If you have the blues this year, maybe you should look no further than your plate’s palate. We pitched the virtues of colorful foods for Thanksgiving one year ago. But breaking the beige takes practice; so we thought let’s bring it back one more time.
I like to gravy it up … Read More
Food solves all problems. Why do you think there are 17,973,029,001 food blogs?
My motto: life happens, then you eat, then you die.
So whenever a hardship – rain or cold or colds or cold-sores or cold shoulders – comes our way, only one remedy soothes from the inside out. The gold … Read More
Stir-fries are the perfect solution for a crunchtime dinner. In the time it takes the kids tell you about who did what to whom at school today, you can sear up a fresh, secretly healthy meal that will fill those mouths and render the table peaceful.
But if your stir-fry, like … Read More
Fair season isn’t always that fair. Funnel cakes, Sno cones, eight dollar tilt-a-whirl rides, and deep-fried corn dogs. Heck, the State Fair of Texas prides itself on the art of deep frying the unimaginable from banana splits to bacon to Coca Cola. My son, on a moment of carnival independence, … Read More
Many years ago, I worked in cable television to support my culinary habit of wanting tasting menus at fine restaurants. Thank you Charlie Trotter for helping me part with many hard earned dollars. In my business, we had a group of customers we referred to as “truck chasers.” These delicious … Read More