Grill-Roasted Butternut Squash Stuffed With The Flavors of Fall
The goosebumps rather confidently ran up the back of my forearm, hugged my elbow curve perfectly, and continued upward, only to swiftly slalom around my shoulder and nearby neck connections like a Formula 1 car on its way to victory….
Comfort Food With a Kiss of Smoke: Cherrywood-Smoked Chuck Roast
The triple-digit heat finally gave way to the welcome rains. But the people that danced for joy in the streets quickly realized that the rain wasn’t stopping and, in fact, would follow the record-breaking heat with dangerous, double-digit, flash floods…
Pesto Grilled Trout With A Side Of Great Memories
We hear it all the time. Don’t look back. Keep your eye on the future. The past is past. But some things will always bring the past back, no matter if you’re actively thinking about them or not. Hopefully, when…
Cedar-Planked Maple-Dijon Glazed Salmon: Ushering In The Fall Season
Well, I suppose it’s come to this now, hasn’t it? Emboldened backyard varmints prepare for a winter without fresh food by blatantly and fearlessly raiding our gardens and porches of anything remotely edible. Trees begin their annual, eye-catching color transformation…
Shake, Shake, Shake Shakshouka…
You sang that title line, didn’t you? Yeah, you did? No? Well, you’ll be singing it after you eat this one-pan dish that gets wonderfully enhanced flavors from fire roasting the veggies. And ya gotta eat your veggies, so you…
The Victory Galette: A Tomato Success Story
There’s been a lot of battles over fruits and veggies in our backyard, and frankly, our success rates against nature’s vegetable stealing hooligans have been questionable at best. Birds and chipmunks for sure, but man, the rabbits, and squirrels have…
Shaved Asparagus Pizza Hits All The Summer Notes
Well, it’s hotter than a blister bug in a pepper patch. Oh, it’s a barn burner alright. Hotter than a stolen tamale. I’m telling ya it’s a humdinger. Hot enough to scald a lizard or fry an egg on your…
BBQ Shrimp & Grits, NOLA Style
Mentioning the word grits will most times get my head turning like one of those weird, mindless, dog and pony show carnival tricks. Yeah, I like ’em that much. So when my NOLA Style BBQ Shrimp plans got derailed by…
Savory Stuffed Pork Tenderloin: Belly Filling Goodness
From our humble backyard space, it’s usually possible to look towards the west and get a first-person weather report. But on this particular day, that picture was a little more telling. The sky wouldn’t harbor any lingering secrets, and now…
Caramelized Onion & Goat Cheese Galette
You might be interested in the history of the onion. If you are, well, you might also be on the wrong blog, because I’m not here to get into any of that. But I do like ’em. I like the…
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