We got one too many cucumbers from the garden this week, so I started making fresh pickles. It’s so easy to make good pickles this way. You just have to have the patience to wait. I’ve done a quicker version (a couple of hours) by increasing the vinegar and spices. They taste really fresh and…
TSTC Gourmet Lunch and Austin
TSTC Culinary Arts will serve its first gourmet lunch for the summer 2012 semester on Wednesday, June 13. Lunches are served from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Greta W. Watson Culinary Arts Center, located on Campus Drive. (view map), 254.867.4868, www.waco.tstc.edu/cln. Austin It didn’t occur to me that things…
(Breakfast) Baked Eggs
Baked eggs are a great way to cook eggs for 2 or 20. You can make them as rich or as lean as you like. We love this dish. Right now, I have so many vegetables, I dreaming up all kinds of ways to use them. There are lots of things you can make into…
Cardoon and Other Anomalies
Cardoon is a close relative of the artichoke and is huge and gorgeous. They are both types of thistles. The Dallas Arboretum had a lot of cardoon plants in large containers. The young stems are edible and quite sought after in Italian cuisine. I like the way the plant looks so much that I couldn’t…
Oven Risotto
What a great way to make delicious risotto without standing over the stove. I haven’t tried it in a slow cooker, but I’m sure it would work. I’ve started cooking outside (not in the kitchen) since it’s turned hot. Luckily, I have an oven in the garage. And I don’t seem to be able to…