Barbecue
Barbecue is not just a grilling technique, it's a whole philosophy. Some say it's from the Spanish word barbacoa, for a wooden frame for drying or storing meat or fish and derives from Arawak or Haitian or Taina barbacoa.
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Barbecuing - do you smoke? - 8 Aug 2011
Barbecue is not just a grilling technique, it's a whole philosophy. (And, some women might say, an excuse for men to get out of cooking at any other time of year.) read more...
eatWashingtonian Zora Margolis a winner! - 26 May 2011
If the Washington Post has decided that Zora Margolis' barbecue sauce is the winner of their competition, it must be pretty fine. After all, this eatWashingtonian makes her own masa for her Mexican feasts. Read on for her recipe. read more...
Buffalo & Bison - 15 Oct 2010
Make your autumn stews or last warm-days grilled burgers out of a different kind of meat. Being less fatty, buffalo is a lot healthier than beef. Cook it slowly in a heavy red wine, a handful of crushed juniper berries and root vegetables, and you can almost pretend you're eating venison. And pretend you bagged it yourself...after all, it is hunting season. read more...
Home-cooking Restaurants - 16 Nov 2007
Nostalgic for restaurants of the 50s? That time before fusion when food was simple but wholesome and plentiful? There are still some diners, restaurants and lunch counters around, cooking food as mother made it. read more...
The lunch shift is over and chef Peter Smith, owner of PS 7’s restaurant is surrounded by gin. No, he’s not relaxing over a drink. The gin is in bowls in an pre-formed state. It’s the mash, a mix of herbs and berries and peels and roots that Smith has worked out how to use in his food as flavorings.
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