Disclaimer: I have given you this recipe once before. (Plum Tart). But today I took pictures while making a Plum Kuchen (original name for this recipe), and I thought I would share it again. It is so good. Also today, I used nectarines instead of plums (They were about $2.00 a pound cheaper than the […]
Labor Day 2012 – We had an indoor picnic. (Don’t want to be out among West Nile.) The menu was super simple, with no fancy table settings. We enjoyed being together. Queso dip and chips are a boy pleaser. The panini sandwiches were delicious. Everybody made their own sandwich to their own liking. Sandwich Sprinkles […]
The Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake recipe is a staple in many kitchens in Texas and probably beyond. In my mother’s cookbook A+ in Cooking no fewer than 17 people submitted the recipe for the Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake. Talk about a favorite. A couple of years ago, good friend Nancy – who is an excellent […]
Where I come from a restaurant is judged by the pies they serve. Many cafes have earned a reputation based upon their mile-high meringue and fruit pies. Sane people will drive many miles out of their way for a taste of a certain restaurant’s pies. Here in Dallas there is Norma’s, Mamma’s Daughters, and I’m […]
The backstory I am about to tell you is true. (Honestly, I couldn’t make something like this up.) Names are not use to protect whoever needs to be protected. My mother’s dearest friend had a husband who was a cousin of the governor of the Great State of Arkansas. Get it? Friend’s husband was related […]
While preparing to come to the Big Jubilee Supper in honor of The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, Jenny – Nathan’s new bride – searched the internet for a Texas recipe. She got the point! This was to be a Texas celebration for the Queen. I love it that she went to so much trouble […]
Sorry I missed visiting with you yesterday, but I had a very good reason. Melanie Ann and Olive my two dear friends from collegiate days at Texas Technological College (as it was known then) came to visit. We always have so much fun together. (Yes, we went to the Arboretum today, but that will be […]
While out and about today, two of our friends ordered Arnold Palmer’s as drinks with lunch. As you know, this is the half tea and half lemonade drink that is sometimes called a half and half. This drink got me to thinking about a tea punch recipe I have. For years I have made a […]
