John Batchelor Dining and Travel

Imperial Koi (1941 New Garden Road, Greensboro,  27410, 336-286-3000, imperialkoigso.com) is my favorite Asian restaurant. In addition to ...

See the February 5-11 issue of Yes! Weekly  ( https://issuu.com/yesweekly/docs/yes__weekly_-_february_5__2020 ) for the full text of my arti...

Ruddy Duck Tavern on the Morehead City waterfront is one of my favorite places, for food as well as ambience. Portions are generous. My wife...

Full review appeared in Yes! Weekly last spring. Great food, Southern influenced. Happy after recent return visit! Their website:  https:/...

Back in the good old days, when I was writing a weekly column for The News and Record , I always posted a recommended gifts column about thi...

Local product, highly recommended: Howling Good Pimiento Cheese, from Wolf Daddy Foods (wolfdaddyfoods.com). This comes from Amanda and Rich...

I wrote about a meal at Butcher and Bull (in downtown Marriott) in June (see "Older Posts" below). Starting today (December 3) thr...

The Katharine Brasserie & Bar (401 North Main Street, Winston-Salem 27101, (336) 761-0203, katharinebrasserie.com) is located in the hi...

LSU Press is launching a crowdfunding campaign to  support their academic publishing. They published one of my books, Race and Education ...

Had dinner at Taco Mama (2168 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro 27408, 336-790-1987, tacomamaonline.com), a very casual, college neighborhood feeli...