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July bounty Last Saturday, I got up early and went to pick blackberries at a local farm. It is nearing the end of the season so I really had to work for my bounty. I was able to crawl around and I found some really huge berries that others had missed. I ended . . . → Read More: Preserving, canning, and freezing Unfortunately, our conference had us hooked up from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. every day. We learned a lot but that did not leave us much time for adventure. Our group did find a few great places in Dallas. Sol Irlandes Restaurant (1525 Main St.): One of the valets at our hotel made this recommendation. . . . → Read More: More Dallas trip  Comments are closed  Adventures, Restaurants and Eateries, What we're growing, eating, and doing.  Dallas, destination, restaurant Wow–went from Taos immediately to Dallas for a business conference. We were lucky enough to stay at The Joule in downtown Dallas. What a funky, cool place. Here is a shot as I sat in the lobby working on this post. (The far right artwork reminds me of the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg billboard . . . → Read More: Dallas trip I have a small ice cream maker, the kind that has the frozen bowl. It works really well and makes creating new gelatos, sherbets and ice cream super easy. My grandmother had a large, hidously loud ice cream maker. I remember her making this ice cream, packing the ice around the container, adding freezer salt, . . . → Read More: Grandmother’s Ice Cream I was perusing through the family recipe book (compiled from all the recipe cards, newspaper clippings, and envelopes with scribbled recipes that we found stashed away in her house), and I came across her “Everlasting Bread Recipe.” Again, just like in her potato salad recipe, she used leftover mashed potatoes. You might think the family . . . → Read More: Grandma–again with the mashed potatoes? Since I was lucky enough to buy fresh strawberries at the Dixon Farmers’ Market, I tried another new strawberry gelato recipe. I think this recipe will serve as my base for gelato from now on. I took the Pomegranate/Green Tea recipe (see June 11’s post) and just added the pureed strawberries. It was quite good, . . . → Read More: Gelato with New Mexico Strawberries We just spent five days in the Taos area. I love this place! This was the view from our back patio. We had a great time. If you recall, we were planning a family gelato/ice cream night. Everyone came prepared as you can see. Ice cream makers, all in a row. . . . → Read More: Back from Taos 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Adventures, What we're growing, eating, and doing. farmers' markets, Taos I have a number of old cookbooks, some from my grandmother’s collection and some that I have purchased. They crack me up. Here are a few things that I find the most humorous (or perplexing): The Dallas Jr. League Cookbook (1976) actually has a menu for “Lunch on a Private Jet.” It reads, “Texans . . . → Read More: Antique Cookbooks and Society’s Mores As I believe I have mentioned before, it is my mother who first got me started in competitive cooking. At the age of nine, I found myself old enough to join 4-H, which meant that besides making the obligatory triangular fringed poncho for a sewing project, I could now enter the Cake Show. Mom always . . . → Read More: Cake Show Pound Cake |
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