Homemade Bacon (from www.food52.com): Makes About 2 lbs. 2 1/2-3 pounds Skinless pork belly 1/2 cup Sugar 1 tablespoon Blackstrap molasses 2 tablespoons Kosher salt (plus more as needed) 1 teaspoon curing salt (Insta-Cure #1) 1 teaspoon ground black pepper Rinse the belly and thoroughly pat it dry until the surface is tacky. Trim off [...]

From our friend Maureen 1 tablespoon butter or oil 2 ½ pounds stew meat, top sirloin, or London broil, cut into cubes 1 cup sliced onion 1 small garlic clove, minced ¾ cup ketchup 2 tablespoons Worcestershire 1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons paprika ½ teaspoon dry mustard Dash of cayenne [...]

Time:At least 3 hours Photo by Evan Sung for The New York Times   You can watch the video for this recipe here. 1 tablespoon oil 4 large or 8 small short ribs Salt and pepper 1 large onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 dried pasilla chili, stemmed, seeded and minced 1 dried chipotle chili, stemmed, [...]

1 1/2 lbs cube streak cut into strips Coating Ingredients: 2 C. Flour 1T. season salt 1tsp. paprika 1 T garlic powder 1tsp. salt Egg Bath: 2 eggs Canola oil for frying. Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce: 1 C. Dijon mustard 1/2 C. honeya 1/2 teas. dill Directions: Dip steak into coating mixture then egg bath [...]

4 1- to 1 1/2-inch thick grass-fed beef steaks (rib eye, top loin, New York, or sirloin) 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce 3 tablespoons good tasting extra-virgin olive oil 4 1/2-inch thick slices rugged whole-grain country bread 1 clove garlic, halved 8 to 10 cups mixed [...]