Monthly Archives: August 2011

Buy Some Bricks and Make Crispy Grilled Chicken Under a Brick

We visited the hardware store recently store to buy a couple of bricks … for grilling purposes. We wanted to make the famed Tuscan dish chicken under a brick. We weren’t disappointed. We got a beautifully crispy chicken infused with … Continue reading

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How to Get Kids to Eat Healthy Foods? Hand Them a Whisk!

Here’s one way to help kids develop more healthy eating habits: Give them a whisk and get them involved in whipping up dinner. They also can select vegetables and fruits at the market, pick basil leaves for pesto, form meatballs, … Continue reading

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A Seafood Lover’s Dream: Grilled Lemon Halibut with Caper Sauce

We just returned from a trip to coastal Maine, where we ate buckets of local seafood. We cooked lobsters (of course), clams (which we dug up ourselves), crab, and mussels. We ate seafood practically every day (except for a couple … Continue reading

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How to Boost the Flavor of Grilled Foods (Like Scallops)? Ask Chris Schlesinger

We first turned to Chris Schlesinger for grilling advice more than a decade ago. We bought a cookbook the chef co-authored with food writer John Willoughby: License to Grill (William Morrow and Co., 1997). The book is now well worn … Continue reading

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Fresh Creations: A Great Way to Make Use of Summer Squash

If you’re lucky and have zucchini or other summer squash growing in your garden, it’s a good bet you’ll need options for making use of your backyard bounty. And even if you don’t have a vegetable patch, the summer squash … Continue reading

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