Holiday Gift Idea: Buñuelos Gourmet
These gorgeous pastries were gifted to me by a photographer friend after he shot the wedding of the company's owners. The crunchy, heart-shaped cinnamon sugar cookies are shipped to Austin from Mexico and would make a lovely holiday or hostess gift.
Read MoreThe Shed Cafe in Edom, Texas
An impromptu road trip to East Texas took me to The Shed Cafe in Edom, population 375. Follow along with my meal of biscuits and gravy, chicken fried steak, and most importantly, three kinds of pie.
Read MoreFarmer Profile: Marissa Lankes of Boggy Creek Farm
6:00 a.m. at Boggy Creek Farm is a magical time. I was at the east Austin farm last Thursday at that early hour and the field in front of the house was as still as a picture. The usually-bustling farm stand lay bare while a full moon hung in the grey sky. Toesy the hen was one of the only creatures stirring before sunrise, her sisters fast asleep in the coop. By 6:15 a.m. the moment had passed. Roosters crowed, dogs barked, cars honked and Boggy Creek Farm was waking with the dawn. I met farmer Marissa Lankes, 24, on her way into the farmhouse that morning. “Time to check in with Carol...
Read MoreCAFB Hunger Awareness Challenge: A Follow Up
A few weeks ago I shared some snack recipes as part of the Austin Food Blogger Alliance Hunger Awareness Blog Project benefiting the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). I promised a three-part series in that first post, and I didn’t deliver. This is just post number two, and I’m way past the deadline. Sorry about that. I’ve stewed about this for weeks now, and I wasn’t ready to share this piece until today. Before I embarked on the AFBA Hunger Challenge, I assumed that poor people shopped at grocery stores because they didn’t know about farmer’s markets....
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