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Have you ever heard of Strawberry Rhubarb Puffs? I've been eating rhubarb desserts for as long as I can remember, and not once had I ever had any "Puffs." Turns out, that the puff in question is pretty much a cobbler;  a simple assemblage of fluffy, flaky, buttery drop biscuits floating atop a sweet and tangy jam of strawberry and rhubarb. Hell, I guess when you put it that way, "Puffs" doesn't sound near as goofy, huh?

Beta recipes are my own experiments that I've only tried once. Usually palatable, they often could be better with a little tweaking - So please do, and let me know what works!

Beer. It's what's for dessert. During a minor epiphany, it occurred to me that the right beer would make a fantastic sorbet when combined with the flavors of the beer cocktail known as the shandy. The shandy sorbet I concocted leverages the award-winning American Wheat beer from Lb Brewing here in Hays, USA; which I transform into a simple syrup that's then brightened with the addition of fresh lemon and lime.

I gotta address this up front: A good stack of pancakes shouldn't be about what's loaded on top or mixed in to the batter as much as it should be about the pancake itself. Any joker with a bag of chocolate chips and a jar of sprinkles can make a box mix palatable; so since when did breakfast (and usually dinner at our house) become an excuse to eat dessert? Pancakes from scratch are a simple luxury that every family should be able to enjoy, and lately the recipe that I've been whisking up at our house is a honey and whole wheat variant of the buttermilk silver dollar recipe that fueled my family growing up for many a Sunday. Give these a go and see if the box mix doesn't become a distant memory.

When I asked my BBQ confidant for his best recipe for barbeque pulled pork, what I got was a loose collection of ideas and recipes that give no consideration to relative proportion. Now, I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but we all know a home barbeque enthusiast doesn't need to keep a pound of butt rub and gallons of injection brine on hand. To show my appreciation for being handed a great method, I've taken the time to straighten out the collection of recipes and techniques graciously given to me. If you already understand how your cooker works, then what's outlined here is a turn-key experience for a very solid Boston Butt BBQ.