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I too like the cranberry sauce with champagne - but I will do the version with a teaspoon of the sauce in a wine glass topped off with champagne. Shhh...don't tell, cook's privilege and necessity at the holidays!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Kefta with hot fresh pita and tzatziki.
In Season: Cauliflower
CheesePlease - grate some Parmesan Regiano over it after you take the pan out of the oven - takes it up to a whole new level.
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Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
Anyone traveling from Houston to Austin on 71 must stop at Weikel's bakery. Not only are their kolaches wonderful, they have the hands down best cinnamon rolls in the state. Save some money for one of their wonderful meringue pies too! You can get everything 'to go' or grab coffee and sit out at a picnic table. Weikel's is just across from the McDonald's on 71. It is a Shell station too (no kidding). I have no financial interest. The family is the nicest on the planet having taken me, my mother and dogs in during the epic Rita evacuation a few years ago when I arrived in LaGrange too tired to drive on and they didn't want us sleeping in our car.
Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey
I too like the cranberry sauce with champagne - but I will do the version with a teaspoon of the sauce in a wine glass topped off with champagne. Shhh...don't tell, cook's privilege and necessity at the holidays!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Kefta with hot fresh pita and tzatziki.
In Season: Cauliflower
CheesePlease - grate some Parmesan Regiano over it after you take the pan out of the oven - takes it up to a whole new level.
Sunday Brunch: Pumpkin Tea Cake
I just took this out of the oven. It took more than an hour to bake and my oven was keeping a good temp throughout. I couldn't stop myself from picking off some of the pepitas from the top.....yum. Soon as it is cool enough we'll have some tea and a nice slice as an evening snack. Thanks for posting this!
Serious Grape: Cool Summer Wines
Becker vineyards in Texas Hill Country has a lovely Voginer in the $12 price range. It is light and crisp with hints of peaches.
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
1. get in car
2. drive to Chick fil A
3. order lemonade, pay
4. enjoy
They have excellent lemonade - freshly made every morning.
Airedalelover
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
Rhubarb -custard crisp.
Breaking: More Obama Burgers; Orders Lunch from Five Guys
Funny...we have a new one on the west side of Houston and went for burgers last night. The french fries are worth the drive - real potatoes (last night's were a particular variety from Idaho) fried in peanut oil. Yummy
Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
I'm like so many, I'd like to create the perfect dill pickle.
Cook the Book: 'Bottega Favorita' by Frank Stitt
Home made egg noodles, rolled out on a kitchen table (covered in oil cloth), cutting them and hanging over a broom handle to dry. Served cooked with farmers cheese and chives.
Cook the Book: Classic Ground Beef with Guajillo Chiles
"Add the tomatoes, ..." No tomatoes in the ingredient list.
Thx
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter Bread. I make it every year and remember my baba. It is the only time I play with my food - using the dough to make a braided cross surrounded and covered with flowers and birds.
Sunday Brunch: Buttermilk Blueberry Pancakes
Minnesota has wild blueberries too. Count me among those for whom a breakfast at Al's in Dinkytown made a bad winter day complete with final exams bearable. The best pancakes in town were those at Embers. Does anyone know if it still exists?
Cook the Book: 'The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook'
saganaki, maybe some fresh fruit on the side like fresh picked apricots
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Boneless Heritage Ham
Danish butter on home made white bread.
Cook the Book: 'Into the Vietnamese Kitchen'
I plan to reduce the amount of food waste around here. I throw too much away and at the price of fresh fruit and veg I cannot afford this. My short term goal is to check the (semi-) fresh produce every few days and incorporate it into a receipe or into something suitable for my dogs.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Zingerman's Praise the Lard Gift Box
Pig roast every year with our best friends who lived on the St. Croix River - Wisconsin side. Good food, good friends...what could be better. And the skin...yummy.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Southside Market Sausage
Goode company in Houston - always good, never disappointing. They have DUCK.
Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters
Caviar on anything. Iced vodka. Maybe some hard cooked egg
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
If you are passing through the area around Temple it is absolutely worth it to make the short side trip to Zabcikville and stop in Green's Sausage House for some klobasniky! I have lived in Houston and used to make the trip to Austin all the time for school. Weikels does have some good ones, but Green's are the best I have encountered so far (although even a bad one is good!).....
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
Proud Texan and TAMU former student here (whoop!! BTHOtu!). LOVE Shipley's, but...if you can...travel up North on I-35, North of Waco, toward Dallas and make a pitstop at The Czech Stop in Hillsboro. Truly wonderful kolaches. Just sayin'. ;)
Sunday Brunch: Pumpkin Tea Cake
Thanks Robin for sharing this recipe! I made it and it was a hit. I blogged the entire thing here: http://www.quitecurious.com/pumpkin-cake.
