It’s no secret that I love to cook. With the right amount of time and a hungry audience, I’ll cook my face off on a Tuesday. But as a grown ass woman with a life, there are plenty of nights when my “dinner menu” sounds like Cher’s from Clueless: Handful of popcorn Avocado + crackers Bowl… Continue reading The Weeknight Meal, a.k.a. the Art of Grazing
Clive Bar is like that guy in a flannel shirt who buys the expensive bourbon and keeps it in a cabinet he made with his grandfather.
As I navigate Austin’s food scene, I’ve started compiling a list of essential Austin restaurants to better entertain any future visitors I may have. I’m starting this list with Elizabeth Street because, quite frankly, I fell in love with the place before I even tried the food. To me, its South First Street facade looked quintessetially Austin before… Continue reading Austin musts: Elizabeth Street Cafe
It is more than appropriate to start this blog with a post about my dad. “I don’t like to cook, I like to eat,” he’d say to us as he lovingly coaxed a roux out of butter and flour. My dad would take detailed, seemingly complicated recipes from Food and Wine Magazine and turn them into weeknight… Continue reading Dad’s chicken salad
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