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Salmon on Toast with Honey Tarragon Cream Sauce

Salmon on Toast

A few days ago, I needed to go to Rex’s Seafood to ask a few questions about their hot smoked salmon. I wondered how I could also turn a chunk of their delicious salmon into dinner. The short answer is, “Unwrap it and eat it, dummy.” It is that good. You don’t …click to continue Salmon on Toast with Honey Tarragon Cream Sauce

Smoked Salmon, a cool dinner on a hot evening

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A fact…you can feed your family a meal of smoked salmon with all of the trimmings for less than it costs to go to Subway.

It is too hot to keep the oven on long. It is too hot to write too much. So, this is your easy and beautiful cool dinner for this …click to continue Smoked Salmon, a cool dinner on a hot evening

Poached Fish with Garden Vegetables

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I am in a period of fish confusion. While I am not a prolific fish eater, I like fish a lot. And, I like it more than a lot when it is prepared for me. However, I persist in believing that fish is difficult to prepare. In reality, this could not be further from …click to continue Poached Fish with Garden Vegetables

Foodways Texas Gulf Coast Gathering

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I just returned from Galveston, Texas, where I attended the Foodways Texas Gulf Coast Gathering.

In a very Alice in Wonderland moment, I found myself at a breakfast table in the restaurant of the Hotel Galvez on the last morning, drinking a bracing and necessary cup of coffee with the royalty of the …click to continue Foodways Texas Gulf Coast Gathering

Tuna Tartare

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Every once in a while I forget that if you start something with the very best…the highest quality ingredient, you really do not have to do much to make it sing.

Conversely, sometimes there are not enough machinations and gyrations you can go through to help a truly inferior ingredient. I am frugal, by …click to continue Tuna Tartare