Special Comment on Condi.

More people are travelling for the sake of culinary adventure.

In the words of Bob Seger, "Shit, I've known that for ten years."

I go out-of-state for Skyline Chili. Whenever Anne, Les and I go to Dizzy Whirl, we plan our restaurant visits weeks or months in advance (favorite spots: Jiko, Artist Point, '50s Prime Time Café, Akershaus, Marrakesh, and in the next two years we will get to Bistro de Paris and the Chef's Table at Victoria and Albert's). Whenever Les and I go up north, we go to the Hack-Ma-Tack Inn in Cheboygan. About a year and a half ago, Anne and I seriously discussed flying out to California because Chef Ron Siegel was offering his Iron Chef-winning menu for $125 a person. (Found an interview with him about it. Cool.) And we all hope to go to Morimoto in Philly one day -- yes, even Leslie who does not like seafood.

You may remember how much I enjoyed MidSouthCon last year. At least part of that was comparing two really great BBQ places, Interstate and Neely's, strangely enough rather different products though both owned by members of the same family. We also finally got to try Sonny's, which had some really fine baby-back ribs.

When you travel, how much does the food enter into it? And what food in particular keeps calling you back?

Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back"... as it's meant to be.

Many thanks to huskiebear for pointing this out.