Category Archives: Food

At some point since I moved away from Texas, citrus trees started getting popular in the Houston area. My parents now have a few lemon trees, an orange tree, and a lime tree. These are very small trees–the orange tree … Continue reading →

About a year ago, I got J a book of about 2800 cocktails, which means for the past year we’ve been experimenting with a bunch of different things. We have made it through only a very small percentage of the … Continue reading →

Last weekend I made three kinds for Thanksgiving. Cream cheese walnut cookies – basically a shortbread with guess what in it. These are my favorites. The recipe makes an excessive amount, so I’m going to freeze some and take some … Continue reading →

I haven’t been cooking much. Good thing my husband grills a lot. He made really good fries on the grill last night. The other week one of my relatives posted a link to a recipe for pumpkin gnocchi in ginger-sage … Continue reading →

In my last food post, I reported trouble with pudding. I’m happy to say that further attempts have been successful, and we enjoyed very tasty chocolate pudding this weekend. +++ The freezer has cleared out enough for me to put … Continue reading →

The first time I made pudding was last Thanksgiving. It was pumpkin pudding, pretty much plain pudding with a can of pumpkin and pie spices, and it turned out wonderfully. The second time I made pudding was Saturday. It was … Continue reading →

Let’s start with the tilapia. I was never a big fan of fish, but over the past several years I’ve kept trying it, and gotten to like a lot of it. (I could eat salmon every day.) At some point … Continue reading →

I’ve said a bit in various places about the food on our trip to Beijing. Short version: It was great. The best Chinese food I’ve ever had. (Not a surprise, right?) And I managed to feed myself with chopsticks, most … Continue reading →

Onion tart – Very good. Easy to make, esp. with frozen pie dough, though my husband didn’t enjoy scrubbing the pan I’d caramelized the onions in. I had a lot of leftover onion that got used in various things. Sausage … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I ran across a recipe for no-knead bread in the New York Times that I just had to try: instead of kneading the dough, you let it rise for 18 hours. I like kneading bread, but … Continue reading →