You guys, have you heard of Top Golf? Neither had I until it took Austin by storm and everyone couldn't stop talking about it. It's a franchise in Texas and I have no idea if it is anywhere else but it's kind of addictive. It turns out that even though I am not a golfer…
With summer upon us, many of us are dusting off our grills for some serious outdoor cooking. Grilling is one of my favorite pastimes. It is social cooking, where friends and neighbors come over, frosty drinks come out of the cooler, and the air smells like roasting meats and burning charcoal for miles. Here are…
I had a kind of revelation this Christmas season.
I recently went to a caroling service at Redeemer in New York City. Tim Keller, an extraordinary mind and speaker, offered a perspective on Christmas that stuck with me in a way that no other view on Christmas has before.
The singing is wonderful at Christmastime. So are…
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Friends! It's been a little while since I've written to you here, but if you follow my Facebook page or my Twitter or my Instagram…
I'm giving away a pretty awesome book today guys and gals.
It is by the talented, formidable Aida Mollenkamp, and it just hit bookstores everywhere. It is one of the most comprehensive technique cookbooks I have seen in quite some time. And you will love it.
To begin with, there are 300 juicy recipes and beautiful color…
What is your favorite thing to can?
I love canning because it can save foods that I can't finish in time—ripe tomatoes or a super-sized backyard harvest—from going to waste. Plus, canning your foods even brings out deeper flavors from your fresh ingredients. But most importantly, it makes your food last for a super long time.…
I'm in New York doing all sorts of things, one of which is to go through 100 years worth of family stuff that has been collected since my great grandparents. I have to decide what goes into a garage sale, what gets donated, what goes to the dump, and what gets boxed up into a…
Austin to Lake Village Arkansas to Southwest Georgia to Stamford Connecticut to New York City to Austin. That is where I've been in the past 1.5 weeks.
Photo by Gordon Pellegrini
I took a road trip with my brother from Austin to Arkansas. It's a loooong drive, but we rocked out to music. And stopped for roadside…
After England I popped over to New York for New Years. The ensuing week involved:
1. Donald Trump
2. Mrs. Gotti
3. A real housewife from New Jersey
4. Pheasants, Hungarian Partridge, Chukar Partridge
5. A new puppy
6. Donald Trump's hair
7. 2.5 million fake eyelashes
Meet this new munchkin. We got him for my mom for Christmas. We used to have…