It’s Peach Season in Texas
The following is an excerpt from Peaches: A Celebration of America’s Sweetest Season, just published as an ebook by Bright Sky Press. Here’s the Texas chapter, but I also traveled the backroads of Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and even down into Florida, talking with peach growers – and tasting lots of peaches. Yes, I took all [...]
First Taste of Stampede 66
My old friend Stephan Pyles is still doing new things – even if one of his newest things is a trip down his own Memory Lane, back to his West Texas hometown of Big Spring. “It wasn’t the end of the world,” I remember Stephan telling me years ago, “but you could see it from [...]
Fine French Wines, Going Once…
Have you ever wondered what $300,000 worth of French wine might look like? And no, it doesn’t resemble all the containers piled on the docks at Marseille, or even a single bottle of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. If you’re excited by this prospect, you’d better grab ye olde checkbook and head to Lewis & Maese [...]
June 15 Podcast: Roost, Barossa Wines
http://podcast.talkradio1370am.com/kjcea2/4038548.mp3 AUSTIN Saturdays 10-11 a.m., Talk 1370 Broadcasting from Houston this week, we check in on a restaurant that reminds us that sometimes an idea is more important than a huge bank account when you’re opening your own restaurant. Chef Kevin Naderi joins us to chat about Roost. In our Grape & Grain segment, we [...]
Peach Shortcake
My recipe for peach shortcake was inspired by one I tasted and photographed (not in that order) in a restaurant in Austin, though it definitely grew from there. The restaurant plated this already-wonderful dessert atop raspberry sauce, so I’ll throw that in too. The recipe, by the way, is a favorite from my brand-new ebook, [...]
New Cocktail from Philippe
In Houston, there are very few better places to dip into for a cocktail than Philippe – the brainchild of French chef Philippe Schmit. With his new emphasis on the bar downstairs, the self-proclaimed French Cowboy has a lot to offer in the drinks department – as this how-to video makes clear. http://youtu.be/oPlT_TQDza8
Tastings
First Taste of Stampede 66
My old friend Stephan Pyles is still doing new things – even if one of his newest things is a trip down his own Memory Lane, back to his West Texas hometown of Big Spring. “It wasn’t the end of the world,” I remember Stephan telling me years ago, “but you could see it from [...]
Radio Shows
June 15 Podcast: Roost, Barossa Wines
http://podcast.talkradio1370am.com/kjcea2/4038548.mp3 AUSTIN Saturdays 10-11 a.m., Talk 1370 Broadcasting from Houston this week, we check in on a restaurant that reminds us that sometimes an idea is more important than a huge bank account when you’re opening your own restaurant. Chef Kevin Naderi joins us to chat about Roost. In our Grape & Grain segment, we [...]
June 8 Podcast: Gage Hotel, Greek Wines
http://bit.ly/18VDAU7 AUSTIN Saturdays 10-11 a.m., Talk 1370 A Presentation of Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods We’re in Far West Texas this week, tasting and talking with the very talented young executive chef at a very old hotel – the lovingly renovated and revived Gage in the tiny (200 people, maybe?) town of Marathon. In [...]
June 1 Podcast: Cordua, Bacio Divino
http://podcast.talkradio1370am.com/kjcea2/4020499.mp3 AUSTIN Saturdays 10-11 a.m., Talk 1370 A Presentation of Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods The upcoming Wine and Food Week in the Woodlands north of Houston features several incoming celebrities bearing good things to eat and drink. But our favorite among those being spotlighted is Michael Cordua, a chef now working with [...]
May 25 Podcast: Travaasa, St. Arnold’s
http://podcast.talkradio1370am.com/kjcea2/4011793.mp3 AUSTIN Saturdays 10-11 a.m., Talk 1370 A Presentation of Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods We’re in Austin this week – or even better, in the trees along the hillsides just outside of it – enjoying the hospital and especially the cooking at a gently New Age resort and spa called Travaasa. For our [...]
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