Thursday, September 20, 2012

The tartaric acid files

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For any who have been following the thoughts of using tartaric acid to set cream based desserts, I am here to tell you that the results are...

A kind of panzanella

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It was a warm evening in September, here in TX. While the tomatoes are over, I was able to find some nice cherry toms and yellow small ...

Halving Olives and baby tomatoes

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Halving cherry tomatoes, olives, grapes etc. is such a pain. Mindless, precision. So I have come up with a better way. I don't remembe...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Lemon pots au creme

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My lovely sister introduced me to these last Christmas. Possibly the best taste to effort ratio of any dessert I have ever made. This...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

Barbecued Pork ...

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My objective here was not to attempt to make pulled pork, I wanted something that was sliceable, tender, delicious, cheap and not require a...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Crystallized ginger and ginger simple syrup

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Who knew that you could make fantastic ginger simple syrup from the left overs after making crystallized ginger? Further, who knew that ma...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Watermelon and feta salad

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This goes nicely with grilled meat. We just happened to have some on Friday night - done on the big green egg (I told you I would become an...

I am going to become a big green egg bore!

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After many years, we finally succumbed and bought a big green egg (a kind of kamado grill). The idea is that these large ceramic lined cook...
Monday, July 9, 2012

Two in a bowl

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We did a dinner from some very close friends on Friday the 6th. This was part of the cunning master plan to get them to move back here afte...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Grilled watermelon and chicken thighs

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Yes, I realise that this is an odd title, but it is hard to come up with anything different. It is now officially hot in Texas, so we typi...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Tarragon mustard

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This little jewel came to mind when we were polishing off the last of the tarragon mustard from Provence. Madame wanted tarragon mustard. M...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Dashed hopes

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Madame was excited because she had found some soup recipes that looked to be nice and relatively low in calories. One was carrot ginger, th...

Emergency Frozen bananas

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I keep frozen bananas individually peeled and wrapped in cling wrap in the freezer for those moments when an emergency arises and you just ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Playing with legumes

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Tonight's dinner was an experiment. I saw some non-frozen edamame at the supermarket. On the back of the packet it suggested a salad wi...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Compressed watermelon

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One morning we were having breakfast at Sustenio in San Antonio when this thing that looked like a piece of raw tuna showed up. It was a ab...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Tarte Flambee (From Alsace)

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It's getting to be the time of year when we want to cook outside. So the grill gets to become the star. Our favorite things to put on t...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

More ceviche thoughts

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We are hosting a party in a week or so where we will be making a variety of ceviches (well perhaps technically not), more really "seaf...
Sunday, May 6, 2012

Ceviche adapted from Stephan Pyles

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It's getting warm here in TX now, and we now want chilled, light, flavorful dishes. Especially those that go well with summer drinks - ...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Seabirdskitchen visits Sustenio

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Last weekend madame and I drove down to San Antonio to visit our good friend Chef David Gilbert (@beyondthekit on twitter) in his new adven...