Tales From The Kitchen: The Two-Ton Cake

Tales From The Kitchen: The Two-Ton Cake

by | Feb 20, 2013 | Bright Lights

One more cooking disaster: the cake I passed off as brownies, sort of. This one happened after we had graduated from Texas A&M and had moved to Edna, Texas, which was right down the road from Victoria, Texas, which made it an easy commute to University of Houston...
Tales From The Kitchen: Learning to Make Pie Crust

Tales From The Kitchen: Learning to Make Pie Crust

by | Feb 6, 2013 | Bright Lights

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...