Food

Smoked Pork Spareribs

We Texans are known for a lot of things, not the least of which is our humility. But if there’s one thing that can get us to puff out our chests and boast a little bit, it’s Texas barbecue. ...

Food Labeling and the Conscious Consumer

Natural. Grassfed. Pasture Raised. Organic. These are only a few of the marketing stamps, seals and buzzwords jumping off food labels strategically placed to catch the eye of would-be conscious ...

A Guide to Deciphering Dessert

By Bambi ...

The Cooking Method Triumvirate

Did you know that, here in the Western world, we generally use a whopping 13 to 16 different cooking methods to prepare foods? These methods are broken up into three general ...

These small, tasty crustaceans, sometimes called mudbugs, look like miniature lobsters. They are often boiled with a hefty pour of Cajun spices. If your Southern host dumps a pile of them in front of ...

Cooking Under Pressure

My mother had a first-generation pressure cooker in the 1970s. It was a stovetop model that rattled madly, and when it was done cooking and time to open the lid, we kids had to leave the kitchen in ...

Knife Skills

Most everyone has used a knife in the kitchen at one point or another, and most everyone has cut themselves with a knife in the kitchen at one point or another. Personally, I’ve ended up in the ER ...

Eating Responsibly

A young friend recently stopped by my house as I was cooking dinner—a favorite rice-and-greens dish that is simple, cheap, tasty and nutritious. I’d just started sautéing the onions and ...

Cooking Over Coals

I first met Chef Lou Lambert in Marfa, Texas, at his sister Liz’s iconic hotel, El Cosmico, where he was giving a demonstration on cooking over coals using a Dutch oven. He graciously agreed to be ...

Quick Cooking Tips for 2017

As we welcome in 2017, I’ve taken time to reflect on some of the changes in my life in 2016 that drastically altered my relationship with food. In May, my husband and I celebrated one year of ...