If you want a cast iron dutch oven that not only cooks beautifully but also looks beautiful sitting on various heat sources or on your dining table then the Creuset Enameled Cast Iron 3 1/2 Quart Oval French Oven is truly the one for you. This Dutch or French oven as it is also called […]

Bread makers are household appliances for the baking of bread. Fresh baked bread is something which can attract any of us, with its smell and taste. Homemade breads are not easy to be made with hands as they might be a big mess, and so people today, go for these bread makers. Bread makers consist […]

Originally, beef jerky in America was probably invented by Native Americans using whichever meat was available at the time; Bear meat, Buffalo meat, Mountain Lion and even Raccoon and smaller animals. Worldwide, making jerky has no doubt been around since someone discovered that meat tasted better when it was cooked or smoked over a fire. […]

In order to understand why you would want to use a water smoker we need first of all to distinguish between two types of smoking. The first is smoking for preservation and this is what I would call the traditional smoking that has evolved through the ages and was (before the invention of canning or […]

I remember watching a TV show about women who went around the country cleaning other peoples houses and tut-tutting at all the dirt and grime that they found. Now I\’d never let them into my house, not because it\’s particularly untidy or dirty but I\’m sure that they\’d find something to complain abut. One thing […]

As you travel the country you\’ll find many different opinions about what makes a good barbecue sauce, if you\’re in the Carolina\’s for example they\’ll probably be voting for a vinegar bbq sauce and if you\’re in the South there\’s bound to be something hot and spicy about the sauce. So how can we truly […]

Chili powders are in use everyday. This is the most essential spice required in every type of cuisines of the world. Homemade chili powders are considered to be the best option if you want to stay away from adulterated chili powders that contain brick powder. Any spice mix having chili peppers is called chili powder. […]

I love sausages and grilling them has to be one of the best ways to cook them but so often I\’ve been to a barbecue party and found and absolute culinary disaster verging on a health risk Let\’s get one thing straight before we go any further and that is just because you\’re having a […]

Belly pork is so under-rated and for the life of me I can\’t see why. Yes I agree it does contain a lot of fat but at the end of the day fat is flavor and pork does need to have some flavor to it. To top it all off, belly pork is so cheap […]

When I first got into grilling I always used a charcoal grill and the last thing in the world that I would choose to cook would be fish filets. I guess one reason quite simply was that fish wasn\’t really my favorite but more significantly it always seemed like a waste of charcoal. In other […]