Get Your Grill On

I’ve done cedar planked scallops before on Get Your Grill On, but I wanted to add this, too. Why add salmon to the mix? There are a couple of reasons:

It’s very good
It’s very easy
Did I mention it’s very easy? And very good?

I was actually at a restaurant today in Cincinnati called Palomino’s, […]

Ok, maybe not that big, but each one was more than a quarter pound! That’s a lot o’ prawn! My wife and I found these at Jungle Jim’s in Fairfield, Ohio, and I couldn’t pass them up.

I wanted to do something a little different with these than just boil them and dip them […]

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “Pig Candy”? I’m willing to bet that you don’t first think, “Wow, sounds fabulous!”
If that’s true, though, you’d be wrong in your thinking. Not only is pig candy fabulous, it’s also addictive!

Pig Candy is made up of simple ingredients… Nothing complicated at all. The result is […]

Yes, that’s right, grilled steak au poivre. I love steak au poivre, but it can put out smoke in the kitchen, and the flame that’s involved means you always need a handy fire extinguisher!
My wife and I had 16 friends over Saturday night for a big party, and one of the meats I wanted […]

artisanal ar‘ti·san·al (är‘tĭ-zə-nəl, -sə-, är’tĭ-zăn‘əl) adj.
(def.) Made by hand by a person skilled in an art.
I’ve been trying to categorize what I think I’m trying to attempt to kind of do. I found a book over the weekend called ‘Artisanal Cooking’, and, as I thumbed through it, I realized that I found the right […]

I don’t have any photos of my chili, but with fall in the air, I’ve included a shot of a fall morning that I had. It just makes you want to be out seeing fall stuff.
But on with the chili!
This is my favorite chili to make, as it combines several things I love: good […]

Sausage gravy is perfect as it is, right?
Well, it’s great, but, as with most things, it can always be improved. I think I found one way to improve this class, though.
It all starts with the foundation ingredients. Sausage gravy is one of the simplest things to make, whether it’s done with sausage crumbled […]

This time of year brings us lots of good stuff in the Midwest.  Tomatoes are still ripe and coming off the vine to make BLTs.  Blackberries are fresh and full of sweetness and good flavor.  Soybeans are… well, there are soybeans.
And there’s sweet corn!  One of the great gifts of the waning summer.  In the […]

I like to grill things that show off the flavors of the food, not just the flavors of the rubs and sauces. Really good ingredients don’t always need to be covered up with added flavors; they do better with just enhancing with spice.
A great example of this is cedar planking. I’ve had cedar […]

I’m adding my own American lamb post. I was just so impressed with what the American Lamb Board is doing, and just how good the American lamb I’ve had actually is, that I didn’t want to not add my own take on summer grilling with lamb.

I didn’t go fancy, as I wanted to really taste […]