“This makes a tasty picnic. Pack soup in thermos and rather than fries, buy a sack of olive oil and rosemary, garlic and onion or herb flavored specialty potato chips, such as Terra brand, from the snack aisle of market.”

This dish comes fromo ne of DC’s most delicious seafood restaurants, The Oceanaire. No doubt the biggest trick to replicating Oceanaire’s scallops is finding the freshest possible. Barring a close relationship with a wholesale distributor the best option you have is to strike up a conversation with a local seafood retailer. Simply ask when their scallops arrived and then ask to give them a sniff. If the answer was today, and you only smell the sea (no fishy or pungent odors) then you can be relatively certain that your scallops are of the highest quality possible.

Delish! Serve with Mac & Cheese.

Makes about 2 pints. "You’ll want to prepare these in a stainless steel pot and use stainless steel tongs or a wooden spoon. Aluminum cookware can leave the onions with an off color and deny you the gorgeous hot pink hue that you want. "

Fantastic side dish! You can also use canned corn. Serve with Miso Chicken and a bit of rice.

In the American South, delicate cornmeal flatbreads known as hoecakes are a classic accompaniment to the regions signature barbecue. Originally a simple mixture of cornmeal, water and salt, hoecakes are so named for their earliest method of preparation. According to legend, early settlers and field hands cooked the cornmeal griddlecakes on the blades of hoes or shovels held over the hot embers of campfires. In other parts of America, similar breads are known as everything from ash cakes to johnnycakes. Serve these hoecakes alongside our Barbecued Chicken (see related recipe at right).