Here is a fun and easy recipe that will pleased almost everyone in your life! We served it with a meal of steaks and ribs and it was a well received side dish!
a baked casserole of spinach, onions and cheese with crusts of filo dough: spanakopita!
Christmas Barbecued Ribs
My family has a pension for ribs. I don’t make them as often as I like, but I do take all the time necessary to make them extraordinary. I went a bit over the top in curing my ribs this year… here’s a post about it I wrote when I checked how they were doing back in October.
Before opening up his rib restaurant, a friend of mine traveled all over the south checking out the many fine techniques before he settled on his own style. Frankly, I thought it was a great excuse to travel and sample the best ribs on the planet. I add a step or two … which I think makes the ribs more flavorful and allows me to utilize a milder and sweeter sauce flavored with brown sugar, whiskey, mustard and a few fun things. The steps involved are: curing the ribs (soaking in beer and spices) for a few months, boiling in similar spices and beer, saucing them and allowing them to absorb the flavorings for a few days, then finally baking or bbq-ing!
Looks good to me already!
nothing like a great one pot meal!
I know some folks are going to tease me a bit about this particular cookbook as it has been out for a while, but I won’t by just any book and this one intrigued me. Why, you might ask? Simply, I am really not interested in the so many cook books that offer 30 meals in thirty minutes with three ingredients. Hey, I can do that too: take a steak add salt and pepper and grill! Drink beer. Oooops… does beer count as a 4th ingredient?
However, I am very fond of one pot meals be they the South African Potjeikos (‘Potjies’) or the many from around the world!
Chef Boulud has put together a wonderful assortment of one pot meals ( some could even be adapted to the crock pot)… and a couple have caught my eye: one was chicken with a Tamarind sauce and the other involved oxtails and pears … very intriguing!
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celebrating the food of the Greeks
This holiday season, my daughters want to have a fun Greek Night ! No, this is not the kind where people wear togas. It is a time when we prepare some wonderful food and reflect on recent activities.
The names may be unfamiliar, but the taste will speak of home!
Click for Greek Night Page (under construction, but you’ll get the idea)