Black cocoa powder – who knew? We recently saw a recipe in Food & Wine (May 2014) for these cookies. We probably would have skipped right over it except for a strange ingredient: black cocoa powder. We’re always up to track down an esoteric ingredient...
One of our favorite summer libations is a Gin & Tonic: the perfect blend of cold & tart work together to cool us off on long, miserable, hot, Texas days. However after experimenting with some relatively expensive tonic waters we realized the stuff in the...
An update on my favorite childhood dessert. Granny (my mom’s mom) was an exceptional southern cook. Fried chicken, greens, fried okra, & creamed corn were her go-to dinner. But, banana pudding was a special treat reserved for Sunday afternoons. My...
You’ll never buy a box of vanilla wafers again. I’ve been asked to cook for a wedding at the end of next month. One of the special requests from the bride’s mother is banana pudding. Banana pudding was my granny’s go-to dessert. Helping her arrange store-bought wafers...
I know it sounds weird First: I don’t eat spicy food. My heritage is firmly planted in Anglo-Germanic cooking and jalapeños are not something I ever consider. That said, we were in San Antonio a few weeks ago and had dinner at Bohanan’s. Bohanan’s is...
