Oh yeah!!! This is our favorite way to make BBQ ribs!!! We love the meatiness and chewiness of this cut of ribs. We were introduced to Baby Back Ribs when we lived in Chicago many years ago. Once I discovered this fantastic, tangy Sweet-Sour BBQ Sauce recipe (also in Chicago) we made our first…
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BBQ Ribs for the Fourth!
We celebrated the fourth of July this year with our son and daughter-in-law and their dog Jackson who came down from San Francisco for the weekend. This called for one of our favorite summer foods… our BBQ Baby Back Ribs with Sweet-Sour BBQ Sauce! …
Pork Souvlaki with Tzatziki
If you are a fan of me then you know I’m a fan of Ina Garten, known to television viewers as the Barefoot Contessa. She creates easy recipes which are packed with amazing flavors, presented beautifully and all the while makes it look so simple. She uses basic ingredients, nothing too exotic, which makes…
Lamb Souvlaki
Souvlaki is a popular Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer. As a fast food it’s usually eaten straight off the skewer while still hot, with pita bread served on the side. Another option is to pile the meat in the pita with tomatoes and…
Ina’s French Potato Salad
Over Memorial Day weekend I made this French Potato Salad to go along with my bbq ribs. Instead of the Vermont Potato Salad which I adore I decided to make this lighter version which is equally delicious. French Potato Salad has no mayo, but is instead mixed with with a simple vinaigrette, and then tossed with…
Honey-Glazed Pork Tenderloin with Fennel
My husband usually grills our pork tenderloin after I have marinated it in a combination of herbs such as rosemary, thyme, sometimes mint, lots of garlic, a drizzle of olive oil, and of course a generous amount of kosher salt and pepper. See the recipe here. However, I was looking for a change and wanted…
Rack of Pork Loin Bone-In Roast
The past couple of weeks have been a busy time, and it has been great. We have had lots of company, and along with that comes lots of eating. My sister from Pennsylvania arrived the last day of Hanukkah, for a 2 week visit, my niece from New York drove up with her friend whom she…
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Pickled Fennel
This past week our very best friends from Maryland visited us for the first time since we moved here just over a year ago. Our friendship began 26 years ago when we had both moved into the same new development in a Maryland suburb, about 25 miles northwest of Washington, DC. We moved there from…
Grilled Herb-Marinated Pork Loin
Here is the recipe for the Grilled Herb-Marinated Pork Loin which I mentioned in my previous post. I had a request from a faithful fan for it, so here we go… It is a recipe from Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, but she does it with pork tenderloin, which I have done in the past…
“Big” Dinners from a “Small” Kitchen
The calendar reads November, daylight savings time has ended, and there is an appropriate chill in the air, all facts confirming we have entered the pre-holiday season. First up will be Thanksgiving which will arrive this year just a week from this Thursday! And if that is not enough, this year Hanukkah arrives especially early,…