Monday, November 30, 2009

garlic, lemon, potatoes Oh My!

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This is another dish inspired by Cooks Illustrated . As u sual , I have taken a couple of liberties - but only out of necessity! The origina...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Seeing red - meat that is

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In a previous post ( when will it be done? ) , I wrote about rate of change - knowing when something will be done by observing its rate of c...

An old flame? - Steak au poivre

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Our friend Bryan - he of the champagne dinner fame, sometimes calls up saying, "I was thinking of opening a bottle of (insert interesti...
Monday, November 2, 2009

The Champagne Dinner

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We were challenged to create a dinner where each course would be paired with champagne. Of course, champagne is pretty versatile, but we wan...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

What matters?

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The wonderful French cookbook, "Je sais cusinier" has been translated into English. The English title is "I know how to cook....
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Steamed fish over petits pois bonne femme

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I have unashamedly pinched this from Gordon Ramsey's show, "The F-Word". However because i have a terrible memory, I am sure I...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Guacatuna

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Tuna has been a battleground in our house. Madame likes the canned variety (aka catfood in my book), and I like it fresh, preferably raw. So...
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Watermelon and mango soup

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Madame and I ate at The Edge, a very nice restaurant in Rodney Bay St. Lucia. Madame had the watermelon soup and it was excellent. I couldn...

After dinner drink or dessert?

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This recipe is inspired by a drink that we had in St. Lucia recently. The drink is a BBC (Baileys, Banana, Colada). However I wanted to make...
Sunday, July 5, 2009

Grape Focaccia – With Acknowledgement to Daniel Leader

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We had an invitation to a July 4 th party and it involved a bit of a drive. So what to take? It's hot here in Texas, so didn't wan...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Using the tomatoes

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We have had a good tomato crop this year. There are 2 varieties – red cherry tomatoes and yellow pear tomatoes. They taste divine and look b...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

The tennis brunch

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Madame and I had been threatening to do this for a while. We finally got it together. The menu was pretty simple – mimosas, peppers stuffed ...
Friday, May 8, 2009

Producers' Picnic 2009

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We did the annual producers' picnic for Madame's students last weekend. Because I can't leave well enough alone, I tried a new t...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

The Pizza Dough

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I have had several people ask me about this, so here goes. It has been a bit of an experiment. I used the same basic method as I use for cia...
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Monday, May 4, 2009

Mystery Pizza Ingredients

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Last Friday my good friend Gary McCants came by for lunch. I had promised him pizza and he accepted all too quickly. I typically make thin c...
Thursday, April 9, 2009

What to call this dish?

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Madame and I went to the farmers' market on Sunday and now have ridiculous amounts of tomatoes, onions, peppers, mushrooms, beans, mango...
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Monday, April 6, 2009

Pickled Mushrooms and other Antipasti

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On Sunday evening Madame wasn't due home until after 7 – she had been playing tennis and was likely to be hungry, but not to want anythi...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Peppers stuffed with tomatoes and chilies

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This recipe is an adaptation from Jamie Oliver's version. It was done from memory, so isn't exactly the same. It looked so good when...
Sunday, March 8, 2009

Squirrelcam

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This doesn't have anything to do human food and the kitchen, but I had to jot it down somewhere.... It was a nice day here today, so I t...
Sunday, March 1, 2009

Boeuf Bourguignon Inspired Sliders

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We made this dish to complement our wine choice for "Open That Bottle Night", 2009. The challenge was to turn boeuf bourguignon in...

OTBN 2009

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We hosted an "Open That Bottle Night" party again this year. Same general idea as before – invite wine loving friends, ask them to...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Artichokes

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I was inspired by a fabulous artichoke dish we had at a restaurant here in Dallas last week. It was a simple steamed artichoke, hollowed out...

Crackers

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First it was Mark Bittman in the New York Times, and then Alton Brown on good eats. Both were extolling the virtues of home made crackers. I...
Monday, February 2, 2009

Tea

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It seems odd to write a blog post about making something as simple as a good cup of tea, but we got compliments about our tea over the weeke...
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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...