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
In San Antonio you literally have to ask at each individual restaurant to know if what you want is called migas or chillaquilles. I prefer Austin migas to anything, but I have to concede after moving to San Antonio that the Austin places probably got the idea for migas from San Antonio.
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
Sorry El_Zilcho, what misplacedtexan was describing is most definitely Texan migas. I don't doubt that the "original" version of migas is a different dish, but so it goes with many other dishes that have been regionally adapted, e.g. Japanese "curry", BBQ differences regionally (where I grew up BBQ was anything cooked on a grill and in central Texas that would be blasphemy since it doesn't involve indirect heat), etc.
I don't know why, its just a pet peeve of mine when people correct other people just to seem to say "you don't know what you're talking about, but I do".
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
haha this is great to see as a texan! and one from houston, too.
shipley's sausage/jalapeno kolaches are ALWAYS good. they're simple but incredibly satisfying. also- shipleys has the best donuts i've ever tasted in my life, hands down. their donuts are to die for. there are tons of great kolache places all over texas, just jump on I-10 or 290 and you're bound to run into a family owned kolache shop on the side of the highway.
and i think i know where to go for dinner on my birthday now- bryan caswell's restaurant.
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
"Migas are another great Texas food trend that started in the Austin area. They're basically scrambled eggs with corn tortilla strips, jalapenos, cheese, and cilantro in the mix. I'm hungry just thinking about them!
This article makes living away from Texas even more difficult! I miss it!"
Actually, you just described chilequiles, not migas.
Migas is just eggs, and corn tortillas, ala mexicana if you add chile, onion, and tomato.
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
Shipley's is fantastic! I am a student at Texas A&M, and my analytical chemistry professor regularly brings in Shipley's donuts for our class. Of 50 people. I guess he likes us. Well, we like him too, thanks in large part to the donuts.
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
Ohhhhhhh, Weikel's. I live in Austin and I'll drive to Weikel's just for kolaches. But if I don't feel like it, there's a Shipley's right by my house in Austin that has pretty good kolaches and even better donuts.
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
Weikel's -- the best Kolaches. Period. It's the reason we take I-10 to 71 to go to Austin instead of 290. Also have to buy a loaf of bread and a puffed rice/marshmallow and TOASTED PECAN treat. Heaven.
My question: Does anyone know where there is a good taco pizza? The above photo lured me in but was deceiving.
Dessert Gallery and Three Brothers Bakery. *daydreaming*
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
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Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Grilled rack of lamb with mint sauce and cous cous on the side.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I like how my MIL makes lamb in a stew with a tomato sauce like base
Unique Food Trends: Houston, Texas
There is a Kolache Factory in the Indy area (Fishers) if that is closer than Texas for any of you. I used to live right down the street from it and picked up a few almost every weekend. All of this Houston talk makes me think of barbecue....so much better than anything available up here.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
My favorite lamb recipe is roasted leg of lamb with mint jelly.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I have a pretty good lamb chops recipe. I also have a leg of lamb recipe we use for dinner sometimes on special occasions. Lamb is BY FAR my favorite meat!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Lamb stew. Based on the comments above, however, lamb burgers might have the potential of being a new favorite if I can find the right recipe for preparing them well.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
lamb burgers or lamb meatballs.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Lamb Tagine is my favorite lamb recipe. garrettsambo@aol.com
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I really like lamb but have never cooked it. I love lamb chops with some garlic mashed potatoes. yummy. I would love to learn how to roast lamb for Gyros
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I love grilled lamb burgers :)
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Other than Gyros I haven't had much lamb. My husband is a big Lamb eater. I am slowly learning to appreciate it.
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I love grilled lamb chops, yum!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
I had some awesome lamb chops in Spain with lots of garlic. I wish I knew how they made them.
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Anyone traveling from Houston to Austin on 71 must stop at Weikel's bakery. Not only are their kolaches wonderful, they have the hands down best cinnamon rolls in the state. Save some money for one of their wonderful meringue pies too! You can get everything 'to go' or grab coffee and sit out at a picnic table. Weikel's is just across from the McDonald's on 71. It is a Shell station too (no kidding). I have no financial interest. The family is the nicest on the planet having taken me, my mother and dogs in during the epic Rita evacuation a few years ago when I arrived in LaGrange too tired to drive on and they didn't want us sleeping in our car.