Sometimes there is no substitute for simple and easy. Recipes with a few ingredients that work well together and that are almost no-fail simply can’t be beat. My mom’s pound cake recipe is exactly that. It has a short list of ingredients – six to be exact – and with the help of a stand [...]
Cobbler and the South are like bread and butter, peas and carrots, hook ‘em and horns, and other natural combination. This is not to say that they don’t have cobbler in the North, but when I think of the many ubiquitous foods in my Southern heritage, cobbler is a stand out. When I was growing [...]
[Jump to the recipe: Lemon-Lavender Shortbread]
My local Austin food blogger brethren and I love nothing more than to get together and share food. And while the food is important – we are food bloggers after all – we get together for so many other reasons. We have a shared passion for not just food but [...]
[Jump right to the recipe: Cranberry Palmiers]
There’s just something about a cookie that seems to make the holidays that much sweeter. Cookie swaps, cookie gift baskets, and cookie trays at the office all speak to our shared love of the Christmas cookie. Cookies really are more than just a tickle for the sweet tooth. They [...]
[Jump right to the recipe: Pumpkin Bread]
Early this fall, my company’s resident baker brought in a wonderful loaf of pumpkin bread in an attempt to fatten up our staff. I was of course more than happy to partake of her bread, seeing as I love pumpkin in wholly unwholesome ways. I immediately asked for the [...]
This past Memorial Day weekend I wanted to kick off the summer with new twists on old favorites: baby back ribs, corn, and summer fruit. These are some of my ultimate comfort foods because they take me back to summer barbecues and outdoor dinner parties with my family. They are hands-on foods, both in the [...]
One of my favorite things about food blogging is the fantastic array of recipes and food ideas I find as I connect with other bloggers. While I do enjoy a good magazine or cookbook, I’ve found that blogger recipes are often much more practical to make at home and quickly become favorites of my family [...]
[Jump right to the recipe: Double-Chocolate Biscotti with Cherries and Almonds]
I think I like biscotti because they are the perfect non-cookie bakedgood for the non-baker. They are very forgiving: an extra 30 seconds or a minute mixing here or there won’t destroy the texture. The dough is easy to work with and doesn’t require trips [...]
I took a hands-on tamale making class four years ago, and every Christmas I’ve said “This year I’m going to make chocolate tamales”. And every year, well, I didn’t. While the desire to make tamales may not be surprising, the desire to make chocolate ones might be. Why chocolate you ask?
I was born and raised [...]
