Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there. How sweet is this picture? There is nothing sexier to a woman than a hot guy with a baby. I’m having two of my favorite “hot guy” Dads over for a good old fashioned barbecue today and thought I’d share the menu with you. It’s early [...]
The other day at our adorable little library here in Point Pleasant Beach, I noticed Bobby Flay’s colorful Mesa Grill Cookbook. The tag line reads “explosive flavors from the southwestern kitchen.” Now, I love Bobby Flay. I like his rough around the edges, New York ‘tude and all his recipes sound delicious. Unfortunately, they are [...]
Peter and I decided to take the trip up to Keyport a couple weeks ago to visit the restaurant where our fellow Jersey Biter, Chef Michael d’Ennery, is the Executive Chef. We knew that the restaurant was located in a renovated church but we had no idea the size of the church. When we spotted [...]
I can remember the exact day I fell in love with grilling. Okay, wait, I must clarify, I don’t actually cook the meat on the grill. That job is my boyfriend, Peter’s, job. Far too messy for the Queen. However, what I mean when I say “fell in love with grilling” is loving the smoky, [...]
Doesn’t this sucker look like the pulled pork sandwich that ate Tokyo? I should have Peter photoshop some little people in the bottom corner running with arms flailing. Friday night was Southern barbecue night here in my little corner of New Jersey. I don’t know why I had the hankerin’ for some smokey, sticky, utterly [...]
I adapted this recipe from one I found on Recipeezaar.com. Instead of cooking pork medallions in the pan, I opted to cook the pork tenderloin whole in the oven, juicier that way if you ask me. I also seasoned the pork on all sides with McCormick’s Caribbean Jerk Seasoning before browning. The key to juicy, [...]
It’s the time of year in New Jersey when those of us who garden are seeing the fruits of our labor and are up to our you-know-whats in eggplant and tomatoes. I was complaining the other day (to myself because no one I know really cares about these cooking dilemmas of mine) that so many [...]
Before the Summer is officially over, you have to try these beans. They go really great with the Baby Back Rib recipe I posted a couple weeks ago. I decided to take a picture of the different beans that go into the dish, because the “Butter Beans” can be hard to find. In the local [...]
Saying goodbye to summer is never easy, especially when you live at the New Jersey Shore. This summer in particular was picture perfect. The weather was never too hot for too long, the water was crystal clear and there were no signs of jellyfish until the last week of August. What more could a Jerseygirl [...]
Original recipe courtesy of Alton Brown Note: I buy my ribs from Costco. I get the shrink wrapped kind, 3 slabs to a package. I have found them to be the meatiest ribs and always excellent. The original recipe calls for 2 slabs of baby back ribs, but I have always stretched it to 3 [...]
