• food adventures

    Go West, Young Girl!

    “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” ~Walt Whitman “I take to the Texas road, hungry, free, kolaches before me.” ~Elda Eats Not that I’ve ever needed a reason for a good road trip, but what better reason to take to the open Texas roads than for kolaches? And what about a quest to find the best kolaches in the state? Well, we couldn’t find a reason not to, and so that’s what we did. We drove around the kolache regions of the great state of Texas (aka The Republic of Texas for you foreigners…) in search of the best kolache, and also to see…

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    Being a carnivore…

    “Never lick a steak knife.” ~Dave Barry Very funny. And no, I didn’t lick a steak knife last week, but I was almost tempted because twice last week I ate a really delicious steak. Two juicy ribeyes, one cooked at home, and one at a local pub. I could have licked the knives, the forks, my fingers and the plates! I do love a good steak, and always have. As a kid, we probably went to one of those local casual steakhouses at least twice a month (probably when my dad got paid, now that I think about it). Bonanza, Western Sizzlin, Steak and Ale…I think we also went to…