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Yakitori Chicken Ssam

April 7, 2009
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I made this Korean/Japanese hybrid for the WBC championship game a few weeks ago. Yakitori is traditionally a Japanese dish, but these chicken skewers were marinated in a sweet garlicky bulgogi marinade, making them somewhat Korean. While the yakitori would be delicious as an appetizer or with a bowl of hot rice, I took the [...]

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Green tea pulled pork with spicy asian bbq sauce

June 23, 2008
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Still lingering on tasty memories of Michelle’s last BBQ, I was craving smokey pulled pork in a big way this weekend. So much so that I actually got my ass out of bed at 9 am on a Saturday to head over to Chinatown to pick up a big ole pork butt.
Pork butt for [...]

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Lamb and Vegetable Kebabs

May 30, 2008
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It’s really started heating up in NYC and I’ve been getting the itch to BBQ. Sadly, I’m not allowed to hang a BBQ out my 7th floor window, so I have to make due with my broiler. It’s not quite the same as a charcoal grill, but you can get results close to that of [...]

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Roast olives with kumquats and almonds

May 26, 2008
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Huge thanks to Michelle and Brian over at Thursday Night Smackdown for inviting us over to their Memorial Day smoke-a-thon. I think I must have eaten half my body weight in pork and the other half in beer. I don’t want to steal her thunder, so I’ll let you mosey on over there to read [...]

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Japanese marinade

March 29, 2008

This is a universal marinade used in Japanese cooking. Used fresh it’s great for marinating meats or fish and when cooked down, it makes a fabulous teriyaki sauce for grilled things (yaki-mono). I use this all the time and yet until today I never actually measured anything out. I tried to keep the proportions equal [...]

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Carne Asada y Nopales Tacos

May 5, 2007

Having grown up in an California, Mexican food is less exotic and more comfort for me. Since moving to NYC, I’ve been faced with a serious dearth of descent taco’s and come the 5th of May, I found myself missing my native state almost as much I missed having a BBQ on my porch.
I’m not [...]

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