I survived World’s Longest Barbecue. My grill was left a graveyard of charred wooden skewers and guests left happy and full of delicious local food. Now before you get on my case about nutrition, I assure you, guests brought a wide variety of fresh salads. We had a bathtub’s worth of leafy greens, fresh cut-from-the-cob [...]
Some of you might remember last year’s post in which, thanks to a sprained wrist, I cajoled my friends into doing all the work for The World’s Longest Barbecue™. Andrew served drinks, my sisters chopped, diced and threaded kebabs and my brother-in-law worked the grill. Me? I looked fragile and basked in the title of [...]
I’m feeling a tad guilty again. While yesterday’s post about roasted garlic got a lot of you excited, it turns out this dish raised a few issues. First, DivaLisa is extremely allergic to garlic. Although she was too polite to say this, I’m pretty sure a close-up of her culinary nemesis caused her more discomfort [...]
This is how dry rub should be. Sure it looks a bit like potpourri, but this Mediterranean-inspired rub proved to be so tasty it nearly convinced Andrew to like lamb — something I’ve been trying to do for almost a decade. Ever since I nearly smoked us out of the house pan-searing a steak slathered [...]
You know you’re a food writer when dinner guests bring prepared statements instead of wine. Andrew and his brother had a fine time critiquing the souvlaki meal I served on Sunday. These two would-be Seinfelds delivered their material with wide grins and mouths full. When asked what he thought of the chicken, Ian quipped, “I [...]
Quick. What is this? Chocolate muffin with sugar sprinkles? An extreme close up of a cocoa rolled truffle? Nope. Guess again. It’s steak. Earlier in the week, The National Post ran an article about adding coffee to a dry rub. Not only did the recipe call for java, it used cocoa. Coffee and chocolate? How [...]
