Q: Congratulations on your win at the Pros and Joes BBQ Grilldown’s first place for tri-tip. To start, would you care to tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Clinton Nash. I manage a granite fabrication shop and build outdoor kitchens, barbecue islands and pizza ovens for a living. Barbecue is a hobby. Q: What Continue Reading
A tree full of ripe fruit is a combination culinary blessing/emergency. On the one hand it’s a gift to have access to tree-ripened fruit. On the other hand, the fruit must be picked immediately, or risk it falling to the… Continue Reading
Q: Justin Tweedy, welcome to A News Cafe.com. I’m delighted to talk with you today because you and your team – “Ribs 4 Her Pleasure” – earned the Pros & Joes’ highest award as Grand Champion, with combined scores from… Continue Reading
On Memorial weekend, Results Radio sponsored its sixth annual Pros and Joes BBQ Grilldown in downtown Redding. There, professional cooks (Pros) and lay cooks (Joes) competed to see who could barbecue or smoke the best ribs, tri-tip and chicken. Over… Continue Reading
Lucky me to receive some free, sample bottles of Lucero olive oil as “research” a few weeks before my cooking demo at Lucero Olive Oil’s 5th Annual Spring Bloom Festival in Corning Saturday. Friend Chris Carter, my favorite catering partner, was my… Continue Reading
I mentioned earlier that my mother wasn’t a fan of cooking, though during her prime maternal years, she presented to me and my three sisters an impressively healthy array of morning entrees like stewed prunes, broiled grapefruit topped with brown… Continue Reading
Once upon a time son Josh was a little boy who loved a cookie by the name of Oatmeal Chippers, laced with cinnamon and nutmeg studded with chocolate chips and walnuts. Oats form the cookie’s foundation, leaving the cookies moist… Continue Reading
Oh, Valentine’s Day. You look so innocent – all sweetness, hearts and flowers. It’s unfortunate that such a seemingly simple day of love, friendship and affection has grown into a Godzilla-sized emotional super-power day of extremes. It can bring joy… Continue Reading
My mother – who was not kitchen-friendly – never prepared such delightful breakfast treats as pancakes, waffles or French toast. Even so, she was ahead of her time when it came to making healthy, simple breakfasts. She served things like… Continue Reading
I feel so fortunate that although I over-pruned my two lemon trees two years ago, they managed to remain alive and even produced some lemons. That’s great, because lemon curd is one of my favorite things to make, eat and… Continue Reading
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