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Now is the time for New Yorkers to save their money by drinking tap water! I just started a bottle refilling network called Tap It to give NYC residents a real alternative to buying bottled water when they're on the go. Cafes provide clean water and can be found by using the iphone application or the Tap It web site.

I cook on a propane powered custom grill and many people taste that i get a heck of a lot of flavor. i've been to many cook outs and contests w/ the hardcore charcoal experts w/ their cans of bud light, to each his or her own, i just wonder how many competitions the people w/ the strongest opinions have won?

I come from Indonesia, where drinking bottled water is a necessity. The water we get is not drinkable, and it has to be boiled first to be able to drink from it. Even then if you can afford it it's better to buy. I dont get why people who have the luxury of being able to drink straight from the tap and dont have to worry about the hygiene of the water, would still buy bottled water when it's so clear that you're being charged just for the fancy packaging. I mean could you really taste the difference between French or Swiss or wherever the water supposedly came from, if it's not written in the label?

Charcoal Rules - while it takes awhile to get the fire going - the result is far superior than gas.

I do like the ease of gas but hey that is what kitchen stoves are for.

I have a black Weber and would never dream of using a gas grill.

Butter milk fried chicken, collard greens and black-eyed peas

Country fried steak and eggs on a heping mound of crispy/moist hashbrowns slathered in cream pepper gravy

Fried pork chops, creamed corn, collards, and steaming peach coobler topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Ribs and chicken or chicken and ribs!

Chocolate-pecan pie, biscuits & gravy, red beans & rice.

It's hard to narrow this down to any one dish, but, since it's still fresh on my mind from making it a few nights ago, I'm gonna have to go with fried squash. But not just any squash- fresh squash from the garden. Coated in egg thinned out with a little vinegar and Texas Pete, breaded in House Autry chicken breader, fried up in veggie oil.

I love all southern foods. This said, my all time favorite had to be my Nanas fried chicken. I used to ask for it for my birthday and I would dream about it untill the day came. Nana just turned 90 the 22nd of July and still makes the best fryed chicken!

Lawd, this is a tough one. I do love some chocolate chip and bourbon pecan pie, but wouldn't turn my nose up at cornbread or dirty rice. No sir.

Pulled pork, pulled pork, pulled pork!!!!! How can you go wrong with this ultimate Southern dish?