a heavy bottle of red wine brought up from the cold basement in a basket of white laundry  William Carlos Williams Welcome to the last Coo...

Ahab had his white whale; I have brisket. Recently, I have become mildly obsessed with cooking the perfect brisket which is crusty and bark...

The wines made by Abe Schoener are unique, to put it mildly. His Scholium Project crafts wines which often bear no relation to any wine yo...

In the last few years, Brussels sprouts have emerged as one of the favorite vegetables in our house. Sometimes we roast them with bacon, ga...

Sometimes a meal just comes together without a plan. When this happens the result is not at all unlike giving a speech. There is the meal y...

Today's episode is brought to you by the Texas Board of Tourism. In case you haven't heard, Texas and its various boards, commissio...

The term Indian Summer is thrown around a lot right now. Near as I can tell it is the last few days of September when the days feel like su...

As soon as my grubby little paw grabbed the bottle of Curveball Spinning White Mad Max had stashed into his box of treats, I knew precisely...

It is too damn hot to cook. The heat index is currently hovering around temperatures usually reserved for spacecraft reentry and foundries w...

Can't stop cooking pork. Won't stop cooking pork. This week's mashup with Mad Max paired simple smoked ribs with the knockout g...

My favorite eating season is always the next one. In fall, all I can think of is icy, cold nights with big bowls of wine braised beef, platt...

A bottle of rose has done more good to cure the effects of summertime heat than any other invention, short of air conditioning. Not only is...

We live in a nation of laws, rules, dicta, and things you are supposed to do. Most of them, should not be followed. But one thing you should...