I recently discovered that Neko loves eating soft tacos. We were out at a taqueria and I ordered Neko a bean and cheese soft taco. She picked it up like an expert and went to town, not even pausing to set the taco down until she was full, about three-quarters of the way through the taco. The...

While Mother’s Day seems to be the holiday for breakfast in bed, I think most dads end up getting a steak and potatoes dinner on their equivalent holiday. I offered to make Eric a steak this year, but he requested something lighter. So he got quail. I’ve only recently started...

Ripe Texas peaches are an excellent summer treat. It takes a good rainy winter to get a decent peach crop, so this year there are peaches everywhere, whereas last year, Texas peaches were hard to find. To make up for all the peaches I didn’t eat last year, I’ve been tearing...

Every other week, a box of local, organic vegetables shows up at my door. I love it, but sometimes planning what to do with all that produce can be … like work. I dig through my cookbooks, search epicurious.com, flip through my recipe folder, and sometimes I come up with some good ideas....

Chicken and waffles is one of those combo dishes that has always appealed to me. I love waffles and I love fried chicken, so why not put the two together? And yet I realized recently that I had never actually eaten chicken and waffles. The thought of topping a waffle with hot and crunchy...