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A second attempt at the brioche recipe this is good stuff. This loaf and the two mini loaves from a half batch.

Lasagna made with homemade hot Italian sausage. Good stuff - lasagna is hard to beat.

Great article about the "Frog" in the January edition of bon appetit. Also a write up in this week's New York Magazine. Perhaps the Frog is back. I for one never thought it went away.

A friend bought a goose on sale and cooked it on a Weber. We got to enjoy the results. Give it a try. If you like duck you will like goose.

First try making chorizo at the Philip Mahl Memorial Kitchen. Used a recipe for Spanish Chorizo from the New York Times Cook Book, Craig Claiborne 1990. Not Spanish Chorizo that I know but very good for fresh sausage for a first try. Had for dinner with short grain brown rice and a bottle of wine. Had the leftovers for breakfast. I expect we will be doing this again.

Tony is Tony. You either love him or watch something else. The man is a mench.

Just put a piece of plastic wrap over the jar before screwing on the lid. Problem solved.

While traveling through Panama City I picked up a bottle of Flor de Cana Centenario 12 year rum from Nicaragua. Paid $24 U.S. Now a word to the wise, after you clear customs put your purchase from the duty free into your baggage before re-checking. I did not and in going through U.S. security they would not let the bottle through so I had to but it on the plane as a separate package and it cost $10 more. This will not happen to me again. So, I opened the bottle the other night - very nice, smooth, similar to a very dry brandy. Soon, on cold winter nights in front of the fire Flor de Cana will come in very handy.

Great tip. I will not forget this.

Quinoa and chicken soup Heathbar ice cream with poached cherries and armagnac Summer is back in Del Rio Texas

Sounds like some great ideas - we are overrun with butternut squash and this use seems perfect.

Little bivalves in Quito Ecuador - can't take credit for them but they were so good.

Too kind.

Brioche and coffee this am. Recipe from "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" Fabulous.

Tried the Brioch recipe from the book. Here are the results. Baked in a ring mold from the dough from half a batch. This is the crumb. Really good.

Herb butter.

Stuffed peppers right out of the late summer garden with a good bottle of wine and tempuratures cool enough to eat outside. A very nice Sunday late lunch.

Look up "Lemon Mousse for a Crowd" Published: May 24, 2006 – New York Times Served in Martini Glasses with some pomegranate seeds sprinkled in top. You will get a loud round of applause.

Today, quail with a wine berry sauce yellow rice with toasted cumin seeds. I have not posted for quite a while - been to busy at the Philip Mahl Memorial Kitchen. Check it out on Facebook if you get a chance.

Ropa Vieja

We use old T-shirts that have reached the end of their useful life - washed, cheap and clean.

That Mandarin Napoleon is mighty fine in any number of refreshing tiki drinks or sours. Just sayin' Thanks for the tip. This is another reason that I keep coming back to E-Gullet.

Recently picked up a bottle of Armagnac de Montal VS, some amaros and a bottle of Mandarine Napoleon. Don't expect that I will crack them till the Fall when things cool off. It's going to be over 100 today again.

Lately I really began to like cutting up chickens. Funny but I seem to getting better and better at it the more I cut up.

Stainless steel shears from the hardware department. Cheap and sharp for cutting up chicken.