“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.” ~Christopher Columbus Okay. Perhaps it’s unfair of me to compare my voyage to the one in 1492 that Columbus took when he sailed the ocean blue. After all, I didn’t have to travel quite as far to find the best pie in San Antonio. I live here after all. And while I did also end up visiting more than a dozen places in search of the best pie, none of them were so far or so costly as to force me to persuade a Queen to support my quest. Although, I wouldn’t have said no to some extra cash.…
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Side dishes are my side hustle…
Well, I am behind again. I’ve been so busy working on my Win Lose or Pie adventure and gathering my notes and thoughts that I haven’t written my weekly “best thing I ate last week” posts. But I will catch up. After all, this is my blog. My blog, my rules, right? 🙂 What I remember most about this particular week is Taco Tuesday at Blanco Cafe and the fact that they serve a side of carne guisada. A side of carne guisada! You can order anything else on the menu and then get a side of carne guisada! Where has this been all my life?! I think that’s it.…
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Full stomachs, glad hearts, can’t lose…
“When the stomach is full, the heart is glad.” ~Dutch proverb Whose heart isn’t glad after a good pot roast? Especially for dinner on a rainy Sunday. You brown the meat, get it nice and ready for the dutch oven, and along with the cut up veggies thrown into the pot, the combination cooks for at least six hours or so and makes your entire house smell oh, so good. (Well, Peter actually made the pot roast, but nevertheless, the house smelled amazing!) Pot roast is one of those easy dishes that takes little effort really (well, maybe as long as you get a good piece of meat) but turns…
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A perfect omelet…
“The way you make an omelet reveals your character.” ~Anthony Bourdain Well, if Anthony Bourdain is right, I guess my character is in good shape these days, as I made a heck of an omelet. Or is it omelette? I spelled it that way when I posted this photo (more than) a week ago. At any rate, I definitely agree with Chef Puck. An omelet (or omelette!) is always perfect. But does it have to be perfect? Or can it just be good? Either way, as long as it’s not overcooked, it will rank pretty high up there as the best thing I eat in any given week. I’ve always…
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Make Memories. Have Adventures.
From Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. I think this is true. Make memories, have adventures. And as Tennyson wrote, always want to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Not to yield—no matter our age—so that we’re certain to have way too many wonderful and joyful things to even begin to choose from as we…
