Sun-dried Tomato Torte with baguette slices mixes lots of flavorful ingredients to make a great party spread. I’ve been catering for 20 years and still my favorite things to make are appetizers.  We just returned from a trip to New York and we had some wonderful meals at DBGB, Gramery Tavern, and Babbo. I learned a new [...]

I’m sorry, I’m prejudice, but these are the best cheesecake brownies I have ever put in my mouth! I just got back from a trip to NYC with my husband and friends. We were celebrating our 40th and 25th wedding anniversaries and I really want to talk about everything we did and ate but I [...]

Now that we’ve broken the 67 consecutive days of 100 degree temperatures , it almost feels like fall here in Austin.  So gearing up for fall, I thought it might be time for me to attempt my first blog post with possibly the best two (fall-ish) flavor combinations…coffee and ginger. Both of these recipes are great [...]

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, my first naan! The first time I ever heard the word naan I thought of the song “Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye”. I had never tasted naan until Christmas last year.  We were in Austin celebrating Christmas and awaiting [...]

I do declare! This is one of the best and simplest salads I have ever made. As I have said before, I love arugula. Never thought of putting it in potato salad before but, believe me, this works. I think I could live on potatoes. We probably eat potatoes about twice a month now that [...]