Episodes
Fried Calamari
If you’ve been keeping up with my Twitter account and FaceBook and Google Plus and all that junk where I post my most intimates, then you know Chris and I just got back from a trip to the Texas Riviera — a.k.a. Port Aransas. We ate a boatload (not literally) of fried seafood while we…
Read MoreHabanero Margarita!
Yes, it’s January and it’s freeezzzing and we’re cold and shivering in oversized shoes and raggedy coats, trying to warm up with fistfuls of matches and perhaps a cold margarita doesn’t quite fit into this scenario. Perhaps. Then again, perhaps a margarita is exactly what you need in order to trick your brain into thinking…
Read MoreTexas Caviar
We’re on vacation! We’re at the beach with Daisy! We’re being lazy and eating things out of boxes and cans! But it’s still New Year’s Day tomorrow and that means we have to eat black-eyed peas for good luck in the coming year and I figured the easiest way to do that when you’re stuck…
Read MoreHomemade Pizza … At Home!
I never made completely homemade pizza before shooting this episode. I also had never had such delicious, perfect pizza anywhere in tha werld before shooting this episode. Thanks to Brandon of Via 313 pizza, I now can make my own wicked-good pizza at home ANY TIME I WANT TO (provided I have a premonition to make the…
Read MoreOld Lady Recipes #2: Homemade Applesauce
Homemade applesauce is one of those Old Lady recipes that’s been around forever practically. It’s great for breakfast or even a light dessert. It’s delicious with roasted meats or cabbage rolls. And it’s a classic accompaniment to potato latkes which are delicious. Making applesauce is such a cinch, you hardly need a recipe. But here’s…
Read MoreHow to Roast a Chicken
How to Roast a Chicken … Or better yet, WHY to roast a chicken Oh, but there’s a litany of reasons, my dear — all based upon the presumption that you, my sweet, are not opposed to eating chicken — nay, that you even love eating chicken.
Read MoreMexican Hot Chocolate
Dudes, listen up, okay? Stop what you are doing. Seriously. You guys? Pay attention, please. I have to tell you about this very important thing called Mexican Hot Chocolate. This is the best hot chocolate you will ever have in your life and I am not even lying right now.
Read MoreHow to Make Gougères aka Choux Pastry
How to make Gougères Recipe Video – scroll down for recipe To Begin to make Gougères you must first make Pâte à Choux, aka Choux Pastry I first learned how to make Shoe Pastry when I was living in New Zealand, dating the ChefBoy, and learning all kinds of neat-o Real Chef Things. Things such…
Read MoreEasy Cheesy Omelet
Evidently I’m on a French-kick this week. Duxelles, puff pastry, wine (secretly, of course). What’s next?! I grow a skinny moustache and start reciting poetry at a quaint sidewalk cafe?! Sacre bleu! BUT, we are rapidly approaching EPISODE 100, y’all! I swore to myself that by episode 100 I’d have ALL the basics covered in…
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