Get Your Grill On

Not to take anything away from Todd and Michael’s pizzas, here’s another pizza post. 
Henceforth, I think all my entries here may be entitled “Best ______ Recipe EVER!!!”  Whether my recipe for hummus is in fact “The Best Ever” is debatable, it certainly gets more hits than anything else here.  What’s more, almost everyone who winds up here in […]

Sometime in the early 1900s, Louis-Camille Maillard supposedly discovered the reaction that takes place between amino acids, sugars and, usually, heat, now known as the Maillard reaction. He didn’t discover it, as it had taken place since fire was put to food, but he did work out what takes place. It wasn’t until […]

Michael wants Pizza for his 3rd birthday. So we did a trial run. Today he made peanut butter cookies with mom and then pizzas with dad. He did so great! Audrey and I were recalling all of our found memories of helping moms and grandmas in the kitchen as kids. Cooking with kids is such […]

Hey folks. It’s the weekend and we’re home tending the hearths. Talk to you Monday.

I was asked recently by my cousin to “barbeque” the chicken for her party. She has a Weber kettle, so I thought I would actually “Q” it, but what she really wanted was for me to grill the food. After explaining the differences of grilling vs. barbecue, we inevitably got into the classic wood vs. […]

One the most frequent questions I get from family and friends is “What tools do I need for cooking barbecue?” The reason I think this becomes an important question is because of the many different options we find in both commercials and stores around the country.
What I want to do is give you a basic […]

Thought I’d show what happens when you let your rub rest for a bit instead of mixing and using right away. The picture below isn’t the best, but you can make out that there is a color difference in the rub on the right versus the rub on the left. They are the same rub […]

3 Days of being “shut-in” (ice, snow, and 15 degree days) forced me to dig out an old favorite. Nothing goes quite as good with a crackling fire, and the howl of night wind, as a nice mug of hot buttered rum.
Several years ago, I noticed that the Trader Vic’s Hot Buttered Rum mix was […]

Such a nice introduction to a new year. It’s been icy cold in the mornings, the excitement of the holidays has past (thank goodness) and the new year is … well new. A great time to sit back, relax and see what happens next.
Uh, that would be in invite from Chilebrown to an afternoon of […]

Winter has finally set in here in New York City, so we’re crawling under the covers until Monday. See you then.