Grill Maestro

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, you’re probably wonder if you can grill your turkey this year. If the weather cooperates, and that’s mostly for personal comfort, you might want to consider putting the bird on the grill. Cooking it in the oven is great but doing it year after year after year can be [...]

Shanna Pacifico, the chef de cuisine and butcher at Back Forty, a restaurant in New York City, discusses how they break down the front quarter of a steer. It’s a pretty awesome video and amazing to watch a professional break down a steer:

I think it’s fun to hear her talk about it because she’s so [...]

You know that bar that’s included in your knife set? That’s called a honing steel and it should be the first, or second, item you pull from your knife block every time you turn to it. There are two things you must do to keep your knives as sharp, and as safe, as possible. The [...]

If you’ve done any research on cutting boards, you’ve undoubtedly read experts warn against the use of hard cutting boards made of marble, Corian, or glass. Oftentimes this advice is given off-hand, without much context, and as a novice I wanted to find out a little more about why they’re so maligned.
As it turns out, [...]

If you’ve ever bought a knife, you’ve probably heard that it was a “forged steel” knife. Or the manufacturer may have called it “stamped” knife. So what’s the difference between a forged knife versus a stamped knife? Quite a lot and you’ll understand the price difference after the description of how each is made.
Forged Knife
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Did you know they make knives with ceramic blades? I had no idea until the other day but ceramic blades are very hard, wear resistant, and chemically inert. The downside is they must be professional sharpened or you risk significant damage (can’t just put it in a blade sharpener designed for metal!!).
Besides ceramic blades, most [...]

I received a free sample of Steve’s Margarita, Long Island Ice Tea, and their Bloody Mary “wine cocktail” a few weeks ago and, until recently, hadn’t been able to give them a try. I’m usually a beer drinker but I thought I’d give these new Al-Rite products a try… who can say no to a [...]

You can go out and buy a knife set or you can buy one piece by piece, it’s really up to you. If you buy a set, you get a whole lot of knives that you may or may not need, resulting in added expense for blades you probably will never use except by accident. [...]

The fine folks at Country Bob’s sent me a couple bottles of their signature “all purpose” BBQ sauce to try out. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised. I used them as a dipping sauce for my ribs and they turned out great. The website itself has a lot of various recipes you can use [...]

I hope you are enjoying the 4th of July with your friends a family!