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...
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...
Creamy, Savory Egg Noodles and Italian Sausage Dinner
I’m not sure how long I have had this recipe for Creamy French Onion Pasta or where it came from....
Tostadas with Spicy Chicken, Black Beans, Goat Cheese, and Avocado Enhanced Pico de Gallo
Tostadas with Spicy Chicken, Black Beans, Goat Cheese, and Avocado Enhanced Pico de Gallo Serves 2 for an entrée or...
Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden
Serendipity Leads the Way Rainey Street, Austin, Texas Walking down charmingly funky Rainey Street in Austin, I’m looking forward to...
Houston – Brenner’s Steakhouse
Racing by Brenner’s Steakhouse on the Katy Freeway on our way back to my daughter Heather’s house, she tells me,...
Gruene –The River House
Lunch on a Wednesday True confession—I haven’t been to The River House in Gruene in almost a decade. At lunch...
Fredericksburg – Otto’s German Bistro
If you haven’t been to this delicious, unique and intimate little spot with great food, you need to make it...
The Antler Café
A Country Café Texas Weather On a late Saturday afternoon in July, as we leave for our short trip to...
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!
