Made a greek yogurt and sour cream baked halibut for an online contest (a fun one -- I really need to participate in this more often).

http://fotocuisine.com/2010/07/01/baked-halibut-with-yogurt-sauce/


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Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends! Other than burning down Washington, DC during the War of 1812, you've been nice, quiet, friendly neighbors.

Christey's been into meatball subs lately. Having spent a chunk of my childhood and college years in New England and New York, I've had gobs of 'em, but Christey, being Floridian (and not from a New York suburb like Boca Raton) never got into them until lately ( Read more... )

I really need to clean the oven, but it's been 90 degrees the last few days. So, heat up the house like 1000 space heaters, or break out the toxic chemicals and elbow grease. Or put up with a slightly charred smell every time I cook until it's Fall again ( Read more... )

We actually made this before the beef tasting party, but I haven't gotten around to posting it until now. So, store-bought skirt, not grass-fed. Still a great dish, and I love salsa verde, especially roasted!

http://fotocuisine.com/2010/06/08/skirt-steak-salsa-verde/


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Looks like the stove jury-rig worked. Cooked the kids dinner last night, then I've been roasting beef bones and veggies and making beef stock all day today. Then Meta and I made chocolate chip cookies. The house smells nice -- roasting beef and cookies ( Read more... )

Ah, summer.

40 knot winds and daily power outages.


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So, in the middle of cooking a nice roasted chicken for dinner last night, with fresh green beans and a giblet gravy, the stove stops working. And the oven stops. Weirdly, the digital displays all work (the clock, entering the temperature) and the red light even comes on the top of the stove when I turned on one of the burners, just no heat ( Read more... )

I'm not going to relate the whole organic vs. store-bought debate in this particular post. I will hit it tangentially, though ( Read more... )

Made a steak bordelaise with matchstick frites and sauteed button mushrooms. I've had this bottle of red wine forever, and opened it tonight thinking it might be vinegar, but it was really, really good. So, I made a bordelaise sauce with 14 year old red wine. It was gooooooood, but completely unintentional ( Read more... )