Cook the Book: Grill Every Day
Cheeseburgers, corn on the cob, and potato salad.
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My favorite boardwalk fries are from Thrasher's in Ocean City, MD. You can buy them by the KFC sized bucketful and damn skippy are they good! They're fresh cut, skin on, and pretty much fried to order as there is almost always a line 5-6 people deep. I've not tried the ones at Boardwalk but I imagine they're probably very close. You can sometimes find boardwalk type fries at carnival and street fair concessions. But there is something about the combination of salty sea air and salty vinegary fries that just makes them taste so much better than anywhere else.
Cook the Book: New South Grilling
Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Milwaukee beer, especially the tall boy cans. He also made a mean prime rib for Christmas dinner.
Favorite summer food- now and from childhood?
Now-Gazpacho made from all local produce. I make it by the gallon with whatever the farmer's market has available. Love, love, love it.
Then-Blueberries. My mother's family was from the 'Fruit Belt of Michigan' and every summer we'd get a huge box of blueberries delivered to our house sent by one of my aunts. It seemed like a huge extravagance at the time (late 60s) to get blueberries in the mail. My sisters and I would wait for the postman every day and fight over who got to bring the box into the house.
What Are Your Recipe Deal Breakers?
I draw the line at deep frying. I have a totally unfounded fear that I'll knock the hot oil over. I suck at baking due to the having to measure exactly in most cases. So, no homemade doughnuts at my house...
Cook the Book: 'My Last Supper'
My dad's prime rib, my mom's raw fried potatoes and some steamed asparagus. For dessert, Mom's cherry squares. We'd eat on the picnic table in the backyard of our old house. Hopefully the lilac tree would be in bloom.
Do you brown bag it for lunch?
I've always brought my lunch to work. I don't know how people can afford to go out every day. I usually have leftovers (moo goo gai pan today-nothing like leftover chinese) or a sandwich and round it out with yogurt and fruit. I pack everything the night before and while I get tired of the routine, I remember how much it costs to go out and dig a little harder into the fridge.
In Videos: Space Food Sticks TV Commercial
I remember my mom bringing these home one day. We were ecstatic! She never ever bought anything we saw on tv so it was quite an event. I also remember them tasting like dog food and being greatly disappointed.
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Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
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Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
Alcoholic- margaritas hands down (fresh limes though)
Non Alcoholic- iced tea
Cook the Book: 'Screen Doors and Sweet Tea'
Gin and tonics are my favorite for something cool to drink while sitting on my patio.
Cook the Book: Grill Every Day
grilled tube steaks (hot dogs, brats, nilgai sausage) and potato salad
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