Posted in Mexican, cabbage, cheap meals, seafood on Jan 18th, 2010 2 Comments »
Fish tacos were a bizarre and astonishing menu item when I first moved to Austin back in the mid 90’s. I certainly never saw them on the menu in the midwest, and frankly, they took a long time for me to warm up to. SMIL loves this restaurant Z’Tejas. Like ridiculously beyond over-enthusaistically loves this [...]
Posted in Spices, citrus, salmon, seafood, vacation, wine on Sep 8th, 2009 No Comments »
I’m a sauce fan. Love the sauces. On our Florida trip we ate a fabulous meal at Fish Out of Water, where I ordered a delicious white fish – served – to my surprise, in a dark, flavorful broth. Not submerged, but plated in a base of broth. Our family generally hates wet fish. Truth [...]
Posted in food to share, seafood, sides on Aug 23rd, 2009 6 Comments »
Dear Internet,
I’m sorry for disappearing so abruptly. I just came home from Utah and then, well, life did what it seems to have a way of doing and straight took me out of the game. Seriously you don’t want details, but I had some surgery and much to my dismay, it took just frankly took [...]
Posted in leftovers, seafood, soup on Aug 3rd, 2009 4 Comments »
So it’s a bit non- traditional, but we ate our lobster bisque accompanied by grilled turkey and cheese sandwiches. Loving husband and I had a miscommunication and he ate my reserved lobster meat before I could add it to the bisque. I can’t get upset, though, since that means A) he loved the prepared lobster [...]
Posted in citrus, seafood on Aug 2nd, 2009 3 Comments »
Get out of dodge. I’ve finally cooked fresh live lobsters! This has been a want and a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. There’s something so pure, raw, and unadulterated about taking a live ingredient and making it yours from start to finish. It’s completely primal. Now I’m not a hunter, [...]
Posted in seafood on Jul 31st, 2009 2 Comments »
I’m back y’all. Home in my own kitchen with an endless availability of time, ingredients, and possibilities. Tonight’s dinner was kick ass. Straight up. No other way about it. We had friends over for slip n slide this afternoon and when the discussion bounced to my site, a few things came up.
First, I have lovely [...]
Posted in dressing, food to share, salad, seafood on Jul 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Possibly the best thing to ever come out of Alabama is West Indies Crab Salad, IMO. My godmother taught me to make this recipe years ago and I just absolutely love it. My little sister wasn’t born in Alabama, but my Godmother bribed my mother to have the christening take place in Alabama [...]
Posted in salmon, seafood, vegetables, zucchini on Jul 15th, 2009 1 Comment »
When you live in the mountains there’s no need for air conditioning. As I understand it, the same often lies true for other areas like Boston, Manhattan (if you’re poor – or by the rest of the country’s standards- upper middle class), and probably large parts of the PacNorthwest. Everywhere I’ve ever lived, we had [...]
Posted in pasta, seafood on Jun 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
It’s hard to write about something when it didn’t turn out quite perfectly. It’s hard not to get caught up in the what should have beens and the what could have beens and what ifs. But first and foremost, I started this blog as a diary for my personal cooking adventures. So when I came [...]
Posted in citrus, herbs, horseradish, pasta, seafood on Jun 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
Ina Garten, aka Barefoot Contessa, is kind of my culinary hero. I like so much of what she does. Last December I saw an old episode of her show on the Food Network doing a Roasted Shrimp dish. We’ve always been boilers of shrimp, but I had to give my hero’s way a shot. I’ve [...]
