I just finished cooking for a couple more days at the lodge. Typically, I don’t cook lunch. My routine is a big brunch, appetizers, and dinner. So, it was a bit of a challenge, to gear myself to lunch. I had to scale down breakfast, and pretty much cook non-stop! Lunch on the first day…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Co Q10 and Other News
There’s an interesting article, this month, from Natural Grocer, on the benefits from taking CoQ10. In fact, there are a lot more benefits from taking it, than I realized. Physicians have seen improvement in maladies, including heart diseases, energy levels, and migraines. Naturally occurring CoQ10 is found in organ meats, like liver and heart. When…
Austin in February (2014)
No one had an agenda, or even needed to shop for anything, but we managed to spend a full day in Austin. We did some shopping, including a fairly new Goodwill (GW Boutique), at 3910 Far West. It’s definitely worth a stop. Trader Joe’s, Costco, Natural Gardener, Spec’s, HomeGoods, and Sprouts all made the list…
TSTC – Taste of Cajun
The Culinary Arts dining room will be closed Wednesday, Feb. 19 due to reservations for the Cajun menu. However, the dining room will operate as normal for Friday’s lunch. Please join us! View the menu as a PDF The Culinary Arts facility is located on Campus Drive. (view map) 254.867.4868
February 2014 Moonrise
I couldn’t resist the way the moon looked the other night, and thought you might enjoy a picture. It was surprising that it even turned out. I was in our 9′ tall perch, looking through the pecan trees.