Saturday, June 11, 2011

Daily bread on the grill

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It's summer here in Texas. It shouldn't be yet, but it is very hot. So I have no desire to use the oven. I figured that with some ap...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

More playing with eggs

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When Madame is away, I like to experiment in the kitchen. It keeps me out of trouble, and endlessly entertained. Mostly by failed experiment...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Seabirdskitchen, NTTV and the Dallas Arboretum

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Last Saturday, Madame asked me if I would help the NTTV students during their photo-shoot at the Dallas Arboretum. What visit to a beautiful...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Salad - it doesn't have to be boring

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This dish received the "OMG this is fantastic, we must serve it to people" accolade from Madame. For those who have seen previous ...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

A couple of revelations

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This isn't about specific dishes, but about how to get some things to "work". First the dreaded all you can eat buffet. Now I ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Pi day

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On Pi day (3/14 in the USA) it is traditional to make a pie. This year was no exception. I wanted a steak and kidney, but buying kidneys is ...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

Superbowl beans

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Our good friends Rick and Claudia always do a terrific superbowl party. They asked us to bring something - either bbq beans or a green bean ...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

The blender

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For several years I have had a jones for a Vitamix blender. Why? They are cool, they are easy to clean, they do a great job... However the b...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Boxing Day

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Our tradition during the Christmas Season is to have a Boxing Day party. So, while Christmas for many is a time of plenty and friendship,...
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The Bloody Mary Party

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This was a much more sedate affair than some of our parties. We had the Christmas Eve blowout the night before and were due to go to the Fou...
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Christmas 2010

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It all started innocently enough. Madame and I were in Bastrop for a wedding in September. In came a text saying, "My mother in law is ...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Scones

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One of Madame's co workers has had a hankering for scones. So I was press ganged into making some. Luckily they are pretty easy to make....
Friday, November 26, 2010

What to take for thanksgiving?

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Our friend and uber hostess Deborah had us over for thanksgiving dinner yesterday. We knew it was going to be a feast but also wanted to mak...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Fig, honeycomb and greek yogurt

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Yesterday evening we had Chef Dave Gilbert over to talk about his adventures as the Exceutive Chef at the American Pavilion in Shanghai. D...
Sunday, November 7, 2010

Pavlova Roulade

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I got the idea for this from some cooking show that we were watching and realized it could be a bit of a challenge. After all how often do ...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Pumpkin Soup

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More from the Hallow-tini party. Since it was close to Halloween, we thought it might be nice to do a pumpkin soup using a hollowed out p...

White Chili

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Another Hallow-tini dish This dish is inspired by Cooks Illustrated magazine and incorporates some prettyy clever ideas. It uses both coo...
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Lasagne (for a crowd)

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There's much debate about Lasagne. Ricotta or bechamel? Ground meat/chili-grind? Cook/no-cook pasta. All beef or beef/pork/veal? Too man...

Mac and cheese

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Another dish from Hallow-tini . When I learned to make "mac and cheese" (or as it is called in England, macaroni cheese), I lear...

Infusing Vodka

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At the Hallow-tini party  we made some infused vodkas. The approach was that the guests would get a small measure of vodka (Titos) or Gin ...
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The Hallow-tini party

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We held a party for about 50 people last evening (October 30). The idea was to serve "martinis" where the gin/vodka were chilled (...
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

We had a dining room party

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We completely remodeled the dining room - resulting in the need for a formal party to celebrate. It was in honour of the designer who worked...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

A sign! Edamame Dip

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This was clearly meant to be. Alton Brown on Good Eats did a show on edamame in which he described an edamame dip. Then yesterday madame and...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Timing and the one critical component of the dish

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No recipes in this post! I was watching "Michael Symon's How to cook like an iron chef" the other evening. I was struck by a f...
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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Green Goddess Soup

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Madame and I went to a very good wine tasting at the Classic Cafe last Wednesday evening. As usual the restaurant did a very good meal, and ...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Ripening peaches

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I cant claim to have come up with this myself. Nowever  this method  is so good that I just have to pass it on. Place a dish towel on a ra...
Sunday, July 4, 2010

Summer pudding

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This is in the tradition of English puddings using the bounty of the season. It is also a handy way of using left over bread! I make it in a...

dulce de leche

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This sinfully good milk caramel is the easiest thing in the world to make. That is going to be a problem. When something that good is too ea...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Fun with eggs

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I have to stay entertained while madame is away. The easiest and most troublefree way is to play with my food. So this morning I took a coup...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Spanish tortilla redux

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In a previous posting, I talked about making a Spanish tortilla (that potato egg dish that is a staple of Spanish cooking). In previous inca...
Friday, April 30, 2010

Antipasti

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2 new ideas/techniques this week. Well new to me. The first was inspired by Mario Batali and discovered here , the second done out of necess...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

The Behmor 1600 Coffee Roaster

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Our old and trusty iRoast 2 coffee roaster has been ailing for a while. It wheezed to life only to stop half way through a roast resulting i...