New year’s resolutions don’t resonate with me. They always strike me as too general (I’m going to eat better), unattainable (drink less), or things that you shouldn’t need a resolution for (be nicer to friends and family). For some reason Lenten resolutions make more sense to me. The idea of giving up something that we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Alton Brown’
Cuts Like a Knife
Evidently, I’m pretty hooked on this whole idea of writing about food thing. Pictures help a lot but some food and cooking concepts are really difficult to describe. I still remember an “ah ha!” moment more than five years ago when Alton Brown demonstrated how to swirl crepe batter in a pan (this clip starting [...]
My Turkey Rules
I have found that food blogging with a seasonal focus repeatedly faces a particular question: If I wait until a particular food adventure is finished and I have taken pictures and can comment on final results will it be too late for others to benefit from my experience until next year? In other words how [...]
Ribs with Legs II: Braising, saucing, and finishing
Like I did for my pizza recipe I have decided to deal with ribs in two parts. This recipe, while simple and straightforward, has a few independent stages that I think can be neatly divided into two posts. Also, like the pizza recipe this one can be spread over two days/ When we left off the ribs had been rubbed, wrapped [...]
Ribs With Legs I: The rub and the ribs
Barbeque season is here and for his birthday every year my cousin Chris has me make ribs. Over the years I think I have worked out a pretty optimal cooking technique and I’m going to share it here in two parts. The recipe is based on Alton Brown’s versions for baby back ribs from I’m Just [...]
