How to Ignore a Recipe: Salad Niçoise
I found my latest victim at This Dame Cooks, a delicious blog by recipe writer JoAnn Jagroop. After a week on the road and gaining 12 pounds from binging on a hotel continental breakfast buffet and assorted Texas cuisine, my body was ready for something light and healthy—this recipe was the perfect antidote to seven [...]
42,700 Calories?!
Seven days and 1818 miles later, my family has finally returned from its magical mystery tour of Texas. Actually, while my brother-in-law’s wedding was quite magical, there were few mysteries to be found, especially the one that I uncovered when I stepped onto the scales this evening. Yes, in a moment that could make What [...]
Almost home…
There’s been so much driving that my two year old daughter is aging before my eyes. She’s starting to look like her grandmother, circa 1963: For the record, it took me almost 30 minutes to figure out how to post a photo via my mobile phone. I can’t wait to get back to my netbook!
God Bless Texas
The groom’s cake looked like a taxidermied deer. The father of the bride had shotgun shells marked with the groom’s initials. The Pastor had a gold Rolex. A woman explained how she learned geography by watching the television show “COPS.” I saw a tattoo of a butterfly with American flag wings and the inscription “Robbie [...]
