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Drunken Halibut

Drunk Halibut (152 of 165)

This week is all about foods or recipes that make us happy.  There are many meaty dishes that make me smile from ear to ear.  Rich, slow-roasted stews.  Hearty soups filled with chunks of roasted chicken or tiny, savory meatballs.  Simply grilled steaks.  Sticky ribs that are slowly smoked over an open fire.  One dish more »

Pickled Shrimp For My Mother’s Day

Pickled Shrimp from The Back Burner

I’m a lucky man here at The Back Burner because my post falls on the weekend. Mother’s Day Weekend. I am also lucky to have so many of my mother’s recipes compiled into a cookbook my brother put together after she passed away in 1993, long before her time. I cherish the cookbook. Of course more »

Moroccan Chicken Couscous

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The writers for the Back Burner are celebrating all that is “mom” this week.  I tossed around different approaches of how to honor my mother in a meaty sort of way.  I won’t lie it was a bit challenging.  There is not a meaty recipe in my collection that makes me think of mom, so more »

Springtime Beef Stir Fry

Beef Stir Fry (110 of 142)

The seasons are a bit confused out in the Bay Area as our winter seems to be a bit late, as it has been blowing in a little too often.  Our days have been brisk if not a tad wet, and the nights are darn right chilly.  We should be enjoying bowls of comfort food, more »