Dinner and a Movie

The thirteenth in a series of at home food and movie pairings.

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BackYard BBQ & Café

It all started in the backyard!

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Their custom t-shirt shop in Vallejo was non-essential during COVID and so they started cooking in a tent and serving takeout to friends and family. Then Norman and Winnie Traballo did the almost impossible and “smoked it” during the middle of a pandemic. Taking over the Rosie’s Café location in the Benicia Industrial Park, they celebrated their entrepreneurial toughness with a grand opening in July of 2020. Norman says he graduated from the University of YouTube, learning to smoke meats and developing his skills and recipes for excellence in BBQ ribs, links, tri-tip and brisket. Inspirational, for sure.

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BBQ Bay Area style fusion — Filipino and Mexican influences. Order at the window and eat on the spacious, covered patio, meet the regulars, and be prepared to ENJOY this scrumptious food prepared with family love.

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Our 2-Minute Movie Review:

Chef’s Table: BBQ, 2020 Netflix Original Series; Created by David Gelb Most episodes 45 min; Rated TV-14

The first thing you learn in Chef’s Table: BBQ is that barbeque is not about the seasoning or cook time, or even the basting sauce. It is all about the pitmaster. In this critically acclaimed series, this truth becomes clear in the first moments of the first episode, featuring Tootsie Tomanetz, pitmaster at Snow’s BBQ in Lexington, Texas. And, we have to say, if you do not fall in love with 85-year-old Tootsie right out of the gate, you might be a bubble off (that is Texas talk for “not quite right!”).

Tootsie began barbequing 50 years ago, and she reflects the second lesson of barbeque lore – pitmasters share what they know. “We don’t have any secrets at Snow’s,” she says. “Our seasonings are salt and pepper. I can’t tell you the temperature of my pit though, because I don’t have a gauge on it. I use my hand.” Indeed, Tootsie rests her hand on the barbeque pit! That is how she determines if the temperature of the flaming and glowing coals within are ready to do their magic.

And, true to the form of the other featured masters, Tootsie is happy to sit back and say to the novice, “Good luck with it!”

From hill country BBQ to the spiritual experience of Lennox Hastie in Sydney, Australia, the portraits of those devoted to cooking over open flames are lovingly crafted and beautifully filmed. It will make your mouth water! 10 Out of 10 Whiskers

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