All the flowering trees in Austin are in bloom (so, allergies are in full swing, achoo!), grocery store shelves are stocked with little marshmallow bunnies and chicks in every shade of pastel, and I’m feeling like it’s just about time to pull my white jeans out...
Now that I’ve eaten my weight in dad’s special, butter-basted turkey, mom’s (ahem, Pepperidge Farm’s) herb stuffing and my sour cream pumpkin pie (minis this time), I can finally, without one speck of hey-one-holiday-at-a-time, lady guilt, write all mushy and excited-like about about CHRISTMAS!!! TWINKLE LIGHTS!...
Guys. Gals. Peeps. Homies. Invisible internet friends. I'm super proud of how these turned out. Really, really proud. And excited. Like, this was the most fun I've had in the kitchen in a long time, excited. Choux pastry, choux dough, pâte à choux (which has far too many wing...
Butterscotch Pie with Vanilla Shortbread Cookie Crust & Honeyed Pistachios. Quite the mouthful, I know. But the whipped cream is also honeyed and I left that part out so I figured that counted for something. I just got back from an extended Weekend in Washington D.C. where I...
For the last month, Austin has felt the rumble of the giant freight train that is SXSW speeding towards the city. In the weeks before the world-famous tech conference (or infamous if you're an Austinite), one can detect a polarizing of the city's residents. Some are...