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Please welcome guest author Hank Shaw who shares the recipe for his favorite BBQ sauce with us. This sauce is, btw, outrageously good. ~Elise
All barbecue cooks have their own “secret sauce,” but for the most part, each relies on some sort of sugar, something acidic like vinegar, fat ? typically butter ? and something else [...]

“Is that a watermelon in your pants or are you happy to see me?” Sounds silly, but research by Texas A&M’s Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center has determined that eating watermelon might increase libido.
Watermelon is packed with key nutrients like lycopene, beta carotene, and the phytonutrient citrulline which, when converted by the body into [...]

Everyone needs a holiday from the pressures and routines of “normal” life. But does heading off for a holiday mean taking a break from regular exercise too?
The dilemma: how to balance the need to “get away from it all” with the desire to “stay on track” with your physical fitness goals.
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Newsweek features an interesting article this week that found moms who have kids are not necessarily happier. In fact, it showed that stay at home moms and moms who work have a lot of things in common when it comes to what makes them happy.

Hank Shaw spent a day this week with me and my father, showing us how to smoke ribs on my kettle grill. As worried as I was that the ribs were going to end up dry, they weren’t, and they were the some of the best I’ve ever had. Here’s the process from [...]

Please welcome guest author Hank Shaw who shares the recipe for his favorite BBQ sauce with us. This sauce is, btw, outrageously good. ~Elise
All barbecue cooks have their own “secret sauce,” but for the most part, each relies on some sort of sugar, something acidic like vinegar, fat ? typically butter ? and something else [...]

The world of food blogs and the Internet is indeed a serendipitous one. A while ago I discovered a fellow named Hank Shaw in the comments section on Michael Ruhlman’s blog. Hank seemed to know what he was talking about, especially in the area of preparing game. After a few emails back [...]

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