Jun 18, 2014 | grilling & smoking, in the kitchen, main courses, pork & bacon, recipes
The Challenge: A “Mediterranean” main dish, featuring pork shoulder/butt and using a food injector. I LOVE pulled pork sandwiches. So, when I saw my next #OGBChallenge involved an injector and a pork shoulder (or, as the five-year-old in me likes to say...
Jun 17, 2014 | fruits & vegetables, grilling & smoking, in the kitchen, recipes, side dishes
The Challenge: A “Thai” side dish, featuring vegetables and using a porcelain coated wok. Since this is a side dish, I wanted to keep things simple, but still wanted to create a dish that added a lot of impact to a meal. This quick vegetable stir-fry...
Jun 16, 2014 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, recipes
The Challenge: A “British” appetizer, featuring chicken legs and using a stainless steel wing rack. Out of the five recipes I created for the #OGBChallenge, I think this one gave me the most trouble. Now, I LOVE all things British and London is one of my...
Jun 16, 2014 | in the kitchen, personal
Sometimes I agree to do crazy things without thinking them through first. For example, when the awesome folks at Ontario Gas BBQ (OGB), the world’s largest BBQ store, invited me to take part in a grilling challenge, I thought it would be a great opportunity to...
Apr 2, 2014 | chocolate, cookies & bars, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
While I love, love, LOVE eating brownies, I have a history of baking them terribly. I’ve tried dozens of times to bake a nice, chewy, fudgy brownie but they have always come out either too dry, too hard or…I’m embarrassed to admit, a few times they...
Mar 1, 2014 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, main courses, recipes
It seems that every week, every day and maybe even every hour is dedicated to a specific food. It’s either National Bacon Day or Chocolate Sundae Month or International Ham Sandwich Hour (I may or may not have made that last one up) so it’s hard to keep...
