“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…
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Plokkfiskur is my new favorite food…
“…the poor man’s dish but is today served in restaurants, we would have never dreamed of it in my childhood.” ~Margrét Halldórsdóttir, a grandmother of seven, left this comment on my Instagram feed I love the world. I love traveling the world. One of the things I love most about traveling the world is getting exposed to new food, new flavors and new culinary traditions. My trip to Iceland last month could have been just about food—and not at all about the beautiful country, the nice people and the wonderful history—and it still would have been worth the trip! As I wrote in a few blogs ago, I loved eating…
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Carpe Carne Guisada!
Our Mission Should We Accept It… I mean, if you’re gonna eat, eat big, right. If you’re gonna eat carne guisada, eat carne guisada even bigger! Or at least all over town. And that’s exactly what we did this past January. Carpe carne guisada! Eat on a quest, and eat with ambition and a mission! “Ambition should be made of sterner stuff…” ~Marc Antony, Act 3, Scene 2, from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar We agree, Marc Antony! Not just about our buddy Caesar, but about ambition in general. Especially when food is involved. Now, if that back-stabber Brutus thought Caesar WAS ambitious, I’m not sure he would have even known WHAT…
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Chris Madrid’s…
Once upon a time, there was a girl who ate pretty well last week. I usually do eat well this time of year. In fact, the week before I leave for my annual end of July vacation is always an adventure in trying to eat all the things I’ll miss when I’m gone. Even though I won’t be gone that long. I mean, I can live without my favorite Tex-Mex plate and lemon donuts for two weeks, right? Maybe. Maybe not (so well). At any rate, the best thing I ate was one of my favorite bacon cheeseburgers from a local place in San Antonio called Chris Madrid’s. It’s been…
