Ingredients: 2 links smoked Kielbasa – chopped 8 (or so) medium sweet potatoes – diced medium (1/2 in.) 1 big red onion, chopped 1 red pepper – chopped garlic – as much as you like (4-6 cloves) stock – chicken or beef, 8-10 cups Worcestershire Cholula wine – whatever you’re drinking while you cook Salt, [...]

Ingredients: Rib meat – off the bone Cole slaw BBQ sauce Mustard – yellow, brown, or both Good Rolls Pickle You don’t Have To Wait For Leftovers Like that’ll ever happen. You can’t say “ribs” and “leftovers” in the same sentence, unless you’re in some parallel universe. So you’d better make the sandwich when they [...]

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: Peaches – peeled and chopped Raisins – half a handful Dried Cherries – half a handful Juice of a small lime Juice of a small lemon Brown Sugar 2 spoons flour Bourbon Cinnamon Spoonful Apricot Preserves Bourbon (yes, we said it twice) Yes, Men Can Bake It’s just that most of them don’t want [...]

However You Translate, It Means Bean Soup And it is some kind of good. Full of beans and chorizo and ham hock and a whole bunch of other Cuban stuff that’s nothing but flavor. It’s Good To Have Relatives Ana Z is married to Roscoe’s cousin, the Z-Man, they live in Miami. Ana Z’s mother [...]

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 [...]

Roscoe: Bitter In Defeat? No way. Even though Roscoe’s Kielbasa Reuben was the only sandwich to earn a perfect score from one judge (clearly a man with discerning perception and taste, intelligent, worldly, held in high esteem by all) , the overall tally betrayed him. And considering the competition, there were no losers. Sandy’s Pastrami [...]

Where’s Bobby Flay? When you get challenged to a Throwdown, and your name happens to be Roscoe, well, let’s face it, you’re talking about a good time. But this time, it’s not Bobby Flay coming from New York, it’s Z-Man coming from Florida. Says He Makes The Best Well, now we’ll see. He’s even bringing [...]