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BAR-B-CUDA!! LA 6/14/08 3-7 PM

I will be doing the premier CYP Catering event this weekend, big shout to Linda from Love Made: Free Food+ Beer, Good Shopping, Hair+Make-Up. The menu is YTD updates coming soon. BEST BELIEVE, MEAT WILL BE MARINATED!

Summer Beet Salad with Bite

It was a hot summer day and I wanted something light and refreshing with a little creeping spice. The salad is composed of thin sliced roasted beets, julienned onion, cilantro, mint, corriander, lime, cayenne, S+P.  This salad was good as soon as it was mixed together, but it really needs 24 hours for the flavors to all meld together cohesively.

The Ribs that might just save your life.

A while back my father came into town to visit.  He brought with him an issue of Ode Magazine, and progressive publication focussed on sustainable development, the environment and other green/hippiesque issues.  He brought to my attention an article about different herbs and spices and their various health effects entitled "The spices of life".  The highlighted spices were saffron, turmeric, chili peppers, ginger all of which I regularly use in my food, but I rarely try to combine them all.  I decided to use some boneless spare ribs, just to make sure I could balance all these healthy spices with a dose of scrumptious pork.  

I used a Thai style marinade with Turmeric, Sweet Soy Sauce, Thai Chili, Garlic, Ginger, Fish Sauce, Coconut Milk. Unfortuantely, I was starving so I didn't get the 48 hours I normally like to marinate my meat, so I gave it a couple hours and it came out quite flavorful.So I basically combined everything except the Saffron in the marinade.  I used the saffron in one of its more straight forward applications, flavoring an coloring rice.  

I pan seared the ribs to get some nice color on the ribs and to seal in the moisture of the pork.  Then into the oven in a roasting pan to finish.

I made a quick pan gravy, laid it down on the plate and built a little tower of rice, sauteed spinach and pork.

I made a quick Thai BBQ sauce using Seasoned Rice Wine Vinegar, Honey, Chili,  Garlic and Cilantro.

Garnish with some rough chopped cilantro... DIG IN!