The Splendid Table (thesplendidtable.publicradio.org) is a radio show on National Public Radio dedicated to everything food related. The Host, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, has won numerous awards for her talk show including a 1999 James Beard award for "Best National Radio Show On Food". She has also written many books that have also won awards. The women really knows her stuff.
This week they featured a BBQ spot that I have been going to for about 6 years. My all-time favorite form of Barbeque is from the Carolina's, dry rubbed with little or no sauce except for some tangy vinegar, served with unleavened cornbread and cole slaw.
The Skylight Inn BBQ is a little hole-in-the-wall that we go to when visiting my grandmother who has lived in the same house in Grifton, North Carolina since 1956.
I love the BBQ so much that last time I visited I bought two pounds of barbeque "to-go" to bring back to Chicago. The airport security in Greenville saw the package and waved me through without question, as if they understood my need for this Carolina delicacy.
So, tune your radios the your local NPR station and head the the eastern part of the Carolina's and enjoy the great sounds and tastes this great land has to offer!
SKYLIGHT INN BBQ
4618 Lee St.
Ayden, N.C
(252)-746-4113
Happy Cooking!
Chef Alekka