Entries tagged with 'grilling'
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"So just like it was for our ancient relatives, the main trick to cooking outdoors is learning how to build and maintain a fire." This week's grilling tips come from John Stage, the mastermind and co-owner of the highly successful restaurants, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. In 1983, John and his buddy, Mike, sawed a 55-gallon drum in half for barbecuing and began offering a simple three sandwich menu to the hungry crowds at biker gigs across the country. During his time on the road, John tasted the world-class barbecue in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, picking the bones of barbecue greats. Getting bits and pieces of crucial information on successful grilling and barbecuing, John had developed a passion and love for...
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For those who want to try something different for Memorial Day, we just found this recipe for Grilled Lemongrass Shrimp Skewers on Ravenous Couple. The food looks gorgeous and sound delicious and we're so adding this to our menu this extended weekend....
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All you need to know when you're looking for cookout wines is this: ZEST. It stands for Zinfandel, Easy on the Oak, South America, and Tempranillo.
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If you're new to steak, beef up (pun intended) your meat knowledge with this overview of nine affordable cuts of beef from food writer Tony Rosenfeld at The Washington Post. Rosenfeld also shares steak grilling tips plus photos. Related Robert St. John's Grilling Tips Chris Lilly's Grilling Tips The Lobels' Grilling Tips...
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"The key to entertaining is finding a few easy, popular, and accessible recipes in your repertoire, and use them often." This week's grilling tips come from restaurateur, chef, writer, and world-class eater, Robert St. John. A true Southern cuisine and grilling aficionado, he's a Mississippi culinary hero. He was voted the state's top chef in 2006 and 2007 and one of his restaurants, The Purple Parrot Cafe was named the best Mississippi restaurant in 2007. He also serves on the National Chef’s Council of the Chefs for Humanity organization and the board of directors of the Mississippi Arts Commission and the Mississippi Museum of Art. We asked Robert St. John to share some of his grilling tips from his new...
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Deb Harkness suggests some food and wallet-friendly Spanish wines to go along with whatever you're grilling this weekend....
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Make Choco Tacos for a Memorial Day dessert. Memorial Day means so many different things. For me, it always meant packing up my belongings into mildewy trunks and heading to summer camp. Although I don't go to camp anymore, Memorial Day still remains—for me and for America at large—the beginning of summer. In celebration, we’ve put collected recipes that will serve your Memorial Day needs, whether you'll be grilling in your backyard, having a potluck with friends. or simply enjoying the summer night air. Grilling Pork Souvlaki with Pita and Tzatziki Four-Cheese Burgers Bacon and Cheese Hot Dogs The Nobby Burger, a classic burger Basic Barbecue Sauce Potluck (or When Fire Codes Don't Allow Grilling) Avocado Chicken Salad Spaghetti...
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By using the spreadsheet-like grill grid Gridus from Art. Lebedev Studio, grillers who once said, "I'll take the one on the left," can now say, "I'll take the one in B7 to C22, but if you could cut off that burnt part from C7 to C9, that'd be great." [via swissmiss]...
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"Twist a chicken leg with your fingers. If it doesn't budge, it isn't done. If it spins like a roulette wheel in Las Vegas, it has cooked too long." This week's grilling tips come from Chris Lilly: vice president, executive chef, and partner of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama. Big Bob Gibson is a legendary name in the world of Bar-B-Q and the cooking team holds ten World BBQ Championships, six world titles at "Memphis in May," as well as the American Royal International Cook-Off and BBQ Sauce Competition. Fifteen years ago, Chris Lilly was hired by Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q to learn the art of barbecue from Bob Gibson himself. His meat mentor simply told him to...
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"I used to be one of those macho guys that cranked the grill up to bejesus." Photographs by Maro Hagopian This week’s grilling tips come from celebrity chef icon, Emeril Lagasse. His empire has expanded to include restaurants, radio shows, best-selling books, and several product lines. Most recently Emeril has been "going green" with his television series, Emeril Green where he inspires viewers to cook in an eco-friendly way and buy organic and local produce. Last week, Emeril hosted a live show at Sirius XM Martha Stewart Radio celebrating his newest cookbook, Emeril At The Grill. At the event, Emeril prepared several of the recipes from his cookbook and really "kicked it up a notch" with a live demonstration of...
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