Welcome to Bobby Flay Everyday!

I am not an expert. I have never even taken a class. I have no formal training - but I love to grill. I love the food off the grill and I just like the idea, the fun and the relaxation of grilling. So naturally Bobby Flay is a hero. I have his books, I watch his shows and I try out his recipes. So my idea is to grill one of Bobby's grilling recommendations everyday and see how it goes. Bobby Flay Everyday!

The idea to grill and blog is not original. Julie Powell wrote a blog that became a book and then a movie when she cooked all 524 recipes from Julia Child's cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking. But this is not French Cooking - this is backyard, after work, tailgate, American male grilling. I grill outside in a man-cave in every kind of weather. There is no "grilling season" for me - its everyday, year-round. We will skip around through Bobby's books and TV shows and grill what we like. But grilling is more than food, its an experience - so we will also report on what music we listened to or what ball game was on while we were grilling. We will keep track of what we were drinking during the grilling and later with the food. I'll try to figure what went wrong when we fall short of Bobby's perfection and pass on any tips I know about or discover along the way. Maybe it will give others some ideas as well.

The photo is of me and two of my brother-in-laws roasting the Thanksgiving turkey on the grill last year. That's me on the far right. In real life I am a college professor and pilot. I have written 12 books, but they were all about flying - here we write about grilling. We write about Bobby Flay Everyday!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Grilled Ice Cream?

Okay no the Ice Cream was not on the grill - but everything else on this Ice Cream Sundae was! Coming to us from Bobby Flay's book Boy Gets Grill (page 252) this is a Toasted Pecans, Carmel Sauce, Sundae. I toasted the pecans in a pan over the grill with a little butter and vanilla extract. While that was going on I melted down come carmel squares together with some butter in another pan - but all over the grill. I wished I had added some milk or cream to the carmel to make it more sauce-like. When the hot carmel was poured over the cold ice cream, it harded up into a shell. It was still good, but did not mix up with the ice cream. This was definately a one-plate, two-spoon desert - and who would have expected dessert from the grill - especially an ice cream dessert from the grill!



Check out the blogs of some of my followers. Go to see Dorothy's new blog on design at http://designdenizen.blogspot.com/
Today she is "Searching for the Sun."
 
And don't forget Tim Miles' blog all about wine
http://chillwineandliquor.blogspot.com/
Tim has got several articles up on the blog that you need to read about wine, buying wine, storing wine, etc on "Explaining the Miles of Wine."
 
More grilled desserts and blogging from friends to come!
Happy 75! This is the 75th consecutive day of Bobby Flay Everyday!
Paul
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1 comment:

Inspired by eRecipeCards said...

I saw your photo earlier today and was wondering how you could get this on teh grill..

great ideas...

heading to your friends sites now

March 16, 2010 at 5:24 PM

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