate at the Universtiy of Arkansas that was an excellent cook. Today I enjoy barbecuing and grilling year round and cooking in general. My latest adventure is in bread baking. I'm loving it and going to school on it right here on the bread forum.

I'm active in a terrific church and also love fly fishing and fly tying.

Favorite Foods:

I've lived in Texas, Arkansas and Louisianna and picked up a taste for traditional chili, smoked brisket and etouffees. I love Tex-Mex as well as classic mexican food.

I guess follks associate me with barbecue mostly. Each year our church hosts two Thanksgiving dinners for our town and a neighboring town. We smoke about 1200 lbs of meat each year for this. Lots of guys cooking, lots of smokers (some huge ones), lots of fun, very little sleep.

My favorite restaurant is one that my entire family of origin worked at one time or another: The Red Apple Inn in Arkansas. Last summer I ate there after about 30 years and the food was still great.
Other favorites include Dante's Down the Hatch in Atlanta and Carmines off Times Square in NY (go early).

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