I started making this rub after reading about cowboy food, they carried with them coffee, salt, pepper and sugar...and they grilled their steaks in cast iron pans...since I do not often find myself on the open range I have to make due with either my grill or during wet yucky weather, my oven. I've added a couple of spices and few non cowboy type extras.. though I'm pretty sure if the cowboys had chocolate stout they would've enjoyed it too. ... on the rare occasions when I have been forced to camp outdoors I've brought pre rubbed steaks with me to get a taste of the old west... If you have no chocolate stout available any dark beer will do, you can also sub red wine, but it will be very different. I like to use a pre heated cast iron pan because in conducts the heat well...and you don't have to turn the meat over

These grain and gluten-free chocolate chip cookies are just like the classic: crispy yet chewy, and with chocolate chunks in every bite. Get the recipe here.

From Esteban Castillo's book, 'Chicano Eats,' a magical, "impossible" cake that that bakes into distinct layers of dulce de leche flan and fudgy chocolate cake.

Samantha Seneviratne's easy banana bread scones are quick to bake, with no wait time before eating—and a good way to use up overripe or frozen bananas.