Since I sometimes get requests for this pie recipe, I thought I would publish it for the world here. This is a selection from a guidebook in progress called “Central Texas Urban Foraging” which I’ve been writing with Kim Hill of KimCovers512.com. Of all the pies we’ve made, this one has the most enthusiastic fan
Tag: cold things
About mid-summer here in Austin, the prickly pear get ripe. They bloat purple in the punishing sun, sprouting with tantalizing juiciness from the middle of daunting thickets of thorns. I pass by a lot of these prickly pear groves on my daily bike commute, the nopalito cactus flourishes in the poor soil and neglect of
The first thing you notice about the Irish Moss Soda is that there is no moss in it. At least non visible. There is however a creamy, thick, slurry of peanut flavoring. It tastes exactly like a third cup of Peter Pan PB with a half cup of milk added to it. We know this
There I was, browsing through a convenience store off Cesar Chavez BLVD, when I came across this unusual flavor of paleta. A consultation with a handy smartphone translated the flavor, camote, as “sweet potato.” At first, one might think that blue is an unusual color to represent sweet potato. Then you might think that potatoes