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…]
Comforting oyster stew
This warm meal stirs up memories of a Corpus Christi grandmother
When I was very young, my parents would sometimes send my siblings and me on a Greyhound bus to Corpus Christi to stay with my paternal grandmother. My parents sent us off with kisses and stern reminders to say “please and thank you,” to eat everything we were served and, above all, to stay out of my grandmother’s hair. [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…]
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…]
Gulf Crab Quinoa Salad
Chill out with this satisfying seaside dish
August days at the beach are long, sun-kissed affairs that revolve around collecting seashells, paddling through the surf and casting lines between the waves. It’s easy — and fun — to work up an appetite on the coast. [Read more…]
Fried and true
Together, two Southern staples make magic
It’s a simple summer dish that combines two Southern staples: garden grown tomatoes and fresh bay shrimp. [Read more…]
Shrimp Salsa
An al fresco dish that makes summer a little grander
Summer is awesomely, fantastically busy with only the good stuff — long days on the water and weekends perfumed by the aroma of backyard grills. [Read more…]