Spicy, smoky Jamaican jerk is one of the world鈥檚 great barbecue traditions. Meat (traditionally chicken or pork) is rubbed with an intensely flavored liquidy paste made from fiery Scotch bonnet chiles, allspice berries, herbs, and spices, and then it is smoked over pimento wood.Our jerk ...
Made up of two cookie-like chocolate cakes stuffed to the gills with fluffy marshmallow filling, the whoopie pie is a sweet indulgence.For the cake component, we drew inspiration from devil鈥檚 food cake, creaming butter with sugar, adding eggs and buttermilk for tenderness, and using ...
Everyone in our house loves sushi. They also love to eat.It makes going out for sushi dinner an expensive proposition for a household of five.My workaround to meet everyone鈥檚 sushi craving (while not dropping $200 on a single dinner) is deconstructed rolls in the form of sushi bowls.Like a ...
A combination of pasta and summer squash results in a light, flavorful dish that鈥檚 full of color.We decided against peeling the squash, as the skin helped to keep the pieces intact throughout the cooking process. Because summer squash contains so much liquid, we salted and drained it to keep ...
Sometimes simple is best, and for quick weeknight burgers or a backyard barbecue for a crowd, store-bought ground beef is certainly convenient. But with so many options available in supermarkets, we knew we would need to find the right cut of beef with the ideal amount of fat to produce tender, ...
When kids go off to college, they evolve in many ways, and some ways it involves their diet.My daughter, who loved chicken and made sure that I made the very best fried chicken around, came home a vegetarian. She is still a top-notch athlete, so we are making sure she is making correct ...
