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Escargot “Pernodales”
My house is five hundred feet from one of the most beautiful rivers in Texas. The Pedernales, pronounced “purdonales” by locals, is short by Texas river standards and flows generally east through Gillespie County, behind the LBJ Ranch, for about a hundred miles before it joins with the Colorado River outside of Austin. Escargot are rarely eaten along the banks of the Pedernales, but it seemed fitting to play on…
Poblano Eggs en Cocotte
My family is a big fan of shirred eggs, that is, eggs that are lightly baked in the oven where the whites are just set and you are left with a creamy yolk that is the perfect icing for a…
Ice Pizza (Cacio e Pepe)
This is a fun and crowd surprising pizza made with ice, Pecorino Romano cheese, and black pepper. I wish I could take credit for this technique, but this is pizza-genius Marc Vetri’s inspiration from a recipe shared by Roman chef…
Chili-rubbed Tomahawk Ribeye Steaks
These steaks are about Texas: big, spicy with Southwestern spices, and cooked over a live fire of post oak. Its counterintuitive, but big steaks are much easier to cook over an unfamiliar fire than thin ones. They cook slow -…