http://redbeansroadshow.com Monday Night Madness Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:45:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_135" align="alignright" width="190" caption="RBRS: Leg 1 in review"][/caption] The first official leg of the RBRS is completed, and I'm back in the familiar Faubourg Marigney coffice (coffee shop/office), considering life NOT on the move for just a little while. The car is parked, and there's some more moving to be ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/sifting/ [caption id="attachment_124" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Even with a big kitchen, the crowd spilleth over."][/caption] Head Count: 26 The Crowd: Doctors, lawyers, food fiends, brewers, book folk, reporters, well-fed tech folk, bakers, local chefs, line cooks, descendents of a famous Marquis, cutlery experts, best 8-year-old sous chef EVER. Bean Batches: 3 (2/1 meaty to non) The ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/raleighnc-2/ [caption id="attachment_115" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Fast Talkers and a Baby Made of LEad"][/caption] Head Count: 10 The Crowd:.Techies, entrepreneurs, labor organizers, sales folk, active and former reporters, translators and the Heaviest Baby in the World. Bean Batches: 2 (both meaty) The Stove:. Electric disks, plenty of room in the kitchen Quotes of the night (appropriately ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/raleighnc/ [caption id="attachment_112" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Ever-Changing Roadmap"][/caption] Another Monday finds me shifting the Roadshow itinerary ever so slightly, since life on the road is all about flexibility. I'm loading up the car today and headed from the beautiful mountains of Asheville back to sprawling Atlanta. The original plan (Maryville/Nashville/Atlanta) got tweaked a ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/mmc2/ [caption id="attachment_106" align="alignright" width="250" caption="A very confusing Carolina hot sauce at the Roast Grill, Raleigh"][/caption] It's been a busy week in North Carolina -- with plenty of cookin' and visits with friends of MANY different eras. There's been rhubarb Berliner Weisse beer, devilled eggs in LSU colors, and the scent of ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/headedwes/ [caption id="attachment_98" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Savannah Blanco Contingent"][/caption] Head Count: 6 plus kids The Crowd: extended family, Bean Batches: 1 meaty Quotes of the night (appropriately out of context): "I'm the Ice Cream Pirate!" -- Lawson Katz Sister Lourdes: "Yes, I AM a nun, but I'm also Anne's sister." Px: (confused pause) "So wait… You're A ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/savannah-2/ [caption id="attachment_94" align="alignright" width="185" caption="The New Map: Headed due West now"][/caption] So it looks like, in keeping with the show's free-form nature, that the itinerary is going to change a bit. Buddy and former New Orleanian Chad Lavin, the reason for schlepping to fair Blacksburg VA, is being held hostage by ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/monday-map-check/ [caption id="attachment_75" align="alignright" width="300" caption="In the Kitchen: Charleston"][/caption] Head Count: 15 The Crowd:.plenty o' kids, a LITERAL family circus, equine technicians, backgammon sharks, trilingual shorties, vegetarian yogi, adolescent black belts, South African soccor fans, world travelers and potluck veterans Bean Batches: 2 (one meaty, one vegan) The Stove:. Three-burner electric. No oven, no ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/charlestonrb/ If you're showing up here today (Thursday, 6/11) , you got wind of the early launch via FaceBook or Twitter. Annnnnnd velllkummmm to the show. I'm a few parties in the hole (a perfect recovery day in Atlanta, Deutscheish goodbye in Charleston, a Tybee Island kick-turn), but there's no time like the ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/welcome-to-the-road-show/ Head Count: 23 The Crowd: writers, photographers, New Orleans expats, musicians, chefs, front-of-house folks, bacon-obsessed bartenders, master printmakers, grooms-to-be, wine merchants, wandering scholars, visiting 7th Ward royalty and my boy Willie Nelson. Bean Batches: 2 (both meaty) The Stove: Blast-furnace hot Five-Star commercial range. Damn. Quotes of the night (appropriately out of context): "Every once ... http://redbeansroadshow.com/2009/06/atlanta-ga-the-perfect-kickoff/