When people ask me what my favorite food is or what I like to cook most, I normally have to rack my brain (and my stomach) for an answer because, quite honestly, that is an impossible question! It depends on the day of the week, my mood, the occasion, etc. However, I would be lying if I said the image of crustaceans didn’t float across my mind. I adore seafood, especially shellfish. Luscious lobster, shrimp, and crab are undoubtedly some of God’s greatest gifts to man. And, speaking of crab, you cannot do me wrong with a perfectly moist-on-the-inside, crispy-on-the-outside crab cake. What follows is a recipe just for that. Served with creamy, tangy lemon chipotle remoulade, this crab cake just can’t be beat. ¡Buen provecho!…
Archives for September 2012
The Perfect Cheese Board
Cheese. Queso. Fromage. Formaggio… Every culture and country speaks its own unique cheese language. It’s a universal understanding. And, out of every country I’ve ever visited, I have yet to find one I don’t like. It’s my number one indulgence, and reasonably so. Some people say they have a sweet tooth, well, not me…I’d take a sliver of Robusto over chocolate cake any day….
Blood Orange Margarita
Ahh…finally…the weekend! Was your week as long as mine? If so, this blog post is just for you! This fresh and vibrant cocktail will ease you into the weekend spirit in no time. What else is there really left to say? I think the picture speaks louder than any descriptiveness my foggy mind has to capacity to put into words at the moment. So, in light of that, I’m off to mix myself up one of these bad boys and go relax…Enjoy! (responsibly :)…
The Breakfast Taco
Living in Austin allows a certain degree of Tex-Mex snobbery, more specifically, breakfast taco snobbery. May sound weird to “outsiders,” but Austin proudly boasts itself as home of the breakfast taco, and that is a-ok with me. From Taco Deli to Texas Honey Ham, there are more than a few places to help cure a person’s Saturday morning Tex-Mex temptation….
Curried Chicken Salad with Apricots
From summer sunshine and ample free time to benchmark testing and dry ice experiments, my life has done a complete 180 over the course of the past few weeks. The majority of my days now revolve around 29 fifth graders, and I love every lively second of it. While some might expect a certain mourning of my beloved college schedule to occur, I try to find the silver lining in every day, which isn’t very difficult to do, really. At least not yet!…
Touchdown Jalapeños
Being a Texas girl, I have grown up around spicy foods for the majority of my life. In fact, I wouldn’t doubt chips and salsa were my first solid food. I love the stuff. However, I can still be kind of a wimp when it’s actually time to eat something like, say, a jalapeño. I have always thought eating should be an experience that is replete with pleasure, an act where the “happy-food dance” (more on that later) immediately ensues. Not a masochistic, half-insane endeavor into tearful oblivion……






