The rain has really changed what’s happening in our yard this year. Lots of blooms are coming on, and we’re enjoying cactus and lantana as well as esperanza, canna, vitex, and oleander. All of the passion vines are growing like crazy. If you like butterflies, and you don’t have one planted, you need one. It’s…
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!
Edibles – June 2014
We’ve had to say goodbye to a few of the veggies in the yard and greenhouse. The kale and asparagus are joining lettuce and regular spinach as past season. But now the Swiss Chard, broccoli, and tomatoes are producing. I even plucked a couple puff ball mushrooms from the yard, for a quick soup today….
Citrus Bistro
Just a note before the actual post – It seems the website has a life of its own, and sends an email of something I’ve posted in the past (like the Shrimp Paella that went out again yesterday)! I haven’t figured out how that happens – no surprise, I guess. I get the emails also,…
Laredo is All That
I was fortunate to travel to Laredo, and stay on a friend’s ranch. Surprisingly, Laredo is going to be one of my new destinations – I love it. We ate our lunches at a fabulous old hotel on the Rio Grande, La Posada. The second day, we split a kobe beef burger, and mahi mahi…
Gorman Falls 2014
We thought we were going to have to miss our yearly hike to Gorman Falls, because it’s been so dry, and very little water comes over the falls area, during dry conditions. But after going to the Frio River, we realized how much rain there had been in that area of the state, and planned…