This homemade jelly is Peter Piper approved
Each year, I plant a salsa garden with beds full of tomato and pepper plants and, if I’m being candid, renewed optimism. [Read more…]
We say tomato
This chilled shrimp and egg salad is a Southern Lenten staple
Simmer down now
Relax and enjoy a Southern dish for Sunday supper
Thank goodness for Sundays. On Sundays, we can dial down the pace of life a few degrees, take our time and enjoy simple pleasures. Sundays are for slow-cooked foods, dishes that need a good simmer on the stove and not too much more. [Read more…]
Sweet and simple
When it’s time to celebrate, keep snacks easy and fun
It’s easy to work up an appetite with all the celebrations. We asked Alicia Cahill, owner of The Kitchen Chick in Galveston, to whip up ideas that make gatherings sweet and simple with these quick party bites. [Read more…]
Texas tidings, coastal cheer
Spread good tidings and cheer with a holiday open house featuring a stress-free menu with make-ahead dishes. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Biscuit bar and shrimp skewers make for a perfect holiday open house
Spreading glad tidings and good cheer is easy with a few festive dishes. [Read more…]
Fall into flavor
Snuggle in with this spicy shrimp curry dish
Late fall on the Texas Gulf Coast can be such a tease. Some years, we endure quite a long wait before ever spying a scarf waving in the breeze. When fall arrives, our appetites tend to follow suit, craving warm, satisfying dishes. [Read more…]
‘Barbecue, beer and chandeliers’
The deck at Marais offers a view of Benson Bayou. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Dickinson restaurant embraces the best of casual and fine dining
Waterfront restaurants in these parts run the entire gamut — from casual seafood dives to upscale fine-dining establishments. Newly opened Marais embraces the best of all worlds in one scenic spot. [Read more…]
Shrimp ’N Stuff
Shrimp ’N Stuff offers casual Gulf Coast dining in the heart of downtown Galveston. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Where you can get Texas’ official crustacean any way you like it
Blackened, broiled, stuffed, grilled, fried and boiled, Shrimp ’N Stuff serves up Texas’ official state crustacean, as well as Gulf flounder, snapper and redfish, in a dizzying number of ways. [Read more…]
A taste of normal
Photo by Alicia Cahill
When disaster strikes, familiar foods can bring comfort
Physically tired from shoveling soggy Sheetrock, and emotionally drained from pitching a life’s worth of goods to the curb, my weary friends arrived at my home first for showers, then a home-cooked meal. [Read more…]
Beachy Fried Shrimp Tacos
Baja creation gets a Tex-Mex makeover
Baja California is often credited with inventing the fish taco.
But no matter where the first person wrapped the first tortilla around a piece of cooked fish, shrimp tacos have become about as Texas as bluebonnets and barbecue. [Read more…]
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