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• 09.02.08
  The Dodge & Graham Horse and Pony Jamboree: Part 2 BBQ, fish, grilling, pork | (15)

  Here's a man who really knows how to massage his meat. A barbecue in North Carolina isn't really a barbecue unless some part of a pig is being cooked, and the Horse and Pony Jamboree did not disappoint.  Dodge (actual first name), the better other half of the HPJ, created an intensely flavorful pork shoulder, jazzing up a traditional Carolina vinegar-based marinade and mop with fresh and dried anaheim and poblano chiles.  He'd also planned some spicy pan-fried black bean cakes and some kind of amuse bouche that involved lemongrass-flavored shrimp wrapped in dough and fried.  I was skeptical, but as ...

  Tagged: barbecue, barbeque, BBQ, beans, canon, carolina, chef, fish, outer banks, pastry, pork, powershot, sanderling, shellfish, shrimp
  
• 09.01.08
  The Dodge & Graham Horse and Pony Jamboree: Part 1 BBQ, beer, fish, grilling | (15)

  I need something wide and shallow. Here's the exciting thing about this post: you'll get to feel like you're PART OF THE ACTION.  No, I haven't invented smell-o-blogging or taste-o-blogging, but after spending almost 10 hours with Graham and Dodge, 2 chefs from the chi-chi Sanderling resort here on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I think I can help you re-create the experience I had chronicling them. Here's how you do it: Buy a case of Miller Lite.  Drink half of it, to get a good slosh on.  After every photo caption in this post, yell drunkenly, "LIKE YOUR MOTHER!" and ...

  Tagged: barbecue, barbeque, canon, carolina, cooking, cuisine, fish, food, grilling, powershot, seafood, shellfish, shrimp
  
• 07.11.08
  Thursday Night Smackdown: Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon? baking, eggs, fish, smackdown | (37)

  And so, the egg whites have been folded in ANGER!! Once again, it's hot as balls in New York City. Between that and the Tour De France - as I'm sure you all know today is the first mountainous stage, and the Tour chooses its champions where the mountains bear the snows of winter - I didn't want to tackle something overly complicated or arduous. But I did want to do something new, something I'd never made before. I was flipping through Chez Panisse Cooking when it hit me: SOUFFLE! More specifically, crab souffle with leeks and green onions, with a ...

  Tagged: alice waters, canon, cooking, crab, cuisine, fish, food, french, powershot, seafood, shellfish, souffle
  

...as of late

• You are so not off the hook
• 2008, Over and Out
• Weekend Frig: Yes, I am 12 Years Old
• Waiting for Santa
• Waterloo du patisserie, deuxieme
• Waterloo du patisserie, le premiere part.
• Cheap Ass Monday: Cuddle up with a big bowl of Cheerios
• I didn’t have a single drink, ocifer.