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Archive for Texana
Advent, Christmas and the Chile Underground
Yesterday was the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. It was also the official start of Advent, the beginning of the Christmas season. These two dates only line up about every decade.
For the next four Sundays, Advent will be celebrated with increasing intensity. Then comes Christmas Day, and the Twelve Days of Christmas (which take [...] Read more »
Tailgatin’ on a Tuesday
Finally the weather’s cold enough to think about football. If you’re a true football fan, you’re required you know how to prepare tailgating fare for you and all the lazy camp followers friends and family who come with you to the game to drink your beer and eat you out of house and home cheer [...] Read more »
Traveling to The Gourmet Chili Pepper and Salsa Festival in Fredericksburg, Texas
I attended the Gourmet Chili Pepper and Salsa Festival on Saturday, at Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg, Texas. This is a small, mostly-vendor gathering, and it was hot! I mean the weather; it was 106 degrees F at two in the afternoon, with intense sun and no clouds.
Oh, the food, you ask? Lots of samples; more [...] Read more »
Happy “Birthday” Chile Underground! A Visit to Matt’s Famous El Rancho
Everybody’s having birthdays these days. It’s so fashionable that I hear some folks celebrate one every year! Imagine that.
Matt’s Famous El Rancho just celebrated 56 years of serving great Mexican food here in Austin, for instance. I had lunch there today to help them celebrate. Well, okay; not to help them celebrate, exactly. I was [...] Read more »
Friday Follies X: The Food X-Files
So the weekend’s upon us, and you want to get out of the house. After all, the honey-do list is overwhelming, the kids are hanging around now that school’s out, and there’s a whole wonderful world waiting for you out there. Of course, with gas prices like they are, you can’t go far, but maybe [...] Read more »
A Sad Admission
Okay, I gotta admit it: I didn’t eat spicy food yesterday.
Early in the morning we loaded up Sonia and Sam, the happy Goldens, and about half our house’s plunder and headed out. Road Trip! Destination: Boerne, Texas. Where I grew up. Because of all my travel, I hadn’t visited Mom in way too long. Of [...] Read more »
