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Monthly Archives: May 2009

How To Grill London Broil

London Broil didn’t come from London. You probably wouldn’t find it there. And in fact it doesn’t really refer to a specific cut of meat, but to a technique for cooking ordinarily tough cuts: Top Round Steak, Chuck Shoulder Steak, Flank Steak, Sirloin Tip, etc. So the term “London Broil” should be used like “pot [...]

Posted in Beef, Dinner | Tagged | 33 Comments

How To Feed The Masses

Because we didn’t have enough going on for the holiday weekend already, my wife and I agreed to do the food for our church’s pre-cana class. As in “wedding feast of Cana” … as in wedding preparation class. Which really doesn’t matter, except that we did breakfast, lunch and dinner for 40. No new recipes [...]

Posted in Dinner | 7 Comments

How To Make Blondies

I’m sitting here trying to think of what to say about blondies, and the only thing going through my head is Call Me on infinite repeat. (Is it stuck in your head, too, now? You’re welcome.) Wait, that helped a little. While my mental sound track is on “Pause” I should tell you that blondies [...]

Posted in Dessert | Tagged | 38 Comments

How To Make Lemon Drops

A couple of weeks ago I made lemon glaze to go on my cinnamon rolls. After we finished off the rolls, there was some glaze left that had dripped onto the plate. It was like little sweet / tart pieces of candy. I thought to myself, “You know what, Self? I’ll bet you could make [...]

Posted in Dessert | Tagged | 10 Comments

Fruit Snacks For Grown-ups

Basketball plus trampolines equals Slamball. Chess plus boxing equals Chess Boxing. (I’m not kidding. Go follow that link.) Yogurt plus archery equals … Okay, you can’t just put any two terms together and get something great. How about “tropical fruit” and “jerky”? I know. It sounds wrong, doesn’t it? But the people at Jerky.com emailed [...]

Posted in Dessert, Review | 17 Comments
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