Carnitas Means Pork Okay, you knew that. And you also know how to roast or smoke (for those of you who have smokers) a pork butt and turn it into that most delicious and succulent dish we call PULLED PORK. And when it’s done, and you’ve pulled it and sauced it to perfection, and certainly [...]

Ingredients: 1 sweet potato – diced 1/2 red pepper – diced 1 slice red onion – diced 1 green onion – diced 1 spoon chopped jalapenos in vinegar 2 spoons orange marmalade or apricot preserves Juice of one lime Cholula Chili Lime – a couple squirts to taste Salt and pepper to taste Won’t Find [...]

The Menu: Turkey Mole’ Roasted Chicken Enchiladas Carne’ Asada tacos Grilled Quesadillas Carnitas Beans and Rice Guacamole And for Dessert: Grilled Chocolate Quesadillas topped with pina colada ice and vanilla ice cream! Roscoe Was There We all know Roscoe’s lament on the paucity of good Mexican restaurants in the Detroit area. And don’t start talking [...]

Ingredients: Whole wheat pita bread Sauce (See: Roscoe’s One Beer Pizza Sauce) Cheese – mozzarella, parmesan and/or pecorino-romano, or your favorite mix Pepperoni – sliced thin Sun-dried tomatoes Olive oil (for basting pitas) Hot grill Beer (for staying hydrated during grilling process) Super spatula We Can’t Get Enough Let’s get right to the point: THE [...]

Ingredients: Pita bread Olive oil Cheese (Mozzarella or provolone or your favorite mix) Sauce Your favorite toppings Pizza On The Grill? Darn right. It’s summer, and you don’t have to sublimate the urge to grill when the urge for pizza takes over (Sublimate? Hey, Roscoe can use big words with the best of ‘em). Forget [...]

Ingredients: Pork Tenderloin (1 for every 3-4 people) Rub: Montreal Steak, smoked paprika, Cholula powder Marinade: Olive Oil, Worcestershire, Cholula tortillas – corn or flour Guacamole’ Salsa 1 hot grill Beer or Margaritas (to stay hydrated while grilling) Another Kind of Carnitas When you’re talking pork, it doesn’t get much more tender than pork tenderloin. [...]

Ingredients: Chicken wings, jumbo size – at least a dozen red spices – Cholula powder, smoked paprika, cayenne, Old Bay, chili powder For Marinade: Olive oil, Worcestershire, chili Lime Cholula For Glaze: Cherry jelly or preserves, Bourbon, Red pepper mustard, Pepper jelly Sharp knife Hot grill This Ain’t No Hockey Team Like hockey fans (especially [...]

Cinco de Mayo – It’s Not Mexico’s Independence Day Which is what most people think. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the poorly armed and understaffed Mexican army’s victory in 1862 at the Battle of Pueblo over superior French forces, sent by Napoleon to collect a debt. Kind of a reverse Alamo. And eventually (a year later, [...]