This is my take on a barbecue sauce. It’s tangy, but not too sweet, with just a touch of heat as it finishes. It tastes like it’s complicated and has been simmering for hours, but comes together very quickly and can last in your fridge for weeks. It’s super on chicken, but equally good on pork or beef. Our BBQ chicken is a 2-step process. We first grill the chicken to add that nice smoky flavor to the meat, also rendering out the fat and making the skin crispy and beautifully caramelized. The second step is to slather it with our BBQ sauce then finish cooking it in the oven. It’s the best of both worlds with its smoky flavor from the grill, but the barbecue sauce is not burnt. Also, the chicken is perfectly moist and juicy. It’s sure to be a summer hit!

Perfect Pizza | Part 1: Sauce
One of my greatest pleasures is strolling the cobblestone streets of Italian cities in the morning.  The sites of Old World neighborhoods coming to life as the open-air markets begin to bustle in the new day.  By lunchtime, the thoughts of a perfect thin crust pizza are inescapable. As I stroll past pizzerias, the aroma of freshly baked dough is too much to resist.  One must simply stop, sit, and enjoy Italy’s most famous exports – pizza and a glass of vino!