Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
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What Santa Really Wants: Christmas Ribs
Like many parents, my husband and I encouraged our young children to leave milk and cookies for Santa and carrots for his magical beasts of burden on Christmas Eve. But did we get it wrong? In hindsight, I bet that jolly old elf would have appreciated a smoky slab of barbecued ribs (not reindeer ribs, of course) and an ice-cold beer to wash them down. The cookies and milk tradition has its origins in Scandinavia, where during the Yule season, children...
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Homemade Gifts for Barbecue Enthusiasts
Before Black Friday and Cyber Monday, before the average American began budgeting $1000 for holiday shopping (up from $289 in 1985), there were homemade gifts. Resurrect the tradition—or start a new one—by spending some time in your kitchen making one or more barbecue-related gifts for the deserving people on your list. Below are just a few of your options. All come from Steven’s book, Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades (Workman, 2017). Hey, come to think of...
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Merry Christmas from Miami: Cuban Roast Pork
On December 24, the air in Miami will be fragrant with the scent of roast pork as Cubans prepare for La Noche Buena—Christmas Eve. From Coconut Grove to Hialeah, intoxicating cooking smoke will waft from countless backyard barbecue grills, cinder block pits, and charcoal-fired pig roasters called Chinese boxes. It is the most important holiday on the Cuban calendar, a celebration of food, family, and faith that was outlawed by Castro’s regime from 1969 to 1997. The socializing, eating,...
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Smoke-Roasted Goose for Christmas
When I was a child, goose was the centerpiece of the Christmas Day table. Ordered in advance by my grandmother from a local farmer, the freshly plucked bird was liberally seasoned with salt and Watkins-brand pepper, packed with bread stuffing, and roasted slowly in her largest speckleware roasting pan. It always reminded me of my favorite scene from A Christmas Carol: There never was such a goose. Bob said he didn't believe there ever...
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Prime rib costs more than virtually every other cut of meat at the market. It’s intimidating, too, because a roast that’s perfectly cooked or hopelessly overcooked can make or break your reputation as a grill master. I can feel the fear on social media channels this time of year. Many of you have posted photos of recently acquired hunks of meat on my Facebook page and Twitter account (my kind of pinup!), complete with the price you paid in full view (usually...
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The Ultimate Holiday Centerpiece—Prime Rib
This is it. The big kahuna. The ultimate centerpiece for a holiday dinner. The most majestic (and possibly expensive) piece of meat you will ever cook. The English know it as roast beef. Your butcher sells it as prime rib. I call it one of the best ways I know to create high drama (and possibly a little envy) when you bring this dark, crusty, sizzling, garlic- and rosemary-scented hunk o’ heaven to the table. Despite its power to shock and awe, prime rib is surprisingly easy to cook: It takes only...
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HOLIDAY WISHES! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, joyful Kwanzaa, and a Happy New Year!
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HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS We put together this basket of Raichlen books, DVDs, and Best of Barbecue products for a charity event, but they'd sure make a nice holiday gift for your favorite barbecuer. All you need is a basket and some flame-colored tissue. Happy Holidays from all of us at www.barbecuebible.com!
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