Dallas Blooms

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MARCH 3 - APRIL 8

1 to 1 1/2 c best quality barbecue sauce salt and pepper to taste

1. Rub the ribs with the spice rub and let marinate for at least an hour. Overnight is best.

2. Salt and pepper the ribs, and put in a roasting pan in a preheated 375-degree oven for 30 minutes. Turn several times, and carefully drain the fat and liquid that accumulates in the bottom of the pan.

3. Preheat a broiler while the ribs are in the oven. Baste the ribs with the barbecue sauce and cook for 5 or 10 minutes per side, turning two or three times and basting when you turn. Watch carefully so the sauce doesn’t burn (which sauces with a lot of sugar will do more easily). After the oven, finish ribs in the broiler.

4. Serve with more sauce on the side. Serves four, takes about an hour www.dallasarboretum.org

Enjoy over 500,000 spring blooming bulbs. Featuring Small Houses of Great Artists Exhibit, Mar. 3 - Dec. 31, and Artscape, a fine art show and sale in the garden, Mar. 16 - 18. Discount tickets available at Tom Thumb stores.