The impossible dream
Baking this cake offers a sweet lesson in science One of the great pleasures of baking is coming across a recipe you’ve never tried, giving it a shot and being really pleased with the results. This is...
View ArticleRaini Cunningham
Coast Monthly sits down with local cooks and food lovers for a chat. Raini Cunningham’s interest in food began in the 1970s in the garden, where she grew herbs and looked for interesting ways to use...
View ArticleChilaca Mexican Grill
Small menu allows this East End restaurant to focus on the details The beauty of Chilaca Mexican Grill is in its simplicity and attention to food, rather than the ambience. The small restaurant opened...
View ArticleSeared salmon
Start the year off right with this guilt-free dish After the gluttony of the holidays and before the revelry of Mardi Gras, I like to use January as my month to restart. To me, this means eating clean....
View ArticleA new ice age
Cubes, spheres, pebbles or rocks — frozen water is elevating the cocktail On Jan. 13, 1205, the temperature in London dropped so low the Thames froze thick enough to walk over and ale and wine in...
View ArticleComforting oyster stew
This warm meal stirs up memories of a Corpus Christi grandmother When I was very young, my parents would sometimes send my siblings and me on a Greyhound bus to Corpus Christi to stay with my paternal...
View ArticleJoey Smecca
Coast Monthly sits down with local cooks and food lovers for a chat. For Joey Smecca, food is a family affair. “We like to get everyone around the table together,” said Smecca, a partner in Galveston...
View ArticleA sexy red number
She bath’d with roses red and violets blew, And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew.” – Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene,” 1590 This velvety dessert is a perfect end to a romantic...
View ArticleSinners and saints
When Lent and Valentine’s Day collide, embrace the mocktail February this year is going to be the most interesting of months for imbibers. The word interesting here describes a period of confusion,...
View ArticleA Fat Tuesday Feast
Galveston cookbook creators and friends put together a Mardi Gras spread with island flair When Galveston Island comes alive during Mardi Gras season with parades, balls and floats, many locals join in...
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