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Go Big or Go Home
This year’s grand prize went to Chef Richard Hawthorne from Grotto Las Vegas, for his “Updated Tiramisu.” Congratulations, Chef Richard! In my professional life, age has crept up on me. Early in my...
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Inferiority
Life is easier now that we can bake cookies together. Motherhood doesn’t come easily to me. Don’t get me wrong, The Boy is thriving and I love him more than I ever dreamed possible, but parenting just...
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Room In The Inn
There’s a particular dish that, for me, sums up everything that the Christmas season is all about. Fried chicken. It’s an odd choice, no? Perhaps you expected figgy pudding. Let me explain. It was...
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Friendship (Through the Narrow Aisles of Pain)
A friend is a second self. –Aristotle Planning a funeral is a lot like planning a wedding, only on three days’ notice. For Dad’s funeral, I needed a church, a priest, lectors, altar boys. Instead of...
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Pie Contest!
Hey! Whatcha doin’ next Saturday, March 3? If you’re free, you should join me at the Brazoria Heritage Celebration. Last year was my first time to attend, and I was tickled at what a charming, well-run...
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Foodways Texas: Connection Points
If I haven’t told you before, I started White Fluffy Icing as a memoir — a kind of living history — with food as the medium. The stories I tell here are for The Boy: stories about today and the way he...
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Texas Preserved: A Linkery
As promised, I’ve attempted to capture all the banter about Foodways Texas’ 2nd Annual Symposium: Texas Preserved in a single place. I’ll do my best to keep it up to date. If you know of a write-up...
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Make a Playbook, Have a Cookie.
There’s a document in my life that is so important, so useful, that I have multiple copies of it stashed away. There’s a printed version in the bag I carry to work every day, and another copy on my...
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A Letter
Dear Mom, It’s my third Mother’s Day without you, and I can’t say that it’s gotten any easier. If anything, it’s more difficult. I’m starting to realize that I will never “get over” you. That I’ll...
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Summer School
People are usually surprised when I tell them how much Mom and I argued when I was younger. But the things you write about her!, they’ll say. I assumed the two of you were best friends. And that’s...
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