It is not often that I try to imitate an executive chef. But when the basic culinary skill required to cook like a pro is simply burning wood, then slap a toque on my head and call me “Chefy.” So it ...

When it comes to cooking great barbecue, Backyard Barbeque chef and co-owner Kenny Ware isn’t messing around; he’s cooking up a storm on Freeport’s Nautical Mile. Ware, who co-owns the eatery with his ...

From Chef Digi's backyard to poolside at the Colonnade Hotel For the past 14 years, James DiGianvittorio was best known as "Chief DiGi" of the Middleton Police Department. After retiring in March, ...

Every culture and family has its own kind of cookout traditions — and foods. Teodora Bakardzhieva grew up in Bulgaria, where charcoal grills cooked sizzling meats at outdoor weddings and pumpkins were ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- If you have a great spiedie recipe, enter the Backyard Chef Championship Spiedie Cooking Contest. Watch local backyard chefs compete to take home the Grand Champion Belt in a ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Spiedie Fest Backyard Chef Spiedie Cooking Contest returns on Sunday, August 3 at 1:00 p.m., honoring the tradition that started it all back in 1983. Amateur grill ...

Cooking has had a place in Chris Van Hooydonk’s life for pretty much as long as he can remember. “I’ve been cooking professionally for 22 years. To be honest, I had never really thought about doing ...

For Chris Van Hooydonk, a typical morning these days might start with wandering out to his orchard to pick some two-pound peaches that he’ll later serve at his on-site dining venue—grilled as a sweet ...