This just in! Dave DeWitt’s Chile Trivia won the Best Gardening Book category at the 2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards! If you haven’t ordered your copy yet, better get after it.
Tied and Stuffed: Making Smoked Turducken
People smoke turkeys all the time. Adding smoky flavor to a turducken seemed like a stand-out winner to me. It also gave me an excuse to throw something new into the smoker, and well, I think we all know how I feel about that.
The Top 10 Spiciest Instant Noodles of All Time
Here’s a list of the Top Ten Spiciest Instant Noodles Of All Time, courtesy of The Ramen Rater…who has sampled more than 800 different varieties of instant noodles over the past 10 years.
Smoked Pumpkin-Infused Dark Rum Experiment
Pumpkin-infused dark rum is pretty out there, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween, folks. Before I put on my pimp costume and head over to my friend’s Halloween party, I thought you might want check out one of the things I like to grill this holiday: orange bell pepper Jack-O-Lanterns. You can fill ’em with all kinds of stuff but I use spiced up cream cheese (a) because it looks good in the pepper’s face and (b) practically melts into a hot dip you can use for chips and the sliced pepper after its grilled. It’s a very simple appetizer that my grilling crew loves.
Drumsticks, Pumpkin, and Fire
Fall brings not only Halloween but also football and basketball with it. I thought I’d bring sports and the Halloween spirit together in this post thanks to Sizzlin’ Sauces’ Howlin’ Hollar, my tabletop grill, and a package of chicken drumsticks.
2013 Scovie Winners Announced
The judging is over, our taste buds are back to what passes for normal, and we have this year’s Scovie champions. Congratulations to Lusty Monk Mustard, of Albuquerque, New Mexico for claiming top honors as the Grand Prize Winner in the Tasting Division, and Jungle Heat Sauces and Jellies of Ontario, Canada, as the Grand Prize Winner in the Marketing and Advertising Division. These two winners will each receive a Disc-It outdoor cooker.
