Pizza, burgers, and dogs. You’d be hard pressed to find a guy who’s favorite foods don’t include these three. A good hot dog is hard to beat. Operative word here: good. Yes, you can find a hot dog just about anyplace, the markets are full of packages of supposedly all-beef franks that are so good [...]

There are times you just have to have a pizza and you feel you don’t have the time or energy to make it, so you end up calling the local pizzeria for delivery. Nothing wrong with that. Hopefully, you’ll get a good one. But the Club Roscoe test kitchens have come up with an easy [...]

EVERYBODY DOES IT
Virtually all countries and cuisines fry potatoes. From Belgium to Bulgaria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France (of course), Germany, Ireland, Poland, they all make fries, mostly called pommes frites.
FRENCH FRIES
Practically a staple here the U S of A, Belgians claim to have invented French Fries. Sounds weird, doesn’t it? But a Belgian entrepreneur named [...]

People often ask me, “Jon, what’s your favorite beer?”
I politely smile and respond, “Whatever I’m drinking at the moment.”
What better way to grease the wheels of barbecue than with a pint of deliciously rich Scotch Ale. People have been talking about beer and food pairings for years now, though certain styles tend to be neglected [...]

“I don’t like beer.”
How many times have you heard those four filthy words uttered? I lost count years ago. The sad thing is, many people actually believe that they don’t like beer! Chances are, these poor souls have yet to be introduced to Better Beers, unique beverages of character and distinction that are actually worthy [...]

THE ULTIMATE SAUSAGE POT
Okay, you’ve got a bunch of guys coming over for the game – poker game, football game, Final Four, game 7 of the World Series, whatever. What’s better than a big pot of everyone’s favorite sausage? Cooked in onions, and bacon, and sauerkraut, and… beer. That’s right, we’re cooking with beer here, [...]

WINGS
Is there anybody that doesn’t like chicken wings? Maybe. But why would we want to know them? Think of the mindset of a person who doesn’t like wings: she’d have to be an extremely picky eater. She’d have to be someone who’s afraid to get her fingers a little greasy and her face a little [...]

THE ULTIMATE PULLED PORK SANDWICH
You’ve pulled your pork and the butt tastes great. Now comes the decision: sauce it up and serve it on a plate, or make it into a sandwich. Tough choice, but the good news is you can’t lose either way. If you serve it up on a plate with sauce and [...]