Fish Tacos with Sweet-tea Brined Pollock and Grilled Slaw
A famous joke in Boston goes a little something like this: A man goes on a business trip to Beantown and for three days all he hears from colleagues is that, before he leaves, he has to try Scrod – a whitefish known in the area. Day and and day out, scrod, scrod, scrod – [...]
The Grill is Back: Brined Chicken Thighs with Chimichurri
Grilling season is back. Despite the spring rain, and the near-constant threat of afternoon storms, the smell of smoke and the char of seasoned steel grates is just too strong to deny. I love to grill. So much that each season, when winter truly sets in, I go through a little of what I call [...]
Why Did I buy the “Ghost Pepper”?
I don’t really know, is the simple answer. I suppose I simply had to have it. And I suppose it makes me feel better, in that way that four deadbolts and a weapon might make someone feel better when living in a deadly neighborhood. This, you see, is no ordinary pepper. The Naga Jolokia or [...]