Tag Archives: Beef

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

Posted on June 9, 2019 by

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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This could end badly

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

I’m thinking. What is it that goes before the fall? Oh, yes. Pride. Exhibit A as to my current discomfort, may it please the Court: I’d frozen them and took them out to defrost last Sunday. But here it is … Continue reading →

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Salute to Meat 2018: Cooking Without A Net

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

When we last left our pork shoulders they were resting comfortably on the Big Green Egg, having gone on at 5:30 at 225. They were up to 171 at bedtime, but I was pretty sure they wouldn’t go through their … Continue reading →

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Salute to Meat

Posted on July 24, 2018 by

It’s our summer party, something that started nine years ago when my friend, Mike, suggested I host a barbecue and serve some of the things I like to cook on my Big Green Egg. It was just ribs and pulled … Continue reading →

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Meat Raoul

Posted on January 4, 2014 by

When we lived in Boston, Janet and I would throw big dinner parties for her fellow Kennedy School students, and most of them featured a large beef rib roast. On seeing one of these beasts, one of Janet’s friends said, … Continue reading →

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