If you’re like me, there’s nothing as good as the smell of a steak on the grill. Smoky, meaty, and rich, it’s the grilled food of the summer, better than burgers, dogs, or corn. But did you know that there’s a Steak Cookoff Association? These folks get together on weekends in select cities and compete…
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The Steak Rules
While I’m sure such strong desires go back at least as far as our caveman (and cavewoman) days, steak has certainly had a special place in my own food memories going back to my childhood. Truth be told, we didn’t have much growing up (other than lots of kids and two hardworking parents), but every…
Oaxacan “Street-Style” Grilled Corn
Oaxacan “street-style” grilled corn is addicting. No matter how much we make, we literally never make enough. With its salty Cotija cheese, cool sour cream, tangy fresh squeezed lime juice, chopped cilantro and Mexican-flavored spices (I use Penzey’s Arizona Dreaming) slathered over smoky char grilled corn, this recipe is a sure hit. And it’s fantastically easy….
Quick Cook: Grilled Teriyaki Pork Skewers
This is one of my favorite recipes ever. It combines my frugal side by using up leftover trimmings from my ribs or inexpensive cuts of pork from the market, with my “check out this awesome grilling recipe” side, and results in a terrifically flavorful, soy sauce-and-honey charred dinner that everyone will love. It is fast…
How to Make Homemade Sausage
I recently took a great sausage making class over at my local butcher shop, Butcher & Public. The class was great for so many reasons. First, because it gave me up close and personal face time with a really good sausage maker, so I could ask a million questions and really learn the “ins and…
Baba Ghanoush (Cooking the Book: Jerusalem)
As you may know, Mrs. WooPigFoodie is a vegetarian. At the holidays each year, I buy her a cookbook or two that looks like it might have good vegetarian recipes, and have her pick a bunch of recipes for me to make for her. (True love.) This year, I picked up Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi…
Crisp Grilled Salad with Avocado and a Creamy Buttermilk Dressing
Mrs. WPF is a vegetarian, and regularly reads the monthly food magazines to pick out new recipes for us to try. And with my birthday just behind me, and a new grill in our lives, she picked out a winner! This is an amazing grilled salad, which we adapted from a recent recipe in Southern…
On Grilled Veggies
Mrs. WPF is a vegetarian, so we start most meals with a great big salad. But when summer comes, I like to switch out colds salads for warm grilled veggies. This is my master recipe. It works for any type of vegetable. Good grilling veggies are those that have a firmer texture. I often make these with…