English Tea, Italian Style at Hotel Granduca
There is a misconception of the traditional English afternoon tea service. Some Americans believe it to be stuffy, or without satisfaction,…
7 years ago
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Quizine: Manger Française? Mais Oui!
Has French food gone out of style? Has the haute kitchen that once held supremacy over all other culinary traditions…
7 years ago
A Cure for Vegetarianism
Back in the 1980s during my freshman year of college in Santa Barbara, I read Frances Moore Lappé’s 1971 book,…
7 years ago
Food Lover’s Quizine: Royal Jelly
In a beehive, worker bees watch the queen bee very closely for signs of failing health. Once the queen croaks,…
7 years ago
24 Days of Chocolate
What? You thought the holiday craziness was already underway? This Thursday, December 1, the countdown to Christmas really begins. So here's…
7 years ago
Healthy Cooks, Healthy Kids
Summer is a great time for kids to explore all kinds of interests – music, soccer, computers, animal care, gymnastics…
8 years ago
Want to Keep Bees? 7 Things to Consider
Got honey? Albeit worthwhile and fulfilling, keeping bees in your backyard is not something you can (or should) jump into over a…
8 years ago
Edible Delights, Delivered
After hours of emails, meetings and rush-hour traffic, coming home to a front door decorated by a neatly wrapped package…
9 years ago
Embellish Your Edible Garden
In the world of gardening, there are many divisions: tropical and cold-hardy, evergreen and deciduous, sun-loving and shade tolerant. For…
9 years ago
The Rain Poem
(Editors’ Note: In light of the recent multiple storms and flooding we thought a blast-from-the-past story about how the rain…
9 years ago
Be A Champion of Child Hunger
“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy ..., ” or so the song goes. Except for many Houston-area school children, it…
9 years ago
To Brie or Not to Brie
Charcuterie and cheese boards can be a last-minute throwdown of items that you already have in your fridge – or…
9 years ago
Snake Followed By Brunch
I ran into Curtis and Duwayne the other day out on the ranch road. They seemed more than usually confused,…
9 years ago
Gulf Coast Food Project: Seeds
Launched in 2008, the Gulf Coast Food Project (GCFP) is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Center for Public History and…
9 years ago
Four Books & a Movie
The books have been piling up here on the oak dropleaf table that currently serves as my desk. There are…
9 years ago
Get Schooled
Cooking classes are useful to a cooking newbie (like me) and inspiring to an experienced cook looking to hone particular…
10 years ago
Thanks, Dad!
“Oh my Pa-Pa, to me he was so wonderful …” Sung with unrestrained emotion by crooner Eddie Fisher, “Oh My…
10 years ago
Nocturnal Hunt
Behind my house near Rice University I have a small vegetable and herb garden, which includes among the tomatoes, eggplant…
10 years ago