![TBT Recipe: Tequila Salsa [Eat as well as drink!]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tequila-Salsa.jpg)
by Brian | Aug 10, 2017 | Recipes, TBT
You normally drink the tequila, via a margarita, while you enjoy salsa and chips. Now you can both sip and eat that dear tequila. This recipe calls for serranos, hotter than jalapenos, but you are welcome to mix or match at will. And, should you make the salsa and...
by Brian | Aug 3, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Suzi and I are in Maine. Eating pie and hiking to stay calorie-neutral. While we are gone, we are giving you a tour of the best pie cookbooks for your enjoyment. Ken Haedrich’s Apple Pie Perfect is a treasure with 100 apple pie recipes. Yes, 100. And...
by Brian | Jul 27, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Two weeks ago I did a TBT review for Cooking Fearlessly by Jeff Blank. The book was a celebration of Jeff’s famous Hill Country restaurant Hudson on the Bend. Sadly, Jeff sold the restaurant a year ago and this year it closed. We can only hope for a resurrection of...
by Brian | Jul 27, 2017 | Recipes, TBT
I posted this dish six years ago. A perfect tapas delight, this dish combines the texture of salmon and the creaminess of a bright dill sauce. Tapas dishes can be simple yet delicious. Or they can...
by Brian | Jul 13, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
This Valentine’s Day was mostly happy everywhere, but not every everywhere. In Austin, there was the closure of a fabulous restaurant. For thirty years, Jeff Blank ran Hudson the Bend, an eccentric and exotic restaurant on Route 620 out in Hill Country. A couple of...
by Brian | Jul 6, 2017 | Recipes, TBT
I first posted this recipe in 2014 and we return to it often. Beets are a magical vegetable, made so much better with a Buttermilk-Cheese Crema. I do like beets, but it was not the “beets” word that got me here. The “buttermilk-goat cheese cream” is the magic phrase....
