Now that our patios are officially open for business, we’ve been busy tidying up the grill area. (Scroll down the page a bit for R.B.’s handy check-list so you can get your summer grill season going.) The big spring clean up is key for clearing the cold weather recipes out of our heads and making [...]
Grill the Salad
May 1, 2010
April 7, 2010
Read this New York Times Loser Lettuce story by Mark Bittman. I hope it makes you think twice about branding an ingredient as cool or not. Isn’t that a little too junior high? Food professional Mark Bittman turns out to be a trend follower, not a leader, after all. He confesses to having snubbed iceberg [...]
April 2, 2010
Oh no, the vegetarians are coming over. What will we serve? Have you ever felt like this? It’s so effortless for us omnivores to fall back on the usual meat-centered menus. Succulent braised short ribs during the cold weather, fat steaks on the grill as the temperature warms up. There’s always that grilled salmon. It’s [...]
Get tips for making perfect skillet cornbread. It's the only bread to serve with summer fresh vegetable suppers. 
