Creamy, Cheesy Chicken Chili
It’s What’s for Dinner! I keep crossing my fingers, hoping it will eventually be sweater weather, aka chili weather, but...
Craveable Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread with Crème Anglaise
I love gingerbread! Maybe it was because my mother baked it on a regular basis for my lunch box when...
Red Bean & Sausage Cakes, Poached Eggs, Poblano Pepper Cream, & Cilantro Salsa
Red Bean & Sausage Cakes with Poached Eggs, Poblano Pepper Cream, & Cilantro Salsa are great for brunch, lunch, or...
Coconut Curry Salmon
A few days ago, I was flipping through Instagram when a photo from Food & Wine stopped me in my...
Crispy Tuna Patties with Marinated Tomato Petals
Easy Do-Ahead Weeknight Dinner Crispy Tuna Patties Marinated Tomato Petals Cracked Wedge Salad with Olive-Dill Buttermilk Dressing Savory Chorizo-Manchego Triangles...
Croque Madame
This is probably the BEST ham and cheese sandwich in the world! I only tasted one once in a French...
Spaghetti Tonno e Burro
I’m not sure where I stumbled across this simple, delicious, easy, and quick recipe for pasta, because another name could...
Going Retro – Five Course Holiday Dinner
When you have a friend – a friend who is your husband’s best friend – who has come to your...
Butternut Squash Bread
Butternut Squash Bread is something dreams are made of, being a holiday staple on our table for over forty years,...
Artichoke & Feta Tart
When we travel, to entertain myself on superhighways, where cars go too fast and the scenery (if there is any)...
About Me
Artist - Traveller - Foodie - Avid Hostess - Picnicker - Amateur Chef
Simply put, I love Texas. I have lived almost my entire life in this state. Born and raised in San Antonio, I spent the majority of my adult life in Fort Worth, in addition to ten years—on and off—sailing in and around the Gulf Coast on our 40’ Endeavor, Island Rose. For the past ten years, my husband and I have called Wimberley home—and if I love Texas—I adore the Texas Hill Country.
We have traveled extensively in this state--from deep East to far West, from North to South--and have probably been on more back roads and in more towns than anyone I have encountered. I AM a Texan—through and through!
I’m a foodie. I love to cook. I am a good judge of what is excellent, what is not. We will drive two-and-a-half hours for Saturday lunch; for the journey and the destination. I love picnics and trying out local wineries. Food and wine pairings draw me like a magnet. And music—all kinds. Concerts are on the menu at our house every year, be they concerts in a house, in a park, in a barn, in an auditorium or at a winery--we're there.
I paint. I cook. I entertain. I love back country roads and small towns—we own two convertibles so I can be sure that nothing bars the experience of just being there.
I finally decided it was time to share my love of this state and these hills with anyone who will listen or read, letting them in on on the famous, the infamous and the not so famous places that dot the countryside and cities. I'll share stories, experiences, and recipes.
Hopefully, you will come along for the ride, blaze your own trails and let me know if you are having fun. If you step out your door and take a chance, I know that you will!
