When I was growing up, we had pot roast pretty often. My grandmother would make it at least once a month and wow, did I hate it. Now, times then were different and she was cooking for a husband who refused to eat both garlic and onion (blasphemy!!!) but still, it was pretty bad. I really never thought I would ever want to make a pot roat of my very own.

That’s why I was shocked when, after watching Dave Lieberman do a pot roast this Summer, I mentally filed the recipe away for future use. Because, damn — it looked and sounded so good. Moist and falling apart, soaking up all the flavor of red wine, honey, garlic and thyme. What’s not to love about that?

Along with some horseradish cream and some braised brussels sprouts, the meal was a little piece of heaven on a plate. Who’d of . . . → Read More: It’s Pot Roast! It’s Actually Good…Really!