What's All This Then?

By way of introduction, I'm just doing this, this blog, for fun, and to put my recipes on the web so that I can find them easily.  Anyway, I'm no chef; I just enjoy cooking, some things more than others.  I'm wild about Tex-Mex and BBQ.  I love French cooking, Italian and Chinese and Thai.  Indian food is also high up on the list, although I don't eat it often.  

I am no idealogue when it comes to food.  If it tastes good, it is good.  A good dog at a ballpark or in front of the tube on opening day is as satisfying to me as pate de fois gras at The French Room in the Adolphus in Dallas.  Both, to me, are exquisite; wildly different, but terrific.  

Also on the idealogical front, I'm not a stickler for rules, i.e., red wine with meat (though more or less that's true), or use white pepper in a white sauce (which would ruin any self respecting cream gravy).  Short cuts are great, most of the time.  Sometimes, however, the longer process makes for much better tasting food.  

In any event, I'll be posting recipes that I've made up or, uh, borrowed.  Any readers (both of you) are free to comment, throw up their own recipes, share thoughts (as long as not terribly rude), and generally have fun.

TTFN