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What to Drink this Holiday Seasonnew
The Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/New Year's constellation does seem to suggest ginning up the bubble machine, an act that's made easier by seasonal sales on sparklers.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
12-12-2007 |
Food+Drink
A First-time Tamaleranew
Not so much a cook as a baker, I was attracted by the prospect of squishing lard and masa together in a bowl with my bare hands because tamales are my favorite food. Includes masa dough recipe.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
12-12-2007 |
Food+Drink
It’s Beginning to Legume a Lot Like Christmasnew
Forget the chestnuts-roasting-on-an-open-fire business. Go for a tasty Southern staple instead: boiled peanuts. Includes recipe.
San Antonio Current |
Burgin Streetman |
12-05-2007 |
Food+Drink
Cru Beaujolaisnew
White zinfandel was nearly the death of the one, the true, the real red grape -- and yet in the end was perhaps its savior.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
11-28-2007 |
Food+Drink
Give Thanks for Soda Cakenew
If you were reared south of the Mason-Dixon line, you've more than likely heard of the soda-pop cake. Includes recipes for Dr Pepper and 7Up cakes.
San Antonio Current |
Burgin Streetman |
11-21-2007 |
Food+Drink
Value Vinonew
Sipping into the holidays with champagne tastes and a beer budget.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
11-14-2007 |
Food+Drink
A Seltzer Addict's Lamentnew
I'll admit it: I'm an addict. My friend calls it liquid crack, and I personally have a 12-can-a-day habit.
San Antonio Current |
Burgin Streetman |
11-14-2007 |
Food+Drink
Crescent Dragonwagon's Obession Leads to 'The Cornbread Gospels'new
Dragonwagon is no stranger to tracing a cuisine down to its roots and working her way back up again, taking readers along for the ride. She returned overflowing with cornbread stories, quotes, anecdotes, and history -- and a couple hundred recipes as well.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Petty |
11-07-2007 |
Food+Drink
Chefs Step It Up for GEAA's Second Annual Feral Hog Roastnew
Word on the street is that cochinita pibil is on the menu for this year's Second Annual Feral Hog Roast, in which San Antonio’s finest chefs and restaurants compete to serve up the tastiest wild pig.
San Antonio Current |
Nicole Chavez |
10-24-2007 |
Food+Drink
Okra-fied (Not Fried)new
If you're never had okra fresh, well, you're missing out.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-03-2007 |
Food+Drink
Rising Temperatures Change Loire Valley Whitesnew
The result, especially among France's signature sauvignon blancs, is that formerly lean and racy wines have taken on fleshier qualities.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
09-19-2007 |
Food+Drink
Recipe: The (Unofficial) Ivy Gimletnew
As its lean moniker suggests, this cocktail can be a simple affair that gets straight to the point (drinking).
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
08-29-2007 |
Food+Drink
Displaced New Orleans Chef Conjures 'Ruby Slippers'new
Amy Cyrex Sins' The Ruby Slippers Cookbook: Life, Food, Family & Culture After Katrina is a book that is both hard to look at and impossible not to -- and it's probably perfectly reflective of the storm and its aftermath.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
08-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
Jalisco is My Businessnew
A bare-knuckle food PI tackles an unsolved Tex-Mex mystery.
San Antonio Current |
Mark Jones |
07-30-2007 |
Food+Drink
Searching San Antonio for Jalisco Stylenew
Does it really even exist?
San Antonio Current |
Mark Jones |
07-25-2007 |
Food+Drink
