About
VarmintBites has nothing to do with a possum or coon — it’s far less exciting than that. I’m Dean McCord, a Raleigh-based father of 4 children, who eats too much, cooks for his wife just about every day, and has an opinion on most anything. I’m not a food critic. I don’t even eat out that often, but I like to talk about the local food scene and feeding my family. I like barbecue of all types and have cooked many a pig.
When I’m not eating or cooking or thinking about food, I’m a lawyer, of which there are plenty in this town.
Oh, and I’m called Varmint because that’s my moniker on the forums page of the great food organization, the eGullet Society for Culinary Arts and Letters, with which I’ve been involved for too many years to count. I recently retired from all my formal duties with eG, so I’m off to do my own thing. Don’t expect anything earth shattering.
Feel free to Email me!
November 5, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Love the blog, Dean. Good stuff. Now, when will you divulge the recipe for blackberry cobbler and cinnamon ice cream. I’m not kidding - I had THREE helpings of it at your summer associate dinner!! Completely addictive.
November 5, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Mary, Mary, Mary. All you had to do is ask, as it’s one of the simplest desserts ever. I don’t hide recipes, I share them (although it’s rare when I use one). I’ll write about this cobbler in the summer, when the berries are plentiful, but drop me an email, and I’ll get the recipe to you.
December 7, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Mazel Tov on hanging out your cyber-shingle, Dean!
I still remember the “Ode to Varmint: If Sandburg Went to Raleigh” thread from Pig Pickins’ past…
May 3, 2008 at 2:33 pm
you’ve got a great blog going here. hope you don’t mind, but we’re linking to you off our site (http://www.didionville.com). don’t worry, though: you won’t be bombarded with hits. our traffic comes primarily from grandparents and some friends in los angeles. cheers!