It’s that time of the year…the weather is (mostly) chilly, the garden needs to be cleaned and harvested, and there are presents to make for friends. I started last week, picking up most of the peppers before the hard freeze: serranos, jalapeños and Hungarian Hot. With the serranos and jalapeños I made traditional rajas en escabeche, the classic Mexican pickled chiles with onion, garlic, carrot More
Knowing that I haven’t posted in a long time (still recovering from the hard work and fun from the Hill Country Wine & Food Festival), this is going to seem like an odd posting for my regular readers. It has nothing to do with gastronomy, drinks, gardening, or sports. It’s a personal confession that I have been meaning to write about for a while, but More
I started a garden journal a while back, recording planting dates, varieties, success and failures, etc. These days I find that “update journal” finds itself on my “to do” list every week and has not been done…in months. I thought perhaps, since I spend more time here than anywhere, I could use this medium to keep up with my own garden while sharing with you, More
In my younger years, by this time on this day I’d be on my 4th Black and Tan, dancing away to some Irish ditty at any of the many Austin celebrations of this popular holiday. Today, however, I am feeling my age… I decided to stay in and attempt to be productive instead of drunk. How things change… On such a beautiful day, Pickles had More