I do love “all things pickled,” and I had a lot of carrots that I thought might be good as pickles. I started thinking about the jalapeño mixture that has a few carrot slices in it, and thought I’d reverse the quantity of the ingredients, because I like the carrots in that mixture, better than the…
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!
Tuesdays at the Waco Downtown Farmers Market
The Waco Downtown Farmers Market is now open Tuesday evenings, in addition to Saturday mornings. The hours on Tuesday are from 3pm – 7pm. It’s perfect for me, because Saturdays are getting more difficult to make. Right now, there are not as many vendors as on Saturday, but I did get tamales, pita, rhubarb, and…
El Monumento, Georgetown
On the way home from Austin, after all the shopping, we were starving, and decided to try the Monument Cafe’s – Tex-Mex restaurant – El Monumento. It was good Tex-Mex, definitely a healthier version. I had a great Shrimp Chile Relleno, and Don had Grilled Carne. Service was a bit strange, the staff was young…
Austin in April (2015)
It’s just not possible to go to Austin, without eating at some great restaurants. We started with appetizers and mango margaritas at Fonda San Miguel. When we were leaving Fonda, we walked over to their garden area, and were lucky enough to catch the gardener at work. I asked lots of questions, of course, particularly…
Wild Mushrooms and Greenhouse News
It’s a perfect time to find puffball mushrooms, and it’s a great addition to our asparagus and artichoke crop. With the ground damp, and the weather still decent, I should be able to find a fair number in the yard this spring. The field used to be perfect for hunting them, but its been plowed…