Monthly Archives: June 2019

In Praise of the Martini and its Essential Ingredient

Posted on June 16, 2019 by David Marcus

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A man goes into a bar, orders a Beefeater martini up, with olives. The bartender puts a little skewer holding three olives into a cocktail glass, loads the shaker with ice and … Continue reading →

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The Final Salute, with a reminder from The Department of It’s Always Something

Posted on June 9, 2019 by David Marcus

Every so often — and not that often, actually — hard work, the generous and unstinting help of one’s friends and plain dumb luck give a guy as close to a perfect day as one can get. That’s what we … Continue reading →

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So Far, A Salute to Pork

Posted on June 7, 2019 by David Marcus

The last two pork shoulders — these guys are picnics — just came off the Big Green Egg. They’re about 9 pounds each, with the bone, and I put them on at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. They went about 17 1/2 … Continue reading →

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Cooking for 104

Posted on June 6, 2019 by David Marcus

There are 104 people who say they are coming to my house Saturday for the 10th and final Salute To Meat, and these two pork butts will not satisfy them. They are only the start of the last push. Two … Continue reading →

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