Lockhart is known as the Barbecue Capital Of Texas. It is located in Caldwell County, about 30 minutes from Austin. We recently visited Lockhart with one place in mind: Black’s Barbeque. Black’s is the oldest family-owned barbecue restaurant in Texas. … Continue reading
John and I went to Austin last weekend for the Texas EggFest. It was held at Iguana Grill on Lake Travis. What is an EggFest? It is a venue for people who enjoy cooking on a Big Green Egg or … Continue reading
Our family went skiing in Cervinia for our kid’s Spring Break. And by kids I mean college students. Breuil-Cervinia is in the Valle d’Aosta region of Italy on the Swiss-Italian border. We booked a couple of rooms at Hotel Lyskamm, … Continue reading
Chicken Bombs are when chicken and jalapeño poppers collide. It’s chicken stuffed with a jalapeño that has been stuffed with cheese and then it’s all wrapped in bacon. Awesome, right?! You can fill the jalapeños with any cheese mixture you … Continue reading
Fish en Papillote is the French name for Fish in Parchment Paper. Basically, it is a fancy sounding and looking meal that is ridiculously easy to cook, a cinch to clean up, and there aren’t any rules. You can use … Continue reading
Space Girl Organics is a delivery service in my area with farm fresh organic produce. I made Fennel, Zucchini, and Pea Risotto with some of the vegetables I received in this week’s delivery. Risotto isn’t as tough as some people … Continue reading
I made my very first deep dish pizza the other night. I used my 12″ Lodge Cast Iron skillet and pre-made pizza dough. After I did that (see picture above) with my dough, I looked at Griffin’s Grub’s blog and … Continue reading
In December 2012 John and I went to Bangkok for a long weekend. The last time we were there we did several amazing tours — Tiger Temple, Elephant Village, and Fishing Village. This trip I had two goals: Eat street … Continue reading
Last night I made Jay’s Shrimp Burgers with Wasabi Aioli. Jay is a fellow EggHead (Big Green Egg enthusiast) and we were lucky enough to eat his Shrimp Burgers at the Sunshine State Eggfest in March 2013. You can find … Continue reading
Last night I made Salmon with a Lemon, Caper, and Dill Yogurt Sauce. It was another one of those dinners I made up as I went and thankfully, it worked! I asked my friends over on the Necessary Indulgence’s Facebook … Continue reading
John and I went to the Sunshine State Eggfest over the weekend. What is an Eggfest? It is a venue for people who enjoy cooking on a Big Green Egg or who want to start cooking on one. I think … Continue reading
In November 2012, we met our friends, John and Julie, in Dublin for a long weekend. They live in Scotland so we try to meet up any chance we get. The weather was extremely cold (for me) and sometimes rainy, … Continue reading
We went to Singapore for a long weekend at the end of September 2012. Like most of our trips, we found an airfare deal that was too good to pass up. After reading a bunch of TripAdvisor reviews, we decided … Continue reading
The other night I picked up two Prime Delmonico steaks from my local meat market and cooked them TRex style. TRex is a guy who frequents the Big Green Egg forums. Those of us in that world consider this way … Continue reading
Most of you know that I’m not a baker. Baking cookies, cakes, brownies, bread, etc. requires measuring and I don’t like to do that. I do like to Taste & Add. That means I taste and add ingredients until something … Continue reading
