This past weekend what we (three families) planed to do and what I ended up doing are 3000 miles apart. Our plan was to spend the King Holiday weekend skiing in Tahoe , well all the rooms were booked! How about a day trip, Saturday none of the kids liked that idea although we parents were thinking how much money could be save by doing the day trip instead of a long weekend. Turns out , out of 10 kids all but 3 had some type of sporting event over the weekend, there goes the day trip. Both of my boys had indoor soccer games, plus my oldest refferees indoor games as well. I’m all for that he erins his own cash!

So early Saturday morning I get a call form the Jane Pauley Show, Jane wants to teach her kids Ross, Tim and Doughter to cook, and she want me to be one of the teacher. Jane Pauley is one of this countries great jurnoulys , but great cook she is not! Sunday afternoon after picking Curtis Jr and his friends form paint balling and hitting golf balls with Cole. I am off to SFO for a red eye flight to NYC where I’ll teaching cooking 101, Chef Curtis Style. I check into the famous Waldorf Astoria about 5:30 am for a couple of hours sleep before meeting my student Jane’s oldest son Ross.

He learned to make my Oven BBQ Ribs and Potatoes, Steamed Vegetables, Garlic Bread and Peach Cobbler

Here are the recipes for Oven BBQ and Steamed Vegetables

Recipes - Oven BBQ (Ribs and Potatoes)

Ingredients

2 slabs of pork ribs or beef ribs

4 large potatoes

2 tablespoons season salt

16 oz BBQ sauce

Wash ribs and set aside. Wash Potatoes and slice in half lengthwise. In a large roasting pan, place potatoes in the bottom with ribs on top. Sprinkle with season salt and smother with BBQ sauce. Cover pan tightly with aluminum foil or tight fitting lid. Place in 350 degree oven. Slow cook for 3 1/2 - 4 hours.

Vegetable -

1 pound broccoli, asparagus or zucchini

2 tablespoons olive oil

Salt & Pepper to taste

1/2 cup water

Trim vegetables and place in saute pan. Add olive oil, salt and pepper, water and steam vegetables with lid on for 6-8 minutes.

Ross is a bright, friendly and capable young man, that could be a heck of a cook! He was highly complementry of my teaching abilities.

I am not sure I have shared with you all that along with four other Novatoins I have started a production Company here in town. Four Smart Women and A Dumb Guy. Our frist show Recipes For Living, will air soon on Novato Public axcess TV chanal 26. Please look for it. The reason I telling you how is I hope to have Ross and other members of his Family on Our show. I look forward to teaching you my readers, my style of cooking.

Hey start telling your friends to look for the Show.

Peace out