Patrick Donohue is the proudest Indiana native you're likely to find. Seriously. No one is prouder to be from a state that so many people know relatively so little about than he is. Patrick is a native of Terre Haute and a graduate of the Ernie Pyle School of Journalism at Indiana University. Knowing this, you might think he’d be a huge John "Cougar" Mellencamp fan, a man considered by some to be the Hoosier State's poet laureate. But you'd be wrong. In a major way. | An Amazon engineer says the NFL could have easily avoided the blackout during Sunday's Super Bowl.
Not a single city in South Carolina made a list of the country's most literate cities.
Food & Wine came up with an awesome idea to have chefs think about what we will be eating 35 years from now and sketch their ideas on paper plates. The results, as you can see, were pretty epic.
Eater has a sneak peak at the Lee Brothers upcoming Charleston Cookbook. Local note: Matt and Ted Lee will be appearing March 6 at USCB's Lunch with Authors series. Deets.
The New York Times wrote a piece recently about how some chefs feel about diners taking pictures of their food. Most hated it but some celebrity chefs, like Michael Symon and Tom Collicchio, are on board as long as the flash is off.
Much to the dismay of West Virginia lawmakers, MTV has ordered another season of 'Buckwild.'
Charleston's Sean Brock was a guest judge on Top Chef last night and drew some rave reviews including one from this humble blogger.
Might be a little biased but @hseanbrock has been great tonight on #TopChef. Really insightful without being over-the-top. #TopChef
— Patrick Donohue (@IPBG_Patrick) February 7, 2013
And last but not least, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice fell off his parade float. And yes, it was pretty funny.