A new brunch idea.   Sometimes I wonder if there isn’t something better I can do with my time than sit around and try to think up a new recipe. For years, I have just opened a cookbook or magazine and just prepare the first thing that looked or sounded good. After all the kids [...]

How about another Amuse Bouche (a two bite Amuse)     Back when my daughter and I were shopping for her wedding dress, we had dinner one night at the Parkside Restaurant on 6th street in Austin. If you have never been to sixth street in Austin it is a street full of restaurants, bars, [...]

I love these little birds, they are so cute sitting on a plate.   Lovely! Is that a word that can be related to food?  I don’t know but these were beautiful.   Cool weather has come to Texas and it is making me want to cook, and what could be better than the aroma [...]

A gazillion varieties of apples!   This recipe started out to be titled “Teacup Apple Cake” recipe but after baking some of the leftover batter in a hollowed out apple, I decided to rename the recipe and make the apple stuffed cake the star.   Espresso cups with apple cake warm out of the oven [...]

Sweet and salty — Who doesn’t like that combination? I’m always looking for new tapas recipes or quick bites of food that will be easy to make yet very tasty to the palate. This would be a great little Thanksgiving appetizer to tease everyone’s taste buds before sitting down to your fantastic Thanksgiving dinner.   [...]