Printed with permission of the Alpine Avalanche Not too long ago, I bought Bosc pears at the grocery store. I got home and cut into one, and it was nearly hard as a rock compared to the pears I was … Continue reading One of the sweetest gifts of the gods, friends or the grocer… pears!
Printed with the permission of The Alpine Avalanche Last weekend, the Hammerfest Cycling Race came to Fort Davis. It was my second time to experience it as a Lions Club member, helping with different positions for the USA Cycling sanctioned … Continue reading If you’re going to feed a crowd, get out the slow cookers
Printed with the permission of the Alpine Avalanche I have been on a chocolate binge lately. Not just eating chocolate, but making it at home using ingredients with names I can pronounce like, “cocoa,” “organic coconut oil,” “pure vanilla extract,” … Continue reading Cocoa and cacao… do you know the difference?
Printed with the permission of The Alpine Avalanche On a drive around the area a few years ago, my husband and I discovered an other-worldly landscape just a stone’s throw from Mexico. Cruising around what was soon to become our … Continue reading Local honey from the blooms of our desert flowers
Printed with the permission of the Alpine Avalanche I’ve been on a baking kick lately and I can’t decide if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. It’s a great feeling to be baking again after a year-long hiatus … Continue reading Bake these muffins and watch them magically disappear
Printed with Permission of the Alpine Avalanche Greg Green has been serving up Cuban-inspired meals with a West Texas flair since October 2015 when he opened his food truck, The Smokin’ Cuban. Located at 412 E. Holland Avenue in Alpine, … Continue reading The Smokin’ Cuban in Alpine – the best Cuban food this side of the Pecos
Printed with the permission of the Alpine Avalanche Back in 1996, Gus Billing began gifting his loved ones with homemade, handmade goodies. He picked pecans from the large trees in the yard of his Fort Davis family home, and began … Continue reading Davis Mountain Nut Company is a Fort Davis Treat
Printed with the permission of the Alpine Avalanche “Have you ever been to the Alpine Bread Lady?” asked JT Maroney, publisher of the newspaper you’re reading right now. I had never even heard of such a person before he asked. … Continue reading Texas Cottage Food Law and the Taste and See Bakery
Printed with the permission of the Alpine Avalanche Cueva de Leon, or “cave of the lion,” is the perfect name for a long-time favorite restaurant situated in the shadow of Sleeping Lion Mountain in downtown Fort Davis. Lorina Bencomo … Continue reading Cueva de Leon serving Fort Davis for over 40 years
Time for some “real talk” here… and by “real talk,” I mean I’m not limited to a word count or subject matter because this is straight-up bloggy, not newspapery. There might even be a typo or two. Plus I just … Continue reading Caffeine and cookies on a Thursday afternoon…
Because Food is What I Do 