Category Archives: Cooking

BBQ and Grilling, Recipes and Treats.

Florida Cracker Paella


Here’s a good recipe I just made up from clams harvested in Mosquito Lagoon today. I think the more locally produced and self caught ingredients you can use in this, the better it will taste.

From Food

Sunrise Park at Sunrise
Justin and I launched the canoe just after 7:30 and caught a perfect sunrise to start our day. I kept the… Read More

80′s Birthday Cake


My talented wife has been making these really spectacular fondant based cakes for a little while now, and today she crafted this one for a friend’s 30th birthday.  The party is going to be 80′s themed, so the cake is as well.  It came out totally rad.  I crafted the Stay Puft Marshmallow man myself, because I’m a big 80′s movie nerd.  Rachel, you rock!

From Rachel’s Cakes

I Eat Pardoned Turkeys


Pardoning turkeys is stupid. Turkeys are for eating. In fact, I think I would vote for a presidential candidate who vowed to eat the turkeys given to them for the length of their term. I also want a shirt that reads “I Eat Pardoned Turkeys”.

Alton Brown’s Fried Turkey


This is the process by which I will be frying the turkey. I’m following Alton Brown’s recipe, who is my favorite TV chef. He’s by far the most knowledgeable cooking expert on TV and always explains the whys and hows of cooking.

Mmmmmm Fried Turkey



Getting geared up for hosting our first Thanksgiving and looking to put together the perfect menu. We want to do the traditional Thanksgiving feast but give it a little something extra and unique. We’ll be frying the turkey, which is not all that unique these days (but oh so tasty,) and stuffing and mashed potatoes will surely be in attendance. Just watched an Alton Brown Good Eats where he showed how to make a from scratch souped up version of… Read More