Friend and occasional mentor Ed called the other day, just back from a business and redfish trip to South Carolina. The weather wasn’t perfect though they did pretty damned well fishing with a guy out of Charleston; in his early 80s now (we think so anyway, given the best evidence available), Ed tends to run […]
Friday Feast
One of my favorite things about St. Patrick’s Day is the corn beef hash we make the next day (or days) with leftover corned beef; we’ve even taken to cooking an extra brisket just for hash making. It pays to plan ahead. While turkey leftovers in our world usually inspire making a pot of Bib’s […]
Here’s a new dessert pie (at least it was for us) for your Thanksgiving line up next week – a Deep South Cranberry Pie. A couple we’ve recently met through a fly fishing connection hails from South Carolina; during a little shindig at their home recently Shelly served this amazing pie as part of an […]
Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, it’s smack-dab in the middle of several prime time fall hunting seasons and the fall streamer bite is still alive and kicking (depending on where you’re fishing…). Even with all the good stuff going on in the outdoor world, now and again She Who Must Be Obeyed will […]
After some months of planning and research, a fun little project is coming together for us down near Rockport on the Texas coast. It’s a fruitful opportunity that just happens to be within minutes of some of the most accessible fly fishing water in the neighborhood (imagine that), and as we spend a bit more […]
Fall fly fishing and cans of chipotle chiles in adobo share more in common than you’d first think. Both are full of potential goodness, perhaps even greatness. Though getting there will take some effort on your part, perhaps more than you’re willing or able to invest on any given day. I fell in love with […]
A friend has been torturing me all week with pics and running commentary during his stay at a new little Belizian lodge (he’s down as a potential investor as they finish their build out and trials before opening). The fishing has been good and the food appears to be out of this world. He’s been […]
There are a host of discoveries and inventions that have improved mankind’s time on earth immeasurably. Fire. Velcro. Coffee beans. Fiberglass more so than high modulus graphite. Penicillin. The miniskirt. Warp drive. This week we’ve had to add cheese to the list of envied goods above after sharing a cast iron skillet of this Queso […]
Low and behold, seemingly almost out of nowhere, fall weather and soup season is upon us once again. Jake is headed up to the high country with friend Ethan for another elk run in just a few hours; their base camp was covered in snow just a few days ago and they’re expecting a damned […]
She Who Must Be Obeyed grabs an order of sweet potato fries any and every time they’re on a menu, regardless of how lowbrow or highbrow the place might be. It may have something to do with her Southern upbringing, though I think it’s more related to the fry’s crunchy outside covering a perfectly cooked, […]
The same friend who sent over the recipe yesterday for his go-to Bourbon Sour sent this recipe along as well for a simple Chocolate Bourbon Fondue. He said… …while you’re at it, give this Chocolate Bourbon Fondue a try. Sounds like your wife is (a) chocoholic from her time in Europe; you can use any […]
Last weekend indeed found ribs in our smoker under the big pecan tree, though the meal of the weekend honor probably goes to JC and his wife Arlys, new friends living across the street. JC and his family are remodeling one of the cute (and old) neighborhood bungalows, deliberately tackling one big section after another. […]
I think the start of school around the Labor Day weekend has long programmed into many of us, me included, a trigger to feel a bit nostalgic as another summer season comes to an end. On the other hand, proving that you can teach old dogs new tricks, I’ve finally come to admit that summer […]
Holding steadfastly to the mantra that simple approaches to almost everything win the day when all is said and done, here’s a danged simple Brandied Fig Jam we’ve been playing with for several years and finally have right, at least to our taste. Figs of all sorts are in right now at our best local provider (Central […]
We’ve been chatting up the unadulterated goodness and simplicity of cold brew coffee with friends over the past few weeks, as evidenced by yesterday’s Iced Caramel Coffee. Chef friend and catering genius Libby in Austin suggested trying this Cold Brew Coffee Granita last weekend, her cold brew riff on Alton Brown’s coffee granita recipe. As […]
