Menu Changes: Creative, Southern, Artisinal, Crafty

I found a cookbook in my garage the other day, hidden under the old boots and spiderwebbed garden tools.  It was a birthday gift from 1999. I am not sure what kind of cooking I was doing in that decade, but one thing appears spot on, I had high aspirations-given the title of the cookbook….

A Mutual Affection for Reading and Cooking

The librarian asked me to write a review for a novel a few months back. It was an author that I liked and she knew how much I might enjoy reading the book. It took me a couple of days to read the book but over 2 months to do the review. Why? I truly…

Cake in a Cup-Glam and Hip all in one.

It’s all the craze. Cupcake: my definition-playful, youthful, fanciful and artful eliciting feel good guiltless yumminess in 3 or 4 bites. Okay depending on the recipe, could be guiltless.But did you know that in every major city, town, county, house there is someone making fantastical cupcakes? Check out Google and search “cupcake Bakeries” and and…

From Russia with Love part 2

Last year when our family embarked on our Russia “food and cultural trip” (see about me and this blog), we really had no idea what to expect. It was tough to find a cookbook with pictures. I was a babe looking for some instant gratification from my Russian cookbook that would help me to visualize…

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…