Thursday, December 25, 2008

Roast Duck for Christmas

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Madame and I stayed with my sister, brother-in-law and nephews for Christmas this year. We decided to have duck as the main course meat and ...
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Coffee

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This isn't a recipe posting just a paean in praise of a new (at least to me) way of making coffee. I have long been a fan of the French ...

The Faculty Holiday Party Potluck

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Apart from seeing how many nouns in a row I could use adjectively, this post is about the holiday party yesterday. Madame's department c...
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Madame's birthday...

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It was Madame's birthday yesterday, so it was time for something special for dinner. Rex's Seafood had some lovely red snapper fille...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Pavlova Redux

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This somewhat messy dessert was for a party last night. This time we decided to take it fully formed - in the car for about 7 miles. So we w...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Pavlova

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Pavlova is a dessert made from meringue, whipped cream and tropical fruit. It is very simple to make and looks spectacular. Ingredients:...
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Lamb, pita and the grill

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The bread compulsion continues. I thought it might be fun, interesting, delicious,… to make pita. I have taken to putting a pizza stone onto...
Saturday, August 16, 2008

Pizza….

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I am getting more and more encouraged by the bread making. There is beginning to be consistency and I can mostly predict what is going to ha...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Thai Beef Salad (Yum Neua)

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It's been hot here in Texas – so hot that cooking indoors has been a non-starter. However, we still want things that taste good and we b...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Don’t try this at home

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I was inspired by a television program to make a mango/avocado smoothie. It was ostensibly "simple and delicious". Simple it was, ...
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Monday, July 7, 2008

Enough of the !@$#! bread already

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The next foray is ciabatta . An entirely different kind of bread from the baguettes - it is made with a starter and has a long starter prepa...
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Saturday, July 5, 2008

It is so good to have Madame home..

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Madame came home yesterday, so today we were abole to have a nice dinner. Our friend Bette came and we had a terrific time. I had bought som...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

This bread thing is getting out of hand!

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I have been so into bread making while Madame has been away. But now with the help of Dan Leader, I am turning out baguettes that are just t...
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...