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Sometimes, you just get a hankering for something your grandmother once made or something you tried at a long-closed restaurant.

Garden Relish / Seattle, WA Team JEGS chef Nicky Morse — brings his unique recipes to NHRA fans each race with a new installment of “Quarter-mile Cuisine.”

A Wichita Falls restaurant took its second hit from criminals in two weeks, this time putting it out of business for a while. By the time Pedro Moreno got to his restaurant, Jefe’s Bar & Grill, early Thursday, fire crews had already put out the flames, but the sight was no less devastating.

Patrick O’Connell, chef and proprietor of the Inn at Little Washington in Virginia, has been named the “Pope of American Cuisine” by Robert Mondavi, and called “a rare chef with a sense of near perfect taste” by the International Herald Tribune. Reviewers say that his Inn at Little Washington is the promised land and the patrons are pilgrims. The restaurant and his cooking has been rated No. 1 …

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Ed Mitchell , esteemed pitmaster at Raleigh’s The Pit restaurant, appeared in a rib showdown this morning on NBC’s “Today” show. Mitchell went up against Kenny Callaghan, a pitmaster at the New York City restaurant Blue Smoke , and BBQ cookbook author Chris Lilly.

Four years ago Chris Ford traded his guitar and microphone for a smoker and a set of barbecue tongs.

BEN FINK/COURTESY OF SUVIR SARANSuvir Saran’s easy-to-make take on salmon in parchment is topped with a savory tomato chutney. The problem with Indian home cooking in America, says Indian cookbook author Suvir Saran, is, well, Indian cookbook authors. Most recipes…