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...
Savory and Creamy Smoked Salmon Cheesecake
This savory cheesecake has always been a hit no matter who I serve it to, and I have definitely served...
Oven Roasted Asparagus “Fries” with Charlotte’s Quick Aioli
In these days of fewer trips to the grocery store and limited supply on so many items, I have adopted...
Mini Shrimp Cornucopias
My Love Affair with Gourmet Magazine – Now Defunct 🙁 I love keeping and reading old magazines related to cooking...
Food & Wine Pairing Dinner for 16 – 4 Delicious Doable Courses
Danny and I thoroughly enjoyed every little morsel. You had me loving mushrooms and Danny eating blue cheese. Amazing meal! I would try to name my favorite dish but I can’t. All of the wines were paired so well and so delicious. Thanks so much … It was the best! Lynn Jones
Dinner Party Appetizer – Fried Spicy Sausage-Stuffed Green Olives
Fried Spicy Sausage-Stuffed Green Olives True Confession – I read decades old Bon Appetit, Food & Wine and the now...
Charlotte’s Decadent Cream Puffs
Pate Choux Puffs filled with French Vanilla Cream and served with a heavy drizzle of Chocolate Buttercream
Food and Wine Pairing Party with Pinot Noir
The wrong food can kill a great wine. The perfect food pairing can elevate a mediocre wine. Food and wine—they...
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!
