It was a day of foraging in the yard again. I’m shifting my thinking about what I’ve always thought of as pesky “weeds,” and reseeding nuisances. I’m now considering them as food! My salads have dandelion leaves, baby lamb’s quarters, and my ever present arugula. The salad in the picture has a little lettuce, a…
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!
Pigout
We broke down and bought a La Caja China pig roaster. I mean everyone should have one, right? I am sure it will pay for itself (in several generations)!! Anyway, in a few years, it will be one of our progeny’s problems, I mean prized inheritances. All of that aside, I do love it, even…
New Schedule for Culinary Lunches at TSTC
Come enjoy a Taste of Thai at Culinary Arts Center this week, by Chris Jeffcoat & Jeffery George. Meals are now served four days a week, Tuesday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Click this link to view the menu. The new Culinary Arts facility is located on Campus Drive. (view map). Culinary Arts…
Jack Allen’s Kitchen for Valentines
Don and I aren’t real fans of Valentine’s Day, but we usually go out to have a good meal. However, we try to avoid the actual day. We had initially chosen Wildfire in Georgetown, because it’s always been so good. But, when I looked at recent reviews, they were discouraging, so we decided on Jack…
Temple February 2013
We decided to have a little Temple outing the day we went to Owl Creek Ceramics. It took a long time for us to finish shopping at Owl Creek. There were great ceramic pieces and tons of gorgeous baskets. We all ended up with baskets. I bought a good size basket to hold cookbooks I…