It’s special occasion time in our house – anniversary and birthdays. Don just had his birthday, and I just couldn’t make myself cook. I know, hard to believe! His favorite pie is coconut cream, and I do make a killer coconut cream, but after a couple pieces get eaten, it just sits in the fridge….
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!
Cattle Roundup Lunch
It’s roundup time at the ranch, so I’m cooking a couple “manly” lunches at the lodge. My schedule has been kind of tight, so I’m doing a hot lunch the first day, and sandwiches the second day. I had a request for Stuffed Pizza Meatloaf, so they’re having that with twice baked potatoes, Cream Spinach,…
TSTC – Taste of China
Come enjoy a Taste of China by Nathan Easley at the Culinary Arts Center this week. Meals are served two days a week during the summer semester, Wednesday and Friday, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. View the menu The Culinary Arts facility is located on Campus Drive. (view map) 254.867.4868
Farmers Market, Greenhouse, and Nursery
The Gatesville Farmers Market has really changed, since I was selling vegetables there. There are more vendors now, and more variety. There is a German woman who’s makes breads and German pastries that are fabulous, using organic King Arthur flour. There is also a woman raising goats and making cheese. I bought feta with sun-dried…
Sunday Brunch
It wouldn’t take long to guess where we went – Jack Allen’s Kitchen, of course. We’ve wanted to try brunch for a while. They do a fabulous buffet. Some of my highlights were: house cured ham, green chile pork and eggs, jalapeno sausage, homemade breakfast sausage, chicken fried chicken, chicken fried ribeye, jambalaya, and braised…