
Tales From The Kitchen: Potato Salad Overload
My next kitchen faux pas was also while we were at A&M. It was the turkey day game weekend and John Phillips, Bo Reagan, and a couple of other Aggies down the street were having their girl friends in for the big weekend. The plan was to all enjoy a barbecued...
Hatiora Salicornioides, aka Rhipsalis Salicornioides
I first identified this cactus as rhipsalis salicornioides and then found it listed under hatiora salicornioides. Technically this plant is also a epiphyte, which means it grows in trees, and is related to Christmas cactus.

Tales From The Kitchen: Learning to Make Pie Crust
Following recipes accurately was one problem in my early cooking days (see “Tales From the Kitchen: The Giant Cake,” January 31, 2013); incomplete recipes were quite another matter. Besides the cook books I received as wedding gifts, most of the recipes I tried to use...
Sedeveria Robert Grimm
Sedeveria Robert Grimm makes a nice cluster of small flowers. Sedeveria Robert Grimm. In trying to get a close-up of the plant, you can see I cut the cluster of flowers out of the picture. They would be at the end of the bloom stem trailing to the right in the...
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