Brian Hofeldt’s Green Chile Stew
When I was in Texas recently, Brian Hofeldt, the lead singer/guitarist of the retro honky-tonk band, The Derailers, invited me down to his place in Austin for lunch. He wanted me to taste his green...
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E-Z Salsa
Few things make me happier than sitting down to a basket of warm, salty tortilla chips and a bowl of freshly made salsa. It’s funny, too, how much salsas vary from one Mexican restaurant to another,...
View ArticleCowgirl Chef: Crepes, Part I
There’s no shortage of creperies in Paris, as y’all know, but there are only a few places around here that really know how to make the thin French pancake right — supple, yet crispy around the edges....
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How to Make Jammy Crepes at Home
For those of y’all that saw the recent video that I did at Creperie de Josselin in Paris, after a bit of a delay (while packing all of my boots for Texas, I forgot the hard drive, which shows you...
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Salty Caramel Sauce
Somewhere along the way, perhaps in my second year of living in Paris, the French favorite, salty caramel, started to gain ground on my great love, bittersweet chocolate. I made caramel pots de crème;...
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Salsa Veracruzana
Oh, I know this looks fancy, but it’s really one of those things that you can throw together (chopping time included) in less than half an hour. This little salsa is a Mexican classic, and it’s a...
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Chilaquiles
The first time I had chilaquiles was seven or eight years ago, and appropriately enough, it was the morning after the Day of the Dead celebration in Patzcuaro, Mexico, in a little cantina filled with...
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Chiles Rellenos 101
We spent an entire day at cooking school in Mexico City on chiles rellenos, which literally means “stuffed chiles.” Chiles can be stuffed with anything you can imagine – bits of cheese, fish, raisins,...
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Chicken Fried Steak
I had the most incredible chicken fried steak a couple of months ago in Houston, at Lankford Grocery, which I read about in Jane and Michael Stern’s book, “500 Things to Eat Before It’s Too Late.”...
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Gascon BBQ
Not long ago, I hopped on the TGV in Paris and zipped down to Agen, in the southwest of France, to visit American Kate Hill, who’s made a name for herself as the queen of Gascon cuisine, offering...
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