As a little girl, my favorite food to go out to eat was Chinese food. You know the kind. The places where there were a million and one options and they were all mediocre at best, but at seven or eight years old, you couldn’t really tell because you could quite literally get whatever you…

Greetings from South Padre Island, TX! I’m on vacation this weekend, so I’m blogging from the beach! These are the things I once dreamed about when I first saw Sandra Bullock in ‘The Net.’ Except without the whole identity theft thing… Yeah, Sandy, you can keep that. Anywho, I was recently given the opportunity to…

For years I resisted the Americanized version of goulash. It was a hamburger meat, macaroni mess. God Bless America, but that’s just not right! Yuck! Tender chunks of roasted beef, slow-roasted in a paprika-seasoned tomato broth, and piled atop a heap of either buttery mashed potatoes or a swirl of thick noodles. Now that’s what…

I’m not quite ready to let go of Summer yet, but I must acknowledge that we’re hurtling towards Autumn at an unprecedented pace. I was at J. Crew yesterday – it was 101° outside – and they were already rolling out their beautiful, albeit thick and warm, fall collection. Here in North Texas, we’ll still…

Reading is fundamental and paying attention is key. I say this often, but occasionally I fail to follow my own guidance on this. Usually it turns out just fine, but with obviously altered results. Ones you didn’t quite expect… This recipe for Pike-Perch with Creamed Mushrooms and Horseradish Butter from Saveur Magazine encouraged me to…

Tomatoes, onions, garlic, and fresh – FRESH – herbs all convene to bring a party in a sautée pan. And what a beautiful party it is! A beautiful Italian party that is… The audacious flavors that emerge from the combination of simplest of ingredients never ceases to amaze me. Marinara isn’t just any old Italian…

We’re resting in triple digits here in North Texas and with that comes a lower desire to sit down to a hot meal (no matter how traditional and comforting) and more desire to sup on lighter fare. Especially with a beach vacation coming up at the end of the month… We’ve made an effort to…

Growing up with bland, boiled, generic hot dogs has put me off hot dogs about 90% of the time. They’re about as exciting to me as a scrubbing bathtubs on a Tuesday afternoon. The Mr isn’t as offput by them however, so I occasionally find a way to work them in to a meal to…

The Maine Lobster Festival held in Rockland, Maine ended last weekend, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped thinking about all things lobster. With its humble beginnings in March of 1947, the Maine Lobster Festival began an annual festival dedicated to all things lobster (of course) to reinvigorate summer activities in the area post-WWII. They offer…