It feels like 100° outside today but I’m making chowder anyway! I know I said before that I make soup no matter how hot it is here in Texas. I decided a long time ago that I couldn’t wait for snow on the patio to make a big pot of soup. Well, we had a [...]

Fall is here and you may be seeing pumpkins pop up all over the fields and markets. Ever think of pairing pumpkins and tomatoes to make a delicious soup? Doesn’t this picture just make you want to grab your kids and take them out to a pumpkin patch? Hey, it’s the first of October and [...]

  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 [...]

Cool as a cucumber Living in Texas for 20 years, we are always looking for a way to stay cool. We stay cool in the pool, in the movie theaters, sitting in front of a misting fan, we wear thinner clothes, we splash water on our faces, we draw curtains, we run fans (even if [...]

Souffle like you have never had before.         This is a wonderful recipe. A couple of years ago, my daughter and I took a mother/daughter trip to Napa Valley. We ate at the Greystone restaurant which is part of the Culinary Institute of America. We kept seeing these big bowls of “something” [...]