Sunday, February 24, 2013

OTBN 2013 - aka parsley is a vegetable

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Feb 23, 2013 was another round of "Open That Bottle Night". OTBN was started by a couple of WSJ wine writers. It is always the la...

Duck with mushroom, wine sauce and walnuts and crispy skin

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I needed a dish in quite tricky circumstances. It needed to pair with a 1996 Chateau de Pommard Burgundy. It needed to be held warm while o...

croque monsieur Toasted Cheese like never before (unless you are French, of course)

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First make the brioche! I use this recipe and it is flawless, so wont't repeat it here. Allow the brioche to stale overnight before pr...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Poached egg ravioli

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Madame was on a trip and whenever she is away, it seems that I dig into the egg files for another way of using them. This time was no excep...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Soft boiled eggs - genius from Americas test Kitchen

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It has always been a crapshoot cooking eggs in their shells - to a soft cooked stage. Getting the whites nice and firm and leaving the yolk...
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Monday, December 3, 2012

A visit to the BGE nursery

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I was working on a project near Decatur, GA last week. One of my coworkers, knowing of my interest in cooking and Big Green Eggs, directed ...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

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Thanksgiving 2012 was to be an adventure. A close friend wanted to do the "grand opening" of her newly redecorated dining room. L...
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Thanksgiving - sweet potatoes

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Where would thanksgiving be without sweet potatoes? But I am not wild and exceted about overly sweetened, overly flavored sweet potatoes. I...

Thanksgiving - green beans

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Easy green beans without a lot of glop! Wanted to make sure we had something of a different color to put on the plate. Everything was from ...

Butternut squash soup

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This was the first sit down course at Thangsgiving 2012. It is my go to soup when I want something silky and elegant, with the slight possi...

Cinnamon Croutons

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We made these especially to go with butternut squash, but they are so tasty, they might be worth having around as a snack anyway. Fortunate...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Thanksgiving - Roasted Potatoes

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My sister, Alison, is the "roast potato queen." She does them better than anyone I know, but I think I may be catching up! Certai...

Thanksgiving - Wild mushroom and pecan dressing

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For Thanksgiving 2012, we made a cornbread/wild mushroom/pecan dressing. Tarted up with bits of turkey unmentionables. It was pretty popula...

Turkey

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In many ways the turkey is the easy part of thanksgiving provided a few basics are adhered to. I have tried just about every metho...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Casserole or Gratin

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Whether you call a dish a casserole or a gratin may rather depend on whether you like it or not. Needless to say there is some history aro...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Fall Salad on North Texas Now

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Madame's students asked if I would do a guest segment on the North Texas Now television show that they produce. It seemed like a go...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Chicken Peanut Soup

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Yeah, I know this sounds crazy, but it came out really nicely. Madame had been feeling under the weather a bit, so I wanted to make sure th...
Monday, October 22, 2012

The brisket and the egg

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Ok, this was to be the acid test. Can the big green egg (and this operator) turn out an edible brisket? You know the one that has great bar...
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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...