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It feels like summer is drawing to a close. The kids are back in school and Labor day has passed. On a trip to the grocery store this weekend, the watermelons that normally line the store’s entrance were replaced by hardshell gourds and pumpkins. I’m not ready ready to let summer go. … Read more
The recipe for my Ultimate Umami Burger is just in time for National Burger Month. I’m not sure how food gets assigned a whole month versus a day on the National Day Calendar, but of all the foods Americans eat, burgers seem worthy of the extended period. We eat 50-billion burgers a year … Read more
Mexican breakfast is delicious. There’s tons of it to go around here in Austin. Breakfast tacos, chilaquiles, migas and huevos rancheros all have a heavy presence on the menus of restaurants in town. But finding one of my favorite dishes, huevos divorciados (divorced eggs), has proven to be more difficult. The dish features two … Read more
The weather is already starting to warm up here in Austin. While it’s great to live in a city where it generally doesn’t freeze, and snow is even less likely, the time during winter for making hearty stews, braises and pasta dishes is abbreviated. It’s Valentine’s Day and while I don’t mind … Read more