Fallin Off The Bone, Melty In your Mouth, Make Me Wanna Thank Your Mother For A Butt Like That, Oven-Smoked Ribs

After Bittman put up his tantalizing, oven smoked ribs, my mouth would not stop watering. It had to be had. His basic premise is to line a roasting pan with water-soaked hickory or oak wood chips, place the ribs on a rack over the wood, and wrap the hell out of it with 20 feet [...]

Snails, Oysters, Pate, Oh My

Dinner party for eleven friends: Course 1: Raw Open-Yourself Oysters with Mignonette Sauce Course 2: Quail Egg Shooters Course 3: Arugula and Anchovy Salad with Olive Oil and Lemon Course 4: Snails with Butter, Garlic and Parsley, Both In and Out of Their Shell Course 5: Individual Jars of Mushroom Mousse and Chicken Liver Pate [...]

Mac And Cheese Off, Yall

Who doesn’t like cheese coupled with a healthy dose of competition? Add a noodle or two – if that’s your thang. Combine that shit and you got yourself a Mac and Cheese Off. Winner takes all. And that’s what L, D and I are tryin to do. Anyone can enter and everyone can eat, but [...]

Quail Egg Shooters and My Weird Ass Time in Chinatown

In preparation for this food event thing I’ma be part of in February – no, not the Mac and Cheese Off in October your mamma was telling you about, but that IS coming soon – L, P and I made our way back to the Great Wall Supermarket in Brooklyn. Goddamn, I love that place, [...]