The end of summer means several things to me, including fall weather (yippee!), a new school year, my favorite food time of year, and the…
All y’all know how much I love soup. Really love soup. And as the weather turns just cool enough for me to contemplate warm soups…
As the summer draws to a close (where did it go???), I’m always faced with the late-summer farmer’s market bounty of tomatoes and zucchini. And…
Can we talk about nachos for a minute? Because I’ve got a rant in me, one I’ve been politely holding back, but one I need…
My mom has been visiting this week, and we’ve done some good cooking together. We love to make quesadillas (recipe later this week, I promise!)…
On Tuesday, I promised you a recipe using my Tex-Mex black beans. Bet you thought you’d get a recipe for enchiladas or something, right? It’s…
Being from Texas, anything labeled “Tex-Mex” automatically makes me a little suspicious. Since moving north thirteen years ago, I’ve had a lot of things that…
4th of July weekend, a couple of my dear friends came in from out of town and we got to see each other and hang…
You know how sometimes you get into the mode of create-create-create, and forget your tried-and-trues? Maybe that’s just me. In any case, from time to…
Growing up in the South (which one of my friends informed me is incorrect; according to her, Texas is part of the West, not part…