If you’ve been checking your calendar you may be as surprised as I am that it’s almost May. Freakin MAY. What the heck?! Twenty-16 is flying by as quick as a flea. With May comes many things. May Day. Mother’s Day. Tulips. Late spring. Margaritas. Yup,…
Happy Thursday folks! It’s just past mid-week and we’re staring Friday in the face. We’re almost there. We need coffee. How about some cafe de olla?
Yesterday was a day. The kind of day that starts out gloomy and cloudy and never quite recovers. Every email is annoying, every request overly burdensome. The gym doesn’t help. Music doesn’t help. Peanut butter negligibly helps. All that’s left to do is accept it, and wallow in it, and know that the odds are that tomorrow will be better. This Hasty Devonshire might help.
So here we are, day 18 of the-cold-that-will-not-end. I’m cheering myself up by making chicken tacos with tequila caramelized onions.
Many a long time ago, I first heard of this now seemingly ubiquitous dessert when Andouille raved about his aunt’s version of this sweet, milky cake. “OHMYGODCHRISSY! Tres leches is ugghhhh. THE. BEST.” I know you don’t know Andouille…but…really everyone should. He is really just the…
I started today’s dish with a pretty solid plan, and then it turned into something not at all as intended, despite the plan. Better though, says I. Inspired by the same source that spawned the delicious Shandy Dandy (dandy Shandy? I can never remember…), the plantain-crusted chicken finger with a green seasoning turned into a plantain-crusted red snapper with roasted tomatillo salsa.
BBQ pulled pork quesadillas are a delicious snack, appetizer or lunch that is quintessential Tex-Mex, with BBQ pork, salsas and spices tied all together.
Dulce de leche brownies take already delicious rich chocolate brownies and top them with a sweet caramel icing taking it up a few notches.
Oaxacan lamb barbacoa is a boneless lamb shoulder roast marinated in a red adobo sauce and made into a flavorful broth and tacos.
