This is a diner staple.  I have always found it best at 3 AM coming out of the bar.  Or at 11 AM when you skipped breakfast and don’t have any sales calls scheduled for the afternoon.  Either way it’s delicious.  I have updated it with an adobo mayo and sourdough.  I hope you like…

This is a very conflicted cake.   It’s like Mae West said: when I good, I’m good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.  It’s got angel food and devils food.  It’s sweet but then comes the spice.  If that wasn’t enough,  we have the fireball buttercream frosting.   So don’t choose a side, just enjoy.  I…

These are a nice summer treat.  In all honesty, this was a happy accident.  I made the Meyer lemon cookies, and many of you asked for lemon bars. So I began by juicing my last Meyer lemon and came up 1 teaspoon short.  My solution was to juice a lime and add that to the…

A nice salad and a bowl of crab corn chowder is a good summer supper.  Fans of this blog know I don’t spend a lot of time on salads, but I will take the time on chowder.  I had this in the Carolinas back in the day, and the recent hot temperature reminded me how…

This recipe comes from a sleepy little town down around San Antone.  This is a fusion between China and Texas. It starts with an Asian marinade and finishes with a Texas-size pop of spice.  That, and I love that song – it’s  a bonus that I got to work it in for a recipe. I…