I remember when Earth Day meant bouncing a huge earth ball around a circle of barefoot college students. Today, it's more of a sober c...

By the intensified volume of the Smokin' Pete's e-mail inbox, I know that this is one of the key times when people work on their s...

Yesterday, while flying through the grocery aisles with one of those monstrous car carts, the kids content with "driving" the fr...

I'm reposting this from 2009 because Easter is upon us. Lamb posts for some reason get the most hits here at She-Smoke headquarters. ...

Who loves cookbooks, raise your hand. I do. I'd better . A few years ago someone asked me how many cookbooks I owned. I'd never even...

M y husband makes his mouthwatering beef stew just about any time of year, but for St. Patrick’s Day nothing beats his Guinness Beef Stew...

I've been itching for a party. We moved between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and though there is no good time to move, I would gander t...

I have a new sporty badge on my blog - the Char-Broil All-Star Blogger badge. I like it soooo much better than that vacuuming badge in th...

Abundance to you for the New Year! Cooking a whole fish for Chinese New Year symbolizes abundance . We can all use a little of that this y...

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Snake is upon us and I've put together two recipes for you to try. The first is a Tea Smoked C...

I'm going through an egg roll phase. Once you realize how easy they are to make, you will too. You can put anything into these perfect...

How are you all doing with your New Year's Resolutions. What's that? Slipping? I too, am teetering on losing my resolve, rather th...

Those that know me personally know that I'm a talker. I always did well in school, but the consistent comment on my report card was, ...

We have officially canned our Sweet & Spicy Pickles and have them for sale in the restaurant. Many of you know I have a thing for pick...

We always send out some early orders for smoked turkeys. Here's one that went out on Saturday that was so *purty*, I just had to take ...

Summer puts everything on hold for me, including diet and exercise, so I've been focusing on eating healthy and getting workouts...

This a picture of Seiku, one of the Seattle Aquarium's sealions, lounging in the sun by the side of the pool. That's what I feel l...

This is the time of year when we've been in the thick of it, catering-wise for a good solid 6 weeks. We start to get edgy. Morale breaks...

Please tune in to KUOW 94.09 from 9:30am to 10am today! Host Steve Scher will be talking to me and others about grillin' like a pro f...

The salmon are running! Now is the perfect time to throw luscious wild salmon on the grill. What are the two most important things about g...