Austin priceline: Hass avocados
Keep it affordable, and dress up your menu with a little help from HEB. At two for $1, Hass avocados may make the cut in your food shopping budget. Likely imported from Mexico this time of year, the Hass green fruit will enhance my tortilla soup later this week.
Skip-the-moon-bounce Blog Birthday
Drop by to moon bounce Rattle a few pots and pans with me today. That’s what I’ll be doing around The Cookery in Austin as I mark this blog’s first anniversary.
Clean slate in the cookery
Happy New Year, food-minded friends. The advantage of leaving a tidy kitchen is returning home to a clean slate. We’ve just returned from holiday travels and it’s great to be home. What’s best–we’re starting the new year off with an empty refrigerator and a sparsely stocked pantry. True, my wallet may feel the pinch this week, but […]
CIA dining in the news
Looking for a meal to remember in New York’s Hudson Valley? Read about the American Bounty restaurant in my CIA article for Hudson Valley Life Magazine. American Bounty
New Year’s fiber fix: hummus
Hummus Who’s coming to dinner? This hummus recipe satisfies every generation. 1 cup cooked chickpeas 3 cloves garlic, crushed juice of 1/2 lemon 2 tablespoons tahina (sesame) 1/2 teaspoon salt olive oil 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped paprika Reserve 1/4 cup of liquid from boiled chickpeas (garbanzo beans). Mix crushed garlic, lemon juice, tahina and […]
Separation anxiety?
With canned chickpeas, your beans are ready to rinse. If you prefer to prepare dried beans for hummus, separate the chickpeas from their skins during the preparation process. No worries. After an overnight water soak, bring chickpeas to a full boil in the water in which they’ve soaked, stirring occasionally, for two to three hours, until […]
Hummus for the holidays
Check your pantry. Do you have any garbanzo beans on hand? Here’s a healthy menu stretcher. We’re serving hummus during this holiday season.
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
. . . with a few cookies here, some chocolates there. This kid friendly fruit salad (prepared by the kids in this kitchen) makes any holiday meal look good. We’ll ration the figgy pudding and double up on fresh fruit the rest of this season.
Leave your shoes at the door–except in the kitchen
Strappy sandals, cowboy boots or bare feet? What works in your kitchen? We leave our shoes at the front door–with the exclusion of the cookery. Double standard? Just basic safety. From home kitchens to commercial operations, those feet need more than the floor beneath them. The savvy shoe crowd over at the Foodie BlogRoll has been talking it […]
Gingerbread Lane
The Cookery was at its best this afternoon with 13 kids working their magic. They decorated cookies and gingerbread houses and taste tested a few gum drops. Worth the fuss of clean-up? Yes! This is the fifth year we’ve participated in a neighborhood gingerbread decorating fest which generates nothing but smiles.