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As those who know me and as many of you have likely begun gleaning from my posts – I LOVE HOLIDAYS!  The time was when the holidays were my opportunity to blossom as a cook, trying new, different, and challenging recipes that I’d never attempted before – all the while striving for an elegant presentation [...]

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Conversions made easy

I know that many times when I’ve found an interesting new recipe, I’ll have a need to do some type of conversion – cooking temperature, measurements, weights, etc.  I’ve found a great website that makes ANY conversion that I’ve had to do easy and would like to share it with you. OnlineConversion.com OnlineConversion.com has links [...]

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Extreme Grilling

OK, call me crazy.  Just couldn’t resist the temptation, and no great reason other than “I could”. In the immediate wake of a blizzard in NJ, I fired up the grill Monday evening Dec 27 – 20 inches of snow on the ground, major drifting, air temp at around 20°F, wind chill temp at around [...]

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Much as we’ve adopted an Italian food tradition for Christmas Eve, on Christmas Day we’ve settled in with elements of a traditional English Christmas dinner with a beef rib roast as the centerpiece served with some form of potato dish and one or more green vegetables. I kept the menu relatively simple this year (at [...]

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One of the challenges I set for myself for the holidays was to perfect baking fresh homemade pies on the grill — HA!  Mission accomplished. I started with a pumpkin pie.  Being somewhat anal about using the freshest ingredients, naturally I had to use fresh pumpkin.   So, I found a great pie pumpkin at a [...]

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I finally got to a recipe that I’d been wanting to do on the grill for some time – Smoky Meatloaf, served with a rich prune ketchup.   I found this recipe about a year ago and loved the flavors and textures implemented by award-winning chef Grant Achatz, and have wanted to further enhance the rich [...]

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I love Thanksgiving!  It’s one of those holidays where I can both continue family food traditions AND explore and expand my and my family’s culinary horizons with new dishes and recipes.   This year was no exception.  And, for a totally new twist, I found myself in the position of working on Thanksgiving day and not [...]

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My “Grill Days” got spread out a bit over the last week as my time was somewhat crunched.  I worked in a recipe a day on open days instead of cramming all into a single day.  This week was all about exploring new recipes or working out variations on old — stuffing a hamburger with [...]

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As I noted last week, I’m currently focusing on doing a weekly “grill day”, where I can explore new recipes and expand both my own and your grilling horizons. I’ll look to give a recap of each week’s activity. The recipes I post here on Grilling For All Reasons are all grill-tested personally to ensure [...]

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Baking on a grill?   Are you nuts?   Well . . .  No!   A grill is, in simple terms, a source of heat for cookingjust as your kitchen stove or oven, right?   And most grills have a cover, which allows the heat to circulate around the food, JUST like an oven right?   So, why shouldn’t you [...]

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