Sunday, June 29, 2008

Breakfast outside

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Today was the last day of the old patio furniture and the first day of the new. Madame is still in England, but I just had to cook - it has ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Man cannot live by bread alone..

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But with Madame's absence from May 30 until July 4, I am doing my best. I have used the time to learn about breadmaking After all, how h...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

Iron Chef

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The Event Every year the Sports Club at the Four Seasons in Las Colinas does an "Iron Chef" competition. This year was no exceptio...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Using rice wrappers

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Last evening I went to a Yelp event at a Vietnamese restuarant in San Jose. Lots of people mostly Vietnamese there. What a terrific experie...
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Practice, practice, practice

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For me, using a knife properly is very important, but it isn't the most natural of motions. Whether it be slicing, chopping, paring, car...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Now that warmer weather is here and the butter is impossible to deal with

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Butter - my favorite fat(well fat/water combo). Nothing tastes as good on toast, in pastry, for cooking eggs, making cakes...... However but...
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Monday, May 5, 2008

The Producers' picnic

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All those hamburgers were for the picnic yesterday (Sunday). We were expecting between 30 and 40 people - and it topped out at 34. Since alm...
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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Burgers for a crowd

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Madame and I will be having the annual "Thank you for all your hard work" picnic for the producers and staff at the TV station. Th...
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Monday, April 28, 2008

Tzaziki

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In the previous post, I promised the tzaziki recipe. This one isn't exactly traditional, but pretty close. I should have used yogurt, b...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

strawberry season

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April in North Texas is Strawberry time, so Madame and I always head to Gnismer Farms on Bowen Rd. in Arlington to pick them. Today was this...
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Friday, April 18, 2008

Cooking school day 3

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If I thought day 2 was intense, I was in for a real shock on day 3. The menu looked straightforward - Beef pot roast Grilled rib eye steaks ...

Cooking school Day 2

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Day 2 at the Milestone Cooking School proved as useful and interesting as day 1. I was still the only student, so was able to continue to wo...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

Seabirdskitchen decamps to cooking school - day 1

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This weekend I am attending cooking classes at the Milestone School in the Viking kitchen in Dallas. 3 pretty intense days. The class is sup...

Bread starter

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I had been wondering how long my bread starter would keep without the normal care and feeding. So 2 weeks ago I put cling wrap on it and put...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

The rites of spring

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Spring has most definitely sprung. There are so many terrific things in the stores, it is hard to know where to start. Today Madame was read...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Spring time in Texas

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The danger of frost has not completely past, but we are feeling safe now. The weather has been spectcular this weekend, so I have been fille...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

OTBN

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Open That Bottle Night – Feb 23, 2008 The event For the Wall Street Journal Open That Bottle Night party we chose to invite some fri...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The Moroccan Dinner

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Our Sunday dining group (Sundays at 4) met this weekend for a dinner that had a Moroccan theme. The idea of the event is for all of us to re...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Bread tribulations

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In previous posts, I have described the no-knead bread. ( http://seabirdskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-fun-with-bread.html ). We have ha...
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Carved olive garnish

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As a garnish for the caponata ( http://seabirdskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/01/caponata.html ) I thought it would be fun to lay out some leaves...
Saturday, February 16, 2008

Valentine's Day 2008

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Madame has decided that winter is too long and that she is tired of winter vegetables and hearty dishes. So she muttered something about a s...
Sunday, February 10, 2008

An unnerving experience with flour

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I was setting up yesterday morning to make bread. That was going to be a white loaf with a little pasta flour to give some extra texture and...
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Friday, February 8, 2008

Butternut squash

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With some inspiration from Jamie Oliver (The Naked Chef), I did some butternut squash in the oven a couple of days ago. A quick, easy dish t...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Chicken, leek and potato soup

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It was cold this evening in Dallas, so a warm soup seemed like a good idea. Also, I wanted it to fit into my tight schedule so it would be r...

Shrove Tuesday

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Where I am from it is traditional to have pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. Traditionally it is thought that pancakes were a good way to use up th...
Friday, February 1, 2008

More fun with bread

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We now haven't bought bread for over a month. The no-knead variety has been working well for us - except for some occasional lapses. I u...
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Caponata

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This story goes back a fair distance. Rocco (a Sicilian), Judy, Madame and I went to eat at Daniele Osteria in Dallas a couple of years ba...
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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Chai

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Last week I was in the land of the chai drinkers - Silicon Valley. Since I don't drink coffee and I needed to be sociable, I learned to...
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Sunday, January 13, 2008

When Celestina delivers lemons....

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Celestina, one of Madame's former students, is a girl from the "Valley" that fertile stretch of South Texas down near the Mexi...
Tuesday, January 1, 2008

New Years Day 2008

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We had a simple celebration of New Year's day. Vince and Gayle, and Steve and Ellen came over. Starting with tea and Christmas cake at 5...
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