About a week ago I got a call from friend Libby, the fly fishing catering chef in Austin, inviting me down to help her with a big event she’s doing at Lake LBJ (yes, it’s Texas) over the weekend of the 4th. Turns out she and her crew are doing uptown hot dogs at a […]
Friday Feast
We’re a little late in posting today due to being on the road this week. She Who Must Be Obeyed and I were schedule to head to Lake Charles, Louisiana and on to NOLA on Tuesday for a bit of work and mostly play. As we headed southward on Tuesday, we watched then developing tropical […]
This past week a friend from Montana, during a phone chat comprised of about 20% business and 80% tall tales about redfish and tarpon fishing in Louisiana and Florida, reminisced a little bit about Father’s Day on his family ranch in Montana growing up in the late 40’s. Bobby said back in that day his […]
Now that it’s full on summer (damn, it’s been hot and humid this past week), we find ourselves reaching more and more often for something crisp and cool for side dishes at dinner. Salads and slaws certainly fit the bill, though sometimes it’s nice to have something with a bit more flavor and acidity to […]
She Who Must Be Obeyed and I were on the road a few weeks ago (Montana and Wyoming) and happened to dine at what has now probably become my favorite burger place of all time – Born in a Barn. It’s tiny, situated on the edge of Laramie’s old downtown district, and nestled right up […]
Instead of a rib recipe for the Memorial Day weekend (a fairly longstanding tradition here, and we’re doing this one on Monday), you’re guaranteed to be the (food) star of your Memorial Day festivities with this Chocolate Bomb Nutella Pie recipe. There are dozens of Nutella pie recipes floating around out there, some danged good […]
Today’s offering is the front end of a two-part recipe package to make what could be the best damned Memorial Day dessert you’ve ever had – a Chocolate Bomb Nutella Pie. These delectable Chocolate Maple Cookies are used to make the crust for said chocolate bomb, though when we made three of said pies (part of […]
While on the road this past week an email popped up “offering me the pleasure” of helping to plan an event meal and cook for a fly fishing related fundraiser coming up about month from now. Turns out one of the guys involved was at Jake and Kaitlyn’s rehearsal dinner in Livingston last summer where […]
Back with yet another proof that the best things in life are the simplest, here’s an incredible Tex Mex wonder that we first had the pleasure of tasting sitting around a campfire early one evening on the banks of the South Fork of the Snake a few years back. This Riverbank Queso Flameado will make […]
A few years ago I wrote about what was then our go-to recipe for an uber-fresh, simple but oh-so-good Pico de Gallo – …The Pico last night reminded me of the first time that we tasted real, by god Pico de Gallo. It was in 1982 down in San Antonio as I ground through four […]
Some of my earliest food memories in life revolve around big (to a 5 or 6 year-old they were huge) pieces of dense, moist, perfectly textured Southern pound cake, crafted by the loving hands of my grandmother and baked in the ancient gas oven rusting away in her beach house on the mouth of Texas’ […]
Walking through a street festival recently I once again couldn’t resist stopping at the grilled corn booth to watch skilled hands cranking out toasted corn Tex Mex style – slathered in mayonnaise, rolled in crumbled Cotija cheese and cilantro, sprinkled with a magic spice mix (paprika, chile powder and a touch of cumin here), then […]
While we truly miss being in the North Country these days, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I will readily admit we’re enjoying the heck out of Texas edibles. We’ll always treasure good, simple, authentic Tex Mex (a weekly tradition of course, for less than burgers and beer to boot), the barbecue is shockingly good […]
Our clan fell in love with the classic Chinese dish Mu Shu Pork believe it or not when camping at Gros Ventre campground out of Jackson a few decades back. It became a must-do ritual to drive up from SLC, set up camp as quickly as possible, and then beat it back to town for […]
We have a birthday coming up this next week around our camp, and while birthdays perhaps don’t have the same allure today as they did back at age 10 or 11, there’s still cause for celebration (hells bells, simply being alive during another spring fly fishing season brings ample cause for celebration). She Who Must […]
