Carrot Cake is MY FAVORITE kind of cake. In my mind it is the best kind of cake, after all it is a cake that counts as eating a vegetable right? If I get married one day, my only stipulation for the wedding is…
What do you get when you take a martini and substitute the gin/vodka for tequila? You get Trudy’s Mexican Martini! I was told that you only are allowed to order 2 when you are there. After trying it I can see why. I could definitely start to feel the the wonderful effects of tequila after…
When my friend Ryan told me about the Screaming Goat he had me hooked with two sentences. The first being, they serve awesome Tex Mex (I love Tex Mex) and then a restaurant with a name like Screaming Goat, how can you not want to see what that is all about?
When in Austin, I was walking down South Congress street and saw a field full of food trailers. I had just eaten, but when I saw a silver airstream trailer topped with a spinning cupcake I had to investigate further. I saw the name on the trailer was hey cupcake! It is only polite to…
During my travels, I refuse to eat at a chain restaurant. Why would I eat somewhere that is found everywhere, when I can discover delicious dishes that only locals in an area know about ? I will make an exception when a restaurant is so successful that it has opened several locations in that same…
Yes that is me, and I am holding a donut that is bigger than my face! I am in Round Rock, TX (about 25 minutes outside of Austin) at Round Rock Donuts. Ever since seeing this donut on the Travel Channel, I made it one of my goals to have this picture taken. So thanks…
I recently showed you the savory thyme, dried cherry, and almond scone. The other type of scone is a sweet one. When making a sweet scone how can you get sweeter than a deconstructed cinnamon roll!
After eating this macaroni and cheese you will never go back to the stuff in the blue box. It is great when you are a kid, but when you are an adult ? Really? It is time to step up the sophistication. This is a recipe that my mom adapted from one of the greatest…
In the realm of scones you can have them one of two ways. Either savory or sweet. I think that the savory variety is highly under rated. My mom agrees. I asked her what kind she would make? On a whim she though that one with thyme, dried cherry and almonds would taste amazing. That…