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Dessert Quesadilla! Thanks Paula Deen

Okay, let me admit this right at the beginning.  I love Paula Deen!

There’s a couple of reasons why I love Paula Deen.  Certainly one of those reasons is we share a devotion to butter.  Another reason is an admiration of how she’s worked her way into the a position of respect in the

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“Best In Smoke” Is It Worth A Watch?

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After two seasons of BBQ Pitmasters on TLC there was a lot of pre-showing discussion about the merits of “Best In Smoke.”  I found it tremendously interesting how much people were bashing a show even before it appeared, based solely on press releases and and a teaser video or two (one of which

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BBQ Grail's (Sort of...) Kofto Kebabs

Ground pork with garlic, onions and all the spices.

On a recent episode of “The Next Food Network Star” one of the contestants, Aarti Sequeira made a dish called Kofto Kebabs.  Her dish was excellently executed and was popular with the judges and dinner guests.

Every once in awhile I get the urge to

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Beef Shanks...No Thanks

I recently watched an episode of “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” on the Food Network and was truly inspired by the “Leg of the Beast” dinner served at Incanto by Chef Chris Consentino.  This dinner looked simply amazing and I knew that I had to try and adapt it to the smoker like I

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Smoke In Da Eye is getting more famous

On April 10th I posted about a member of the BBQ Brethren who had auditioned for the new Bobby Flay show on the Food Netowrk. In addition to having the most watched audition video Clint has now been written up in the New York Post Blog.

Check out Clint’s blog entry.

Healthier Grilling Is Possible

Now that my wife and I are “empty nesters” we are enjoy trying different types of foods and flavor profiles that we couldn’t try with kids at home. We are also trying to eat healthier. Ellie Krieger’s book “The Food You Crave” has given us several great meals that don’t necessarily taste “healthy.”

Tonight

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Grill It with Smoke In Da Eye

Bobby Flay has a new summer show coming out on the Food Network. They are currently soliciting audition videos.

Check out the submission by fellow BBQ Brethren member Smoke In Da Eye. If you love his video leave him a comment.

Clint! Hope you make it on the show!

Smoke In Da Eye

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