OK folks, I just finished going through every single post on this blog and correcting the errant international characters that were added as a result of the November WordPress upgrade.  I hope they haven’t been too much of a distraction for you.  If you notice any posts that still contain characters that seem out of place, please let me know so that i can get them straightened out. (It was tedious…

One year ago today this blog posted its very first recipe. That first dish was truly “by the seat of my pants” cooking, and though not the most glamorous I’ve ever done, it’s still something I’m quite fond of. The photo… Horrible. That first day saw three visitors. My wife, a friend of the family and myself. All of us were amazed that I’d actually started this thing, though I’m not…

I’ll be honest, I want to hate Robin Miller, but I just can’t seem to gain that kind of passion about her. Of all the bobbleheads in the current Food Network roundup, Robin is simply the least passion inspiring of them all. Oh, she has a good tip or recipe from time to time, and what she produces usually doesn’t look like it would cause a revolt at my table,…

I told you all that Chef Robert Irvine was here on base this year to tape an episode of Dinner: Impossible for the Air Force’s 60th Anniversary Ball.  The air date for this show is 23 January.  Don’t Miss It!  I know several of his assistants personally!

My love affair with shrimp is legendary. It began when I was just a kid and ordered something called “prawns” at the local A&W. (these were not, in fact, prawns; just jumbo shrimp. We Americans seem to have an issue with the distinction.) At that time in my life, it was something new, exotic, and completely different from anything I’d previously experienced. It was before I’d had crayfish, or salmon, or…

Here we are, one full week into the new year and I haven’t posted a single recipe, but it doesn’t mean that I’m not cooking, clicking away or otherwise doing food related things.  Have no fear, the cooking will commence starting tomorrow.
What I’ve been doing is getting a few recipes ahead of myself, so that I have more time to write the other articles I’ve been thinking up.  This…

I’ve just completed a MySpace page for CookingByTheSeatOfMyPants.  If you’re on myspace and feel the urge to friend me there, you can find me at www.myspace.com/cookingbytheseatofmypants.  Enjoy, and have a nice afternoon!

The other day I was happily surprised to see that I had gotten quite a few comments over the course of the morning. Like any blogger, comments make me happy. They make me feel that I’m not just talking to myself, though perhaps I am at times. In any event, I rushed over to my admin panel to see what someone had taken the time to say.
The first few…