Category: Musings

I consider myself to be a fairly good cook and baker but I have a couple of Achilles heels. One is pie crust. I can only make “short crust” aka crust that is made with butter not crisco or lard. Even doing this requires a tremendous effort on my part to get it right. My […]

Some days it is REALLY hard to get excited about making food. This is especially true when I’m cooking for my six year old and I. He is the typical “picky eater”. He has his favorites: mac & cheese, any tube meat (aka sausage, hot dogs), pasta, grilled cheese and most recently he decide chicken […]

Living in Texas on the Gulf, seafood is something I cook I a fairly regular basis. In particular I typically make shrimp once a week. This is because my spouse won’t eat fish but WILL eat seafood. Gulf shrimp is readily available so I try to make it often for my family. Stir fry and […]

I think it is safe to say I have a complicated relationship with food. I associate it heavily with family, friends and generally good times. I love cooking for other people. The creative process of cooking is fun for me. Also, food is a way I can show other people I care about and appreciate […]

The last couple months I haven’t been posting much about what I’ve been making. Mostly because I’ve gotten into a routine of making some of the same things week after week. Yes, there is some variety including some fresh homemade whole grain bread, but generally speaking I haven’t strayed too far from the beaten path. […]

One of the most difficult things about liking to cook is being your own worst critic. I’m a bit of a perfectionist in most things I do and cooking certainly isn’t an exception. I want things to come out “just so” and I hate when a recipe fails but even more when something I make […]

One of my favorite times of the day is my lunch break. One reason is that I often make something snazzy for lunch. But another is I typically peruse my cooking reading material and try to get ideas and choose my next experiment or project. Some of what I read is print, some electronic. For […]