I found this letter to my Mom in a box of treasures I’ve had for a while…it was a homemade Mother’s Day card from when I was about 22. It made me smile.

My cousin’s kid is a baker with big dreams about the Culinary Institute’s summer camp and a future bakery.

Headed out to the Round Top Chili Cookoff with friends today, I’m inspired to reblog this post from last year. It’s a tale of a chili cook-off fundraiser in a tiny Texas town, two friends, five gallons of spilled chili, dozens of kind people and […]

A tale of a chili cook-off fundraiser in a tiny Texas town, two friends, five gallons of spilled chili, dozens of kind people and a chance meeting with the governor.

For your Sunday evening listening pleasure, here’s my son’s first album, The Madness Method. All tunes are his original jazz compositions.

Wine Spectator provides a perfect “cooking with friends” menu with duck and root vegetables. Try this at home with friends.

In honor of Mother’s Day, I’m reposting this little story about my adventures with another mom during a time of uncertainty.  Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there, and if you have small children, my wish for you is that you have […]

It’s not just about the cooking. It’s about the sharing. It’s about the connections, like this sweet story about Rosalyn and the Scotch Eggs her mom made.

Plane rides bring with them the time to enjoy an old-fashioned way to read the news: daily newspapers.

Ten years since the mass evacuation from Hurricane Rita – the memories remain.

Ten years after Hurricane Rita, a remembrance of the mass evacuation from Southeast Texas and how it became an adventure.