Recipes

Thyme and Roasted Garlic Compound Butter
Thyme and Roasted Garlic Compound Butter
Compound butter is the highest return on effort in a home kitchen. Ten minutes of work makes a log that lives in the freezer for two months and turns a... Read more...
Grilled meat pieces being turned with tongs over charcoal
Pig Spit BBQ Meatball Skewers
Mr. PoPo's Pig Spit is the mildest of the four, the one you can hand to anyone at the table, and it is the right sauce for something people eat... Read more...
Ricotta Gnocchi in Basil Olive Oil
Ricotta Gnocchi in Basil Olive Oil
Potato gnocchi are a project. Ricotta gnocchi are a Tuesday. There is no boiling, no ricing, no waiting for potatoes to cool — you mix a soft dough, roll it,... Read more...
Close-up of glossy sauced ribs on a grill
Holy Spit Triple-Chili Ribs
Ribs are a patience test disguised as a recipe. Two and a half hours covered at 300°F does almost all of the work, and the only thing you control in... Read more...
The Composed Plate: How Professionals Plate Food
The Composed Plate: How Professionals Plate Food
Plating is the last thing that happens to food and the first thing anyone notices. It is also the part of cooking most home cooks never get taught, which is... Read more...
Cast iron skillet of barbecue baked beans with a wooden spoon
Pig Spit BBQ Baked Beans
Bacon fat, a real onion base, and sauce folded in so the beans stay whole. Read more...
Everyday Soup Base: Celery, Onion, and Leek
Everyday Soup Base: Celery, Onion, and Leek
This is not a soup so much as the first fifteen minutes of any soup you will ever make. Sweated aromatics, cut small and cooked slowly in good oil until... Read more...
BBQ sauce being poured over meat in a pan
Hot Spit Habanero BBQ Shrimp Cups
Phyllo cups exist so you can serve something warm on a tray without plates or forks. They also give you an exact portion, which is why twenty-four of them turn... Read more...
Celery and Yukon Gold Soup
Celery and Yukon Gold Soup
Celery is the vegetable most cooks treat as a supporting player, and that is exactly why this soup surprises people. Given a whole bunch instead of two ribs, celery turns... Read more...
Grilled vegetables and squash lifted from a foil pack
Spit'n Fire BBQ Street Corn Cups
Grill the corn in the husk-off, dry, and let it char. Boiled corn cut off the cob makes a fine salad and a forgettable one. Corn taken directly over flame... Read more...
A foil pan of vegetables cooking on a ceramic grill
Holy Spit Spicy Cauliflower Bites
Cauliflower gets asked to be a lot of things it is not. Here it is only asked to be cauliflower with a hard roast on it, which is the one... Read more...
A folded omelette on a white plate with breakfast potatoes, sausage, and a fanned strawberry
Garden Herb Omelette Breakfast Plate
A diner omelette and a hotel omelette use the same three eggs. The difference is that one arrives as a folded yellow shape in the middle of a plate and... Read more...