Green Vegetables

Scallops with Butternut Squash Puree and Quinoa

Scallops and sweet winter squash are a perfect combo and this quick dish brings them together in a delicious and beautiful plate of food. It […]

I travel a lot for work typically for a project in one city that could take anywhere from a few weeks to over a year. […]

Spring is here and even in hot humid Houston it’s…well it’s nice. The weather, at least for now, is not brutal yet and feels like […]

I’ve made this dish from Mario Batali’s Babbo book several times over the years but I’ve never posted about it. Here’s the post to rectify […]

To be perfectly honest, I am not a 100% sure this guy was a Pintail, more like 90% sure. We shot several Pintail ducks during […]

For a 3 star restaurant, the food of Le Bernardin is not complicated. It relies on pristine fish and relatively simple preparation with few grand […]

Recently I cooked a nice fish dinner for Diana and I. The first course/appetizer was supposed to be some sort of shellfish (oysters maybe) and […]

Summer is winding down (sure it is October, but this is Houston…summer goes all the way to November sometimes) and the summer produce is really […]

I have a lot of cookbooks. By some measures too many but compared to others really not that much. If a book adds one or […]

I’m still working on my wild duck cooking skill and the best result I’ve gotten so far is through removing the breasts and legs and […]