With Valentine’s Day comes beautiful red roses, dimly lit candles and more than enough wine to go around! If you play your cards right, it can also mean breakfast in bed. This Sunday, spoil your sweetheart with something hot & homemade…
Inn at Occidental
Bring Wine Country’s Harvest Season Home!
Having just returned from a welcome retreat to Wine Country, I can tell you – now’s the perfect time to go get lost on the West Coast! We’re entering a GORGEOUS time of year for out there…the air cool and crisp, the scenery exploding with indescribable color. The time of year growers and wine makers live for!
Our Favorite Flapjacks for National Pancake Day!
Night or day, any time of year, pancakes are a pleasure in the purest sense. Friday, September 26 is recognized as National Pancake Day. We thought it might be nice to tailor a list of our top pancake recipes — some seasonal, some offbeat, but ALL plain delicious!
Have it Made This Mother’s Day
Some of the best Mother’s Day gifts I’ve ever received weren’t really gifts at all, at least not in the traditional sense — they weren’t wrapped with paper and bows. Mother’s Day lunches and brunches are always wonderful, but so too are the little things made at home…
A little bit of paradise at the Inn at Occidental
The scenery is just drop dead gorgeous at the Inn at Occidental…I’ve never felt more at home! It’s a spot that I always try to come back to when I’m in wine country.
Marvelous Marmalade Benefits a Great Cause
On a recent TV segment on KPRC with anchor Courtney Zavala, I featured some of Houston’s best brunch bets. I say some … there are plenty of awesome choices. One of my favorite brunch spots is Backstreet Café and their Braised Short Rib with Butternut Squash Hash is one of the dishes I took on the show.
Brunch Time on KPRC!
If you saw our Goodtaste Houston segment this morning on KPRC News then no doubt, you’re hungry! I featured a few of my favorite brunch items in Houston and a favorite French Toast delight from the rolling hills of Sonoma, California. The recipe for Backstreet Cafe’s incredible Short Rib Hash is right here. I paired […]
