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Aug

29

Grilled Wahoo with Green Remoulade

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Wahoo, also known in Hawaii as Ono, is a fantastic fish for grilling, with its rich, flaky, super-succulent meat. It’s found all over the world, in warm water, and is generally not susceptible to overfishing because it doesn’t swim in tight schools and is usually caught only via hook & line. This also tends to [...]

Jul

25

Grilled Garlic Scapes

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More of an idea than a recipe, here’s another one for all of you garlic lovers out there. A scape is the green stalk that rises from a garlic bulb. Although they’re usually cut to avoid depleting the bulb of its mass, if scapes are allowed to grow unmolested, they will become long, curling tendrils [...]

Mar

28

Chicken Salpicon

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I first had this dish in El Paso, Texas on a hot summer night. Arriving late at night at the home of an old El Pasoan after a day of dusty driving, I was welcomed with a huge Mexican ceramic bowl of salpicon and a stack of fresh, tender flour tortillas. Hungrily, gratefully, I spooned [...]

Nov

10

Apple Cider Pork Kebabs

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Need a reward after raking up a yard’s worth of leaves? How about some yummy grilled pork & vegetables? Although I’ve often put beef or lamb on kebabs, I seem to have ignored pork, for the most part. The apple cider brine is a tasty touch, and I don’t think anyone will be surprised to [...]

Oct

28

Cinnamon-Orange Salmon

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Salmon is a great fish for grilling, and as long as you can get it off the grill in one piece, it looks terrific on the plate. The technique below is borrowed from a recipe for soy/maple glazed salmon from Cook’s Illustrated, and it works pretty well. Just be sure your grill is nice & [...]

Sep

30

Tomato Barbecue Sauce

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Sure, there are dozens of choices if you want barbecue sauce from a bottle. But wouldn’t it be more fun if you made some yourself? And just think of all the chemicals you could leave out. I won’t promise that it’s any cheaper than any of the grocery store versions, but I will say this [...]

Sep

8

Grilled Panzanella

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Purists might have a hard time calling this panzanella, but I’ve never been very pure. (Extra virgin at one time, but never pure.) Whatever you want to call it, it’s a fantastic way to enjoy these last few weeks of summer by hanging out in the back yard, listening to the cicadas sing their deathsong, [...]

Aug

7

Barbecue Porkburgers

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The hamburger is certainly a staple of American dining, and although beef is considered to be the king of the burger, there are solid reasons to consider a pretender to that throne. Some would argue that the mighty hog’s flesh holds more flavor, succulence, and tolerance of high temperature cooking. You be the judge. I’m [...]

Jul

17

Smoked Chicken Salad

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This is one of my favorite picnic dishes. The interplay of rich, smoky chicken with sweet & crunchy apples & celery is irresistible. If you don’t have a water smoker, think about getting one. It’s really easy to set up and great if you love smoked meats & seafood.  The idea is that it smokes [...]

Jun

30

Island Mole Barbecue Sauce

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OK, well, it isn’t really mole sauce, but it looks like it, and it tastes sort of like it, so there you go. If you’re ever on an isolated Caribbean island, with fairly limited grocery options, here’s one way to come up with a spicy barbecue sauce that doesn’t taste like it came from a [...]

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