Black Chocolate Cranberry Cookies Recipe

Black Chocolate Cranberry Cookies Recipe

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 & pay an...

Homemade Tonic Water Recipe

Homemade Tonic Water Recipe

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...

Banana Pudding Recipe

Banana Pudding Recipe

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...