Hunka Hunka Burning Love…..Cookie How many of you remember that song Hunka Hunka Burning Love, written by Dennis Linde and made famous by Elvis. I do, and I remember seeing him in two concerts. Back when I was just around 10 (in the 50′s) or so my twin sister went to Memphis with our grandparents to see Elvis’ [...]

  Soup’s on! 104° or NOT.     I know you are thinking soup!, it’s not winter yet, or least not in Texas. Today I just wanted something easy and soothing. After experimenting with so many things for the blog, I’m tired of eating and just wanted something that it didn’t take me all day in the kitchen [...]

There are so many summer vegetables out now, it would be a crime not to try something different with all those wonderful things you may be picking up at your farmer’s markets in your area. Kumquat, corn, avocado and a few other things makes this a great summer salad to serve with your steak which [...]

I promised this recipe to go with the Watermelon Cookies I posted yesterday. I didn’t think there was a better way to eat watermelon than with a fork and a salt shaker, but this Watermelon Basil Sorbet takes the prize.   A friend of mine recently made a lemon sorbet that used simple syrup that [...]

Watermelon memories… Another one of those memories from the past,  and this one is about watermelons. I told my husband as I was making the cookies and writing this blog that one of the many good thing about getting older is that I have all these memories I have associated with food stories. Back when I was in [...]