One of my favorite parts of being a food photographer is discovering restaurants in my own city that I have never visited before. A few months ago, I was working on a story that profiled the rise of artisan bakeries in the Charlotte area. While shooting this story, I made a visit …
Restaurants
Louie Mueller Barbecue – Taylor, TX
Back in September, I was in the great state of Texas for a 9 day trip to promote and sign The Southern Tailgating Cookbook. While in the Lonestar State, I had another agenda. I was going to eat a lot of Texas style barbecue. When in North Carolina, I enjoy pulled pork, but when I …
Gourdough’s Specialty Doughnuts Austin, TX
Austin is well known for their food trucks and food truck trailer parks. In 2010, I had a blast visiting Torchy’s, Man Bites Dog, and Hey Cupcake. When I was back in Austin for The Southern Tailgating Cookbook Tour a few weeks ago, I made a stop at a new truck that I had heard …
BBQ at Mac’s Speedshop
Every time that my brother comes home from college, we always go out to eat at one of our favorite Charlotte restaurants. Guess who was home this past weekend? …
12 Bones Smokehouse, Asheville, NC
There is always a gamble when taking an editorial assignment, but when Garden and Gun asked me to shoot for their story on BBQ sandwiches last year, I was willing to roll the dice. …
A Charleston Vacation
Charleston, SC, is one of my favorite cities in the country. It is a short 3 hour or so drive from Charlotte and is filled with fascinating history, great food, and beautiful scenery. It was the perfect place for a vacation. There are so many places that you can go to on …
Satchel’s Pizza Gainesville, FL
Taylor Takes a Taste is turning 2 next week! With that, I am trying to post a few things from 2011 that I haven’t gotten to yet. This restaurant stop is from my October tailgating trip to Gainesville, FL. Here is what I found at Satchel’s Pizza. …
Cold things for a hot summer!
With Memorial Day Weekend this weekend and this being the 3rd day of 90 degree weather in Charlotte, I would say Summer is here! With summer comes the heat… …
Happy National Crepes Suzette Day!
Happy National Crepes Suzette Day! To celebrate this food holiday, I made a little field trip… …
My Favorite Cupcakes of 2010…
The “experts” say that cupcakes were so 2010, and that the fad is over. Well I still like cupcakes. If 2010 was the year of the cupcake, then I definitely ate my fair share of them. Here is a collection of my favorite cupcakes from across the country. …