Cooking Articles

"Should we order dessert?" I asked my mother as we scanned the menu the waiter handed me. We were enjoying our Saturday shopping and lunch afternoon at a favorite Italian restaurant and although we generally...

Last weekend I threw another party, and I think it is fair to say most attendees had a good time. There was dancing. There was eating. There was socializing. And more importantly, no one pranced around...

Many of us take our moms out for dinner to commemorate this special day each year. Perhaps it's our small way of saying thank you for cooking those 15,000 to 18,000 meals and packed lunches during our...

Warm weather is finally upon us and it's time to do a little spring cleaning. A couple years ago I suggested using your crockpot to help reorganize your pantry and it seems like a good time of year to...

Do you have an upcoming graduation among your family members or friends this year? This year, my family is celebrating the “graduation” of our oldest son from preschool to kindergarten. And while...

The man behind the fish counter jumped with glee when I told him I wanted 2 lbs. of tilapia. Did you know that tilapia was used in the original ceviche, that delicious dish where the fish is “cooked”...

It happened. April showers brought May flowers and now my patio garden is overflowing with bright buds. In between my cabbages and red leaf lettuce, bright egg yolk colored marigolds liven up an otherwise...

The inspiration of this week's column is my patio garden. Since moving to Austin and buying a condo, I've become the owner of a small patio. The previous owner left a few plants (all but one have subsequently...

When my brother and I were still young enough to need booster seats at the dinner table, on rare occasions our parents would take us out to eat at a local Japanese restaurant. This was a time before sushi...

Louisiana Mud Bugs

When I started writing this column I originally planned on slowly leaking out my Cajun Country standards over the course of many, many months. Although my favorite cuisine is of the Cajun, Creole, and...

Memorial Day is coming right up, and it seems like everyone is excited for summer to “officially” start. The time for barbecues, kicking back in a hammock, making homemade ice cream, watching fireflies...

Believe it or not, I am not a chocolate person. Even as a kid, I would turn down those tremendous Lindt bars that my grandfather would give to his sweet-toothed grandchildren. They just never really appealed...

Memorial Day is almost here. As the weather turns warmer and we head into grilling season, it’s time to gather your family around the barbie and cook some dinner. What’s better than hot dogs and...

It’s time to get out your team caps, your favorite player’s jersey and your oversized foam fingers because it’s baseball season! The season where your eyes well up, not from allergies, but from...

Summer’s almost here and school’s almost out—do you feel the rush of the time crunch as much as I do? It seems like it was just a few short weeks ago that I was putting winter scarves and hats away...

The mint growing in my small, bachelor patio garden is out of control. I mused last evening it was time to make some Mint Juleps, a perfect representative of the first and most important of bachelor food...