A Meme for Breakfast
I love a good meme, and here’s one about food! It’s simple: copy it to your own blog, highlight the things you’ve tried, and pass it on. Here’s my list: 1. Venison 2. Nettle tea 3. Huevos rancheros 4. Steak…
Italian Family Barbecue
We were having company Sunday. I wanted to barbecue, but Ditalini wanted Italian food. So we compromised by having an Italian barbecue. Here’s the menu: Grilled Artichokes We prepped the artichokes a couple of hours before the party by cutting the spiny…
Mothers’ Day Menu
Sometimes you get a marriage made in heaven. Ditalini and I share the same tastes in food, so my Mothers’ Day menu has us both slavering in anticipation. What am I cooking? Crouton’s Easy Dry-Rubbed Ribs with corn on the cob and…
Crouton’s Easy Beef Stew
This is a simple one-dish stew you can prepare in the afternoon and serve for supper. Notes Any kind of stew meat will do for this recipe, as long as you trim off the fat & gristle. For tough meats, increase…
Boring Ramen, Not
Ramen is teh bland. Here’s a way to cure that.
Crouton’s Smoked Pork Spareribs
Ditalini and I love pork spareribs. Full slab, St. Louis style, Kansas City style, baby back, they’re all good. In an earlier entry, I offered an easy recipe for dry-rubbed baby back ribs that are first cooked in the oven and then…
Smoked Beef Brisket
Notes Slow cooking, plus laying the brisket on the rack with the fat layer on top, is the secret to tender brisket, which is normally considered a tough cut of meat. I use a Weber covered barrel smoker, but I…
Ceviche de Camarones y Vieiras
Ceviche: an appetizer of small pieces of raw fish marinated in lime or lemon juice, often with onions, peppers, and spices. This is for my daughter Linguini and any readers who like ceviche as much as she does. I’ve made ceviche…
Jalapeño Cornbread
Our Favorite Barbecue Sauce
Notes I sometimes add a pinch of dried red pepper flakes and a half-teaspoon of liquid hickory smoke flavor. We use this sauce on all kinds of barbecued meat; it’s particularly good on chicken and ribs!