Nothing beats a well made biscuit. When I first started to get interested in cooking I spent a lot of time learning about southern comfort foods. I was raised by two generations of Texas women who grew up on southern food, so the food of my childhood leaned heavily toward traditional, stick-to-your-ribs fare. Biscuits were [...]
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Happy Leap Day! February has been one bitch of a month for me personally, so to celebrate the end of it I decided to bake something really, really naughty. I was inspired by monkey bread, a heavenly concoction of cinnamon sugar covered dough that is baked in a sticky brown sugar and butter sauce. The [...]
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
I’m not going to lie … this is a highfalutin fruit cake. Every year I make a fruit cake. I find I really like them around the holidays. There is something comforting about a booze soaked slice of cake which has been festooned with fruits and nuts. (Yes, I said festooned. It is a great [...]
Thursday, August 4, 2011
This post comes with a free bonus!! Of course, all my content is free but in this case you get a super secret look at my VERY FAVORITE hot dog toppings! As you most likely know, if you watch the news at all, Texas is having a massive heat wave that is causing one of [...]
Monday, June 27, 2011
Boy, has it been a LONG week … For the second time in three weeks I have gone AWOL, and I am sorry for that. I was hoping that after my last bout of family related drama things would quiet down, but it was not to be. Last week my father was feeling a little [...]
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Who says beer can’t be for breakfast? The folks at Foodbuzz joined with the New Belgium Brewing Company to offer a group of bloggers the opportunity* to create a recipe using their fine, fine beers. I have been a New Belgium fan for as long as I have enjoyed beer. I even own a few [...]
Monday, March 21, 2011
I’m a bad baker. Over the weekend I discovered, much to my shock and horror, that I had run out of butter. It does not happen often and I actually buy two or three pounds at a time as to have plenty on hand at all times. When I do run out I usually [...]
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Valentine’s Day is coming. We do not really celebrate Valentine’s Day here at Casa Shenanigans. No heart shaped boxes of candy, no bunches of wilted grocery store roses, and no adult-sized footie pajamas in the mail. No, we do not celebrate with silly tokens. We celebrate with food. Sometimes we go out, but more often [...]
Monday, January 31, 2011
I love hushpuppies. I mean, who does not like golden grown, deep fried balls of delicious cornbread? When I was growing up we had them with fried fish and shrimp dinners and they were the item I ate most greedily. These days I make hushpuppies for all sorts of occasions and I have found they [...]
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Ok, sometimes you need things … I am serious when I say need. A few days ago I was discussing pigs in blankets with some friends on the Twitter. It became apparent to me that, despite our love of the finer things, a good old-fashioned pig in a blanket could reduce us to children. Happy, [...]
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