National Margarita Day!

So, I know it is Monday and all but I couldn’t let a holiday like this go by without a guest recipe post!  The Green Dragon cocktail, by Yana Volfson of Enrique Olvera’s Cosme restaurant, is the perfect way to celebrate National Margarita Day! The drink is buttery on the nose with hints of green apple…

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Guest Recipe Post: Mark Kiffin’s Mazatlan Shrimp Tacos

It isn’t every day that you can get a Guest Recipe Post from a James Beard Award Winning Chef so I’m really excited to share this one from Mark Kiffin with you!  The Mazatlan Shrimp Tacos come from Kiffin’s famed restaurant, Zacatecas Taco & Tequila in Albuquerque, NM.  It seems perfect for your summer soirees and an excellent…

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Guest Recipe Post: Holiday Cocktails from Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse

I have a little gift for you today strait from the bar at Del Frisco’s, five of their holiday cocktail recipes! Now you can mosey on up to a barstool at the restaurant or enjoy these at home! Movember Mule (Cinnamon Apple Mule) ·         2 Oz – Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey ·         2 Oz – Apple Cider ·         2 Oz – Ginger Beer…

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Guest Recipe Post: President Roosevelt’s Granddaughter’s Recipes for Pumpkin “Yum” Cake and Chipotle Pumpkin Hummus

As the fall season is marked by Autumn at the Arboretum, the garden debuts a new miniature cookbook, “Dallas Arboretum Pumpkin Festival Recipes,” filled with delicious pumpkin inspired dishes. The idea for this collection came from Chandler Lindsley, the granddaughter of Eleanor and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Each recipe was carefully selected and tested by…

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Happy Fall Y’all! A Guest Post from James Farmer

As a fellow Editor-at-Large for Southern Living and Gibbs Smith author with the ever fabulous Kim Whitman, I have the honor of working with this grand dame on fun projects for the magazine. We’ve traveled to Charleston, been on the Today Show and get to visit with each other when I’m in The Big D……

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