Beer-Butt Chicken

Beer-Butt Chicken

There is something immensely satisfying about cooking a whole bird on top of a beer can over open flames/coals. When I first came across Beer Can Chicken, it sounded gimmicky and something you would expect to find a frat party. However, one taste of the …

Jamaican Jerk Ribs with Pineapple-Mango Salsa

Jamaican Jerk Ribs with Pineapple-Mango Salsa

I went to Jamaica on my honeymoon. I expected to enjoy the ocean, swim up bar, and that blissful feeling of relaxation that comes in an all-inclusive resort. However, I was surprised to discover how delicious the food was. Jamaican patties are the perfect hand-held …

Winter Slaw with Ranch Dressing

Winter Slaw with Ranch Dressing

I am far from a vegetarian, but I am very interested in new salad and vegetable recipes. Nothing excites me like a new spin on old greens. A great salad recipe is one that is versatile: it can be substituted with what is in your …

Cornbread

Cornbread

I have covered a few slightly controversial food topics on this blog. While we’re not talking politics or religion, people have some very specific feelings about mayonnaise, chili, and pizza, to name a few. But those do not hold a candle to the divisiveness which …

Smashed Burgers

Smashed Burgers

There is nothing better than a summer party in July, a cold beer and the smell of burgers on a charcoal barbeque. And then there are those cold winter months in barbeque Siberia when you yearn for the sun on your skin and a burger …

Classic Coleslaw with Homemade Mayonnaise

Classic Coleslaw with Homemade Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is a divisive condiment.  I know that there are many people out there who are repulsed by it and will not touch a single salad that has come into contact with the egg based creamy salad dressing.  It also appears somewhat mysterious in its …

Smoky Spicy Oven Ribs

Smoky Spicy Oven Ribs

Despite not being born in the deep South I have discovered an extreme love for all things barbeque and classic southern cooking. [Is there anything better than fried chicken and waffles? We may need to include a segment on them soon!] But when you live …