Indirect heat, that is heat that is not directly under the bits you’re grilling, is a great way to grill large pieces of meat such as roast pork, beef, or even a whole chicken. I am a huge fan of this cooking method because it results in wonderfully cooked meat that is juicy and tasty with just the right [...]
In his novel, Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robins opens the book with high praise for the beet. THE BEET IS THE MOST INTENSE of vegetables. The radish, admittedly, is more feverish, but the fire of the radish is a cold fire, the fire of discontent not of passion. Tomatoes are lusty enough, yet there runs through [...]
In my senior year of college, I took a road trip for spring break down to Baton Rouge, LA to visit a friend who was in graduate school at LSU with a fraternity brother named Rick. John (our friend at LSU) was very keen on showing us the local culture and we went to New [...]
I was never a big fan of turkey burgers until I tried changing up the recipe. My big complaint about turkey burgers has always been that they tend to be dry and they are a poor substitution for real hamburgers. A few years ago, I stumbled upon a recipe in a Weight Watchers cookbook that [...]
Sometimes inspiration comes at the strangest times in life. Sometimes, it just hits you like a brick in the face. That’s what happened tonight as I was watching “Jamie at Home on the Cooking Chanel. I realized that I needed to start writing down my recipes for my son who is about to turn 3 [...]