Thursday, April 22, 2010

Horchata, a refreshing rice and almond beverage

I have to admit that the first time I had horchata was not in Texas. Nope, I had it at here in my New York City neighborhood, at a local Mexican-food cart I frequent on Sundays. Now, this cart doesn’t sell it year round—when it’s cold they have champurrado instead. But recently, when the sun was shining and you didn’t need more than a light jacket to keep the breezes at bay, my vendor beckoned to

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Celebrity Updo Hairstyle

The Updo hairstyles are in. Updo hairstyles are usually worn for prom, weddings, and so forth, but later the ladies in Hollywood are wearing Updo hairstyles for all occasions. The hairstyles include the simply elegant look, pinned up ringlets, ballerina bun, and prom up/down elegant, long locks, affordable updos, and so forth.




Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Mexican hot dogs with pineapple salsa and chipotle mayonnaise

When I was a young Texan, all the other kids teased me mercilessly at birthday parties and backyard barbecues because I liked to put mayonnaise on my hot dogs. I know, right—who does that? My family certainly didn’t teach me this as I come from a long line of mustard eaters and obviously, none of my friends put mayonnaise on their hot dogs either. Imagine my shame when I had to ask the hostess

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Cowboy cookies

My plan had been to write about baseball this week. But then the Astros didn’t do so well on Opening Day and I got word about an award this blog won so, well, I decided to bake cowboy cookies instead. I hope you don’t mind.Cowboy cookies probably have very little to do with cowboys, but this doesn’t mean they’re not good. Typically, a cowboy cookie is defined by the presence of brown sugar,