I found a really interesting recipe for mozzarella on the grill.  We live in South Florida so the grill gets a lot of use and this sounded really yummy.  So I bought the mozzarella but now cannot locate my recipe!  I think my husband tossed (hopefully recycled at least but who knows) the magazine.  HELP!!!  I've been Googling madly but all I can ( Read more... )

Remember the song from Mary Poppins - I love to laugh? Well, I love to cook, long, loud and clear, I love to cook so that everybody can hear. No matter where  - my comfy kitchen, friend's cottage or camping lot. This is a new twist on famous fire baked potato - give it a try!


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I don't know about anyone else, but in my family, everyone has a dedicated specialty. One aunt is known for a cauliflower salad, my mom makes her smoked salmon, my grandma is known for just about everything, and one of my uncles is the rib-maker. Until the past few years, anyways, when I've been getting comments from other family members on the sly ( Read more... )

Several friends and neighbors have asked me lately how to grill, or seem incredibly impressed that I do it so often (at least 4 times a week). I only learned how to grill two summers ago, and wanted to share some of the basics I learned along the way since it's actually really easy, means I don't have to heat up my apartment in summer, saves me ( Read more... )

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It's ridiculously hot in Chicago right now, so to prepare before the heatwave hit, I made one of my all-time favorite summer salads. It's perfect right off the grill the day it's made, but is just as good served cold the next night when it's 100 degrees outside.


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This is another regional favorite. If you stop at a road side BBQ stand in Central NY during the summer this is what you will get. It's a white marinade.

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Spiedies are a regional specialty of Broome County NY. We even have an annual Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally.

Spiedies were probably introduced by Italian immigrants from the Abruzzo area ("Which way EJ?"), who came to Broome County to work for the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company. In Italy the marinated skewers of lamb or goat are called spidducc ( Read more... )