Beer-Butt Chicken

Beer-Butt Chicken

There is something immensely satisfying about cooking a whole bird on top of a beer can over open flames/coals. When I first came across Beer Can Chicken, it sounded gimmicky and something you would expect to find a frat party. However, one taste of the 

Jamaican Jerk Ribs with Pineapple-Mango Salsa

Jamaican Jerk Ribs with Pineapple-Mango Salsa

I went to Jamaica on my honeymoon. I expected to enjoy the ocean, swim up bar, and that blissful feeling of relaxation that comes in an all-inclusive resort. However, I was surprised to discover how delicious the food was. Jamaican patties are the perfect hand-held 

Winter Slaw with Ranch Dressing

Winter Slaw with Ranch Dressing

I am far from a vegetarian, but I am very interested in new salad and vegetable recipes. Nothing excites me like a new spin on old greens. A great salad recipe is one that is versatile: it can be substituted with what is in your 

Cornbread

Cornbread

I have covered a few slightly controversial food topics on this blog. While we’re not talking politics or religion, people have some very specific feelings about mayonnaise, chili, and pizza, to name a few. But those do not hold a candle to the divisiveness which 

Smashed Burgers

Smashed Burgers

There is nothing better than a summer party in July, a cold beer and the smell of burgers on a charcoal barbeque. And then there are those cold winter months in barbeque Siberia when you yearn for the sun on your skin and a burger 

Classic Coleslaw with Homemade Mayonnaise

Classic Coleslaw with Homemade Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is a divisive condiment.  I know that there are many people out there who are repulsed by it and will not touch a single salad that has come into contact with the egg based creamy salad dressing.  It also appears somewhat mysterious in its 

Smoky Spicy Oven Ribs

Smoky Spicy Oven Ribs

Despite not being born in the deep South I have discovered an extreme love for all things barbeque and classic southern cooking. [Is there anything better than fried chicken and waffles? We may need to include a segment on them soon!] But when you live