Well, class, Summer has officially ended and as usual, my garden has left me with a ridiculous amount of summer squash. I don’t get it, they might produce one or two squash all summer long, but as soon as fall hits I’m always inundated with like 30 to 40 squash all at once. Which […]
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About 5 minutes walk from where I live there exists a restaurant called Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria. As the name suggests it is a Cuban restaurant, and I will often find myself there at least once a week between the hours of 3 and 6 o’clock. Why you might ask? Well, I’d be lying if
I don’t know what it’s like where you live but this past week has been hot as hell. I’m not going to sugar coat it folks, it has been downright miserable, at least by Colorado standards. Luckily there’s always one positive this all of this hot weather. And that’s the fact that it’s now
Stop me if you’ve heard this all before, but I love pork chops. I have no issue with saying that they are one of my all-time favorite cuts of meat. And honestly, how could any carnivore not enjoy the simple pork chop? They’re a relatively cheap cut of meat that won’t put a dent
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Today’s recipe always reminds me of the trip my family took to Ensenada Mexico when I was about 10 to 11 years old. It was a relaxing vacation with most of our time spent hanging out on the beach right next to our hotel. And on this beach existed a little food shack that
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As someone who grew up exclusively using gas grills, I have to say that the first time I cooked over a charcoal grill was both exciting and intimidating. The entire experience quickly went from “wow this is going to taste great” to “wait what’s the purpose of that thingy?”. I guess I never realized
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Like most Americans, the concept of the shandy is still very new, and if I’m being honest, foreign. You see the drink itself originated in Europe, and for some odd reason never really caught on here in the states. You have the “radler” in Germany, the “panaché” in France, while the term shandy itself
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In our BBQ Baked Beans recipe, I talked about how the most important side dish for any barbecue feast was beans. Well, today I want to follow up on that discussion by showing you folks how to make the second-best side dish for a barbecue, coleslaw. I mean what’s not to like about coleslaw?
I don’t know what it’s like for your family, but in mine, the love for eating turkey runs so deep that we can’t possibly wait around for Thanksgiving each year to enjoy it. I mean, turkey is a once a month affair in my house, if not once a week. The only problem with
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The summer season has been in full swing for well over a month now, and like many, I’ve been keeping myself occupied by cooking a lot of barbeques. And while the myriad of smoked meats are rightfully the main focus of such occasions, I often need to remind myself that the classic side dishes
