Chili Weekend

If you live in our area, the temps are going down and there is no better time than to make a pot of chili. So pull out that Dutch oven and get cooking. But wait, what if you don’t have a Dutch oven? And what is a Dutch oven? A Dutch oven is a thick-walled…

Yawhoooo! Cowboy Cooking-Home on the Range

Home, home on the range Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day” I’ve read a lot lately about cowboys from my book “The Texas Cowboy Cookbook, a History in Recipes and Photos” by Robb Walsh. I’m learning that the cowboy did…

A Taste of Texas

Just a few pics to get February started all from the “Best of the Best From Texas II Cookbook: Select Recipes from Texas’ Favorite Cookbooks” (place your cursor over the pic to get the name of the dish) From the cookbook “Perfectly Splendid” My Mom’s San Antonio Recipe From the Cookbook “Canyon Echoes” From the…

King of the Ranch

Chicken that is. King Ranch Chicken. What’s ironic in terms of food wars, the cow ain’t laughing. A great 1950’s era dish, when moms were looking for ways to create shortcuts in cooking and time spent in the kitchen. But the more the shortcut in the kitchen, the more the kids wanted to be in…

Everything is BIGGER in TEXAS

“The red ribeye- is big and wide, Deep in the heart of Texas…” Okay, so that’s not really in the song, but it could be. What is Texas without the Texas Longhorn? Right now, Texas has the largest number of cattle in the nation. Take that out of Texas and one might think that Texas…

I love Alaska!

Alaska is home to the Salmon, Halibut, Moose, Elk, Bison, Caribou, Wildberries, Mushrooms, Northern Lights, Seals, Inuit, Mount McKinley, Alaskan Malamute Sled dogs, and yes, Sarah Palin! I will miss you Alaska! We prayed for you; thanked God for the clean food; revered all the ways to make Salmon and Halibut; and celebrated the diversity….