Green Pasta with tomatoes, olives and peas. Why peas? Why not peas. Shave some Parmesan on there just to be safe …
Category Archives: Cooking At Home
Deep In the Middle of Summer
The weather isn’t as brutal as it could be, but it’s still hot. One of my favorite Summer dishes is Cold Fried Chicken and Cole Slaw Salad. Fills you up without heating you up …
Building A Pizza Oven: Puzzle Pieces
With the hearth in place, time for the dome. Six pieces create the oven dome and lock the floor down. The pieces are keyed and (thank god) numbered. Piece #1 was the mouth of the oven. Quick tip: concrete is much heavier than it looks. I pride myself with the ability to pickup almost anything (including car tires, logs, crying babies…excluding sorority girls, trampolines, restaurant checks, the list goes on). But, I could channel Lou Forigno all day long and still not be able to pick up the monster that is Piece #1.
Great Plates: Carne Asada at Fonda San Miguel
Carne Asada is a classic Mexican combination plate that can be found on a hundred menus around Austin. Not many are very good and fewer still are true to the original. We think the best…
Braised Ligurian Chicken: Local Edition
A house favorite, Braised Ligurian Chicken, just got local-er.
Building A Pizza Oven: Planting the Hearth
Do you smell that? That’s the smell of wood fired pizza…in two weeks. I know what you are thinking. I should have bought a high-speed wood fired microwave pizza oven. Did I just invent that?…