Get Your Grill On

The Food Network is taking auditions for a new television show called “Grill It.” The show will be hosted by Bobby Flay and audition videos are currently being solicited for this exciting new show.
The “most popular” audition happens to be by 2007 New York State Grilling Champion and fellow BBQ Brethren member Clint Cantwell. […]

The following factoids are from www.hpba.org.
A Sizzling Industry
· More than 17.4 million grills were shipped in 2007, marking a 13 percent increase since 2000.
· Nine out of 10 (95 percent) grill owners used their grill in the past year, an increase of 4 percent over 2003.
· Nearly eight out of 10 (77 percent) households own […]

A few weeks ago l cooked up what I’m now calling SPAM “Burnt Ends.” I had been looking for an interesting take on SPAM that I could serve at a luau my wife and I are planning for later in the summer (SPAM is huge in Hawaii, so it would make a novel appetizer). […]

“In some social circles, I am known as Chileverde”. That is a quote from my infamous 6 minutes of fame on Joey Altman’s “Bay Cafe”. I now go by Chilebrown. Today I am making my award winning Chileverde. Well, sort of award winning. It took the ‘Peoples Choice’ award at the “Calistoga Beer,Sausage and Chili […]

With Memorial Day weekend looming on the calendar, if you haven’t kicked off your grilling season already, you’re getting awfully close to the official start. These Cuban-Style Hamburgers are a snap to whip up, making them perfect for either a weeknight when you’re short on time, or a weekend when the gang appears, hungry, […]

Now that my wife and I are “empty nesters” we are enjoy trying different types of foods and flavor profiles that we couldn’t try with kids at home. We are also trying to eat healthier. Ellie Krieger’s book “The Food You Crave” has given us several great meals that don’t necessarily taste […]

• 2 oz sliced Genoa Salami
• 1 oz sliced Hard Salami
• 1 oz thinly sliced Spiced Ham
• 3 thin slices Prosciutto
• 2 thin slices Asiago
• 2 thin slices Smoked Cheddar
• Chipotle aioli
• 1 oz Sautéed Red Onions
• 1 sandwich ciabatta roll – sliced
• 1 bottle of EVOO
Spread chipotle aioli evenly on the top and bottom piece of sliced ciabatta bread.
Arrange cheese, and meats on one […]

It’s finally Spring around here, and that means two of my seasonal grilling favorites are starting to show up in our stores - salmon and artichokes.

I love to cook salmon on a cedar or alder plank. The wood adds a lot of flavor, and because it protects the fish from the flames, you can use […]

As much as I love pork ribs, sometimes it’s nice to switch things up. These beef ribs came from the back of a prime rib roast. They look a lot like huge spareribs, hence the nickname “dino ribs.”
I coated the rack with a little balsamic vinegar, dusted it with a Texas-style beef rib rub, and […]

With the Kentucky Derby this weekend,  I thought I’d introduce you to Kentucky Burgoo. So here’s a link to a story about Burgoo.
What’s Burgoo you say? Well it’s “the 150-year-old burgoo tradition in her hometown of Owensboro, Ky. There, men gather all night to grill on an epic level — mutton, chicken and a cut […]