Austin Yammerings

In the last year, I have learned through Top Chef how important Mise en Place is to a chef and after making the Silver Palate's Pasta Pu...

This is the recipe that actually prompted me to get on Amazon and finally buy the Silver Palate cookbook. I had heard about the cook book ye...

Recently, a younger cousin of mine excitedely mentioned that she had purchased the new Top Chef cook book and was discovering some great new...

So, I finished Why God Won't Go Away and am so glad I picked up that book. Most people probably read this book in college (it was one of...

So I just finished my first book of the year, just making my one book a month goal. Phew. Luckily, the book, Citizen Vince, was such an enjo...

Every year I have a goal to read a minimum of one book a month. Since I have been keeping track I have only stayed at that bare minimum onc...

Well we all back to work and a little bitter about being pulled out of our cabin paradise of long naps, long walks, and lots of leisure time...

We spent Christmas in the Ozarks. Grady and CornyT and I rented a cabin and spent four days getting away from it all. The trip was ideal. W...

I read recently that Austin was ranked as one of the worst cities for allergies . I never new what a scratchy throat and watery eyes felt li...