One of my weekly rituals involves roasting a chicken.  Yeah, so what, you say... Gone are the days when I used to stick a bird in the oven for one and a half hours and settle for an unevenly cooked and uninspired clucker.  Back in 2006 I decided to take definitive action and purchased the Weber 6408 Style Poultry Roaster. This thing is a dream as it combines two of my favorite things in life:  my Weber Genesis Gas Grill and a fine roasted chicken.  If you have a barbeque grill you need one of these TODAY.  Go out to your local Weber dealer or better yet save some time and buy it online here via the Online Shop and pick one of these up and your chicken will be revolutionized and revitalized immediately. This apparatus is quite simple and was made to get similar results from the ever popular "beer can" chicken roasting technique.   Now, there's no mess or grease to worry about as the handy drip pan base of this tool takes care of the mess for you while the chicken quickly roasts.   I have never had such a succulent and moist bird by any other cooking technique.   The legs and thighs are always cooked to ...

I had the opportunity to live and work in Munich Germany from 2001 to 2003 and it was a fantastic experience.  Munich is the capital of Bavaria, Germany's free spirited, fun loving and hard partying State.  The city features a vibrant old town with expansive squares and pedestrianized areas.   My old apartment was about 5 minutes from Munich's great Viktualienmarkt and about 7 minutes walking distance from the central Marienplatz and the famous Glockenspiel.   Munich continues to be a shining example of a modern forward thinking city yet still steeped in tradition and history.  Munich was recently ranked as the number one city in the world as far as "livability" goes.    The Viktualienmarkt always provided great entertainment and fresh air strolling through all of the food stalls featuring local Bavarian produce, wild game, fresh fish flown in from around the world and of course plenty of opportunities to take a break and enjoy a cold german draft beer.  It was also a good meeting point and a featured attraction whenever visitors were in town.  In the winter of 2001 I purchased my first two Global cooking knives a stones throw away from the Viktualienmarkt and they continue to be my favorite knives and in my opinion the best chef knives available on the ...