Archive for Texas
Get Ready for the Fourth of July!
Summer’s getting along, and it’s almost time to shoot off the fireworks! Only we’ve been so dry there’s a big fireworks ban on. No sparklers, no Roman Candles, no bottle rockets.
Instead, I’m going to cook up a bunch of spicy treats and zesty dishes and let the explosions and spectacular effects happen on the tongue.
Here’s [...] Read more »
Special Edition Food Follies to Kick Off July: Killer Wings and Spam…
College Station, TX: Wings to Die For, But Only If You Sign the Release First…
A traditional eatery in the hometown of the Texas Aggies (traditional = restaurant & laundromat) now serves buffalo wings so hot that you have to sign a special endemnity release to get a serving of them. One visitor wrote of his [...] Read more »
Restaurant Review: Joe DiMaggio’s Italian Chophouse
The years roll by, and before you know it, you are celebrating 21 years together. (Yes, it could happen to you; if you’re lucky, that is.) Paula Jo decided we should celebrate with a special meal, just the three of us. We loaded up our favorite Designated Driver and headed over to a new restaurant [...] Read more »
The Big Nut
I’ve been spending time in the Home of the World’s Largest Pecan: Seguin,Texas. I had meetings with faculty at Texas Lutheran University, where I will take a short sabbatical in the spring. I went to school there, more years ago than I care to mention in public, and the school has [...] Read more »
