Saturday, August 29, 2015

Pita Chips

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Hardly worth writing about, one might think. But one would be wrong. You can buy some crisp, flavorless abominations in a bag - or you can ...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Coleslaw with buttermilk dressing

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Now that we make all of our butter, we are often left with buttermilk to spare. Because we culture the butter, the buttermilk has a bit of ...

Simple but not easy - cacio e pepe

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Some good friends introduced us to the Roman dish - Cacio e Pepe (Cheese and pepper - in this case black pepper). It has very few ingredien...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Grilled Romaine and peapod salad

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The back story. We have decided to grow peas this year. And much to our surprise, they have started producing. Not a lot yet, but the young...
Monday, April 27, 2015

Asparagus and Shiitake

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This recipe is (very slightly) adapted from Americas Test Kitchen. The episode was broadcast a week or so ago, and can be found here . Slig...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Mixology Party

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We decided that it would be fun to have a party that was themed around cocktails and food. Often hard to do because the flavors can clash. ...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Jerk Pork

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This dish is, apparently, Usain Bolt's favorite. It is adapted from Jamie Oliver's recipe which in turn is inspired By Usain Bolt...

Escabeche or Escoveitch

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Or just pickled fish. This is a large recipe that I haven't scaled back yet. It was a starter course for dinner for 14 people. And yes...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

OTBN 2015

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We hosted another "Open That Bottle Night" event on February 28. Same format as usual - we asked our friends to bring a bottle of...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Devilled eggs - but the technique is important

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I saw this video  a couple of days ago, so immediately had to find an excuse to try it. It works as advertised (much to Madame's surpr...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Soba noodle soup

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After the success of the cold soba noodle salad, madame thought it would be nice to have a soup with soba noodles in it. I figured that coo...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Soba noodle salad with clams

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We wanted something light for dinner this evening. Having recently had cold soba noodles as a salad at a nice restaurant, I thought it migh...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

Baked Patagonian Toothfish

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The perennial problem with dinner parties is in trying to find dishes that can be prepared "a la minute" and still being around f...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Chicken in Milk with butternut squash

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I won't post the recipe here - but here's the link . It isn't a Chris original, I pinched it from Jamie Oliver - he deserves al...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Butter

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During the evening of the first of the big (fortunately not everything in Texas is bigger) earthquakes in the Dallas area, we were having d...
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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Salt Baked Potatoes

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We were at a an event where appetizers were passed around. One of the finger food dishes was baby baked potatoes split and topped with sour...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

Mushroom soup

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This month's issue of Fine Cooking had a terrific looking recipe for mushroom soup. However I didn't completely remember the ingred...

Chickpeas and pepitas - a really simple salad

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I had read somewhere that a salad made with chickpeas and pepitas would be pretty good. The pepitas give some much needed crunch. But there...
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Kitchen Trick - Woody Herbs

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How much of a pain is it to get the leaves off tarragon, rosemary, etc. In my world it is a huge PITA. So I cast around thinking about how ...

Kitchen Trick - Marking Bowls

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Do you ever need to know the weight of what you put into the bowl before zeroing the scale? Yeah, I know it shouldn't happen, but I hav...
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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Fresh Bread Every Day

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I am lucky enough to have had some  baking teachers. Some of them know who they are, but many don't. In this post I want to acknowledge...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Oysters Bienville

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We have some friends who throw a wonderful Mardi Gras party (well it is really more like Dimanche Gras), so we have an excuse to cook a lit...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Vegetable casserole (again)

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With my new dietary requirements, vegetables playe a much larger part than even before. So we have taken to making a lot of vegetarian dish...

A sort of screwdriver

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I am allowed to drink alcohol again. We had a modest celebration yesterday with a cocktail. In the house we had some blood oranges,...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Superbowl Nachos

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This is a recipe that is more assembly than cooking. We were invited to a super bowl party and needed something appetizer like and suitable...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Clams are so versatile

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Saturday was a chapter of accidents - I missed a hair appointment, so had to go later. That messed up dinner plans. The French beat the Eng...
Saturday, February 1, 2014

Kombucha "Ginger Beer"

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Ginger beer has been one of my favorite drinks for as long as I can remember. It requires this mysterious "plant" that you feed w...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Bitter orange marmalade

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Marmalade is a staple of English breakfasts. We Brits prefer it to be made with  bitter (Seville) oranges. These are only in season in the ...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Home Made Beef Pho

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I have been wanting to make that terrific Vietnamese noodle soup - pho for a long time. The key seems to be getting the broth right. So, I ...
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Friday, November 29, 2013

The Kombucha Files

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David Gilbert introduced me to kombucha a while back. It took me a while to get comfortable with the idea - and importantly to introduce it...