Looking back on an all too brief year matching wines with everyday foods--you know, things from cans, boxes, fast food joints, and so on--it occurs to me the experts consulted each week performed admirably.Suspiciously so, as if they had already guzzled rose with their Taco Bueno takeaway on several occasions, despite protestations otherwise.Well, no shame in that. Pairing Off hopes to prove that wine works with burgers as well as Bourguignon, Fritos as well as foie gras. But they leave me with
She opened the Mozzarella Company way back in 1982, after returning from Italy frustrated--not at the city's lifestyle or our inability to gesture frantically while holding normal conversation, but at the shortage of good, fresh cheese.
Back then Lambert's fledgling company produced no more than 100 pounds of mozzarella a week. But these days she stacks culinary awards on her shelf, writes cookbooks and teaches. Restaurants brag about serving her brand. Hell, even South African Airlines stocks
Most of us--well, most non-Hispanics, anyway--have been eating nachos for many years without a clue as to where the term originated.
You see, in Tejano culture, "Nacho" is merely the nickname for Ignacio, a rather common name in Spanish-speaking households. And according to Robb Walsh and his Tex-Mex Cookbook, this delicacy common to every Tex-Mex restaurant and bar in Texas was cooked up on a whim by Ignacio Anaya, a waiter at the Victory Club back in 1941. Many years later, Bill Salter,
Jimmy John'smultiple locationsDude Factor: 9, or Jerry Springer (paid for sex with a check), on a scale of 1 (Eliot Spitzer, resigned in shame after press conference) to 10 (Charles Barkley, returned triumphantly to TNT and T-Mobile endorsements)I'm gonna level with you bros. Unlike my Dude Food compatriot Jesse "The Human Trash Compactor" Hughey, I am what you might call a "picky eater"--as in, if you put vegetables on my sandwich, I will pick that shit off.Luckily for me, Jimmy John's has alw
I guess the ironic thing about all of this was Charles Elmer Doolin (who also invented the "Cheeto") was a bit of a food purist himself and health food advocate...Doolin was the treasurer of the Texas Natural Foods Association and an avid follower of Dr. Herbert Shelton, a San Antonio vegetarian and healer who held innovative, if not controversial, theories about nutrition and fasting. In addition, Doolin even ran for president on the vegetarian ticket (who knew such a thing existed?) in 1956, a
Recipe Demonstrated by Dan Landsberg of Tillman's Roadhouse
​Walk into Tillman's Roadhouse and treat your eyes to a feast. Exposed pine walls and crystal chandeliers set off luxe designer fabrics and rough-hewn country accents in this unique Bishop Arts restaurant. Executive Chef Dan Landsberg describes Tillman's cuisine as "gourmet chuck wagon", and the atmosphere is right on the money considering his menu features everything from Texas Honey and Lavender Glazed Salmon to Venison Frito Pi
