First Place Win in the Sizzlin’ Summer Recipe Contest

First of all, I’m sorry for the lack of posts.I’ve started a new site for food photography that you can view at BigShot Images. I’ve been enjoying photography so much that I wanted to put together a place people could go to see my photography alone without all my entertaining stories and incredible wit Actually, I’ve been exploring other photography subjects and wanted a place to keep them. I’ve also been entering recipe contests for the past couple of… ...continue reading about First Place Win in the Sizzlin' Summer Recipe Contest...

Sprout Feta Quesadillas

I haven’t been in the mood to cook lately and my refrigerator looks more like a Sear’s display model than one in a home occupied by humans. It’s also starting to get warm in Texas so my lettuce and spinach are bolting (shooting up seed pods). Eating bolting lettuce is not for the faint of heart. You would be better off eating grass from your yard; trust me, I know. ...continue reading about Sprout Feta Quesadillas...

Soppresata Tomato Panino

We’ve had a couple of warm days here in Texas and the lettuce crop is beginning to suffer a bit. Having said that, it’s 60 degrees today and perfect weather for my heirloom varieties so I’m at the mercy of Mother Nature. I decided to use some of the beautiful, organic leaves from my garden and make a panini. A panini, not to be confused with Paganini the violinist, is a pressed sandwich. Panini is actually the plural of these tiny sandwiches translated as “small bread rolls” or the singular, panino. Mario Batali would get Iron Chef design points by calling them a panino imbottito or a stuffed little bread roll. Panino imbottito sounds like it would be worth at least a couple more points. ...continue reading about Soppresata Tomato Panino...