Category: marinade

It’s Time to Rethink Your Marinade

While it is common to soak meat in a marinade before throwing it on the grill, we wanted to try a different approach. Because wet meat simply steams on the grill, we suggest marinating the meat after grilling it to achieve a charred crust. Simply season your steak with salt, pepper and sugar before searing….


Use This Green Herb Seasoning and Marinade in Two Dishes for a Versatile Family Meal

Fresh herbs overflow in the garden and at farmers markets in most of the country at this time of year. My 3-year-old granddaughter eats them by the handful straight from her garden. I prefer to scatter them with abandon over salads, roasted vegetables, rice bowls and anything from the grill. This season, I’m whirling a…


A Simple Technique Creates a Juicy Result

The tastes of summer are bountiful. Colorful fruits and vegetables abound, and barbecuing is the welcome technique to complement summers’ best produce. Pork ribs have a permanent place on my summer menu; particularly baby back ribs that are meaty and happily take on the Asian flavors of this zesty marinade. Growing up, summer barbecues at…


A Surprising Reason to Use Fresh Ginger in Homemade Marinade

The nicest thing happened to me one day as I rifled through the mail. I got a letter from Dr. C. Eugene Allen, a professor and food scientist at the University of Minnesota who just happened to be a fan of this column. He was responding to a teriyaki marinade recipe for venison I’d offered…