It’s Tex-Mex Thursday – the best Thursday of the month! I’m thrilled to have this scrumptious recipe from Matthew Wendel, who cooked for many years for President and Mrs. George W. Bush. Matt’s a Texan, born and raised, and he knows his way around these classic southwestern ingredients. If you love lasagna, and you love Mexican food, this is a natural addition to your cooking repertoire; it’s a one-dish dinner filled with lots of veggies, and prepared in less […]
It’s a Los Angeles paradox that there are so many phenomenal bakeries in a city where people are obsessed with being fit and healthy. And yet the bakeries flourish and are often graced with lines down the block – somebody’s eating this stuff, and they’re lucky! Here are a few spots you shouldn’t miss if you’re going to LA, and even if you aren’t, there is inspiration here. One of my favorite places was Duff’s Cake Mix, a do-it-yourself cake-making […]
A week of posts about great hosts wouldn’t be complete without a recipe from Laura Bush. I learned a tremendous amount about hospitality when I worked for her. There was no detail too small to consider, to make her guests feel comfortable and special, and she never stopped thinking about it. Once, when we were hosting a group of Lincoln scholars at a lecture at the White House on Lincoln’s Birthday, she called me over during the lecture and asked […]
Serves: 4 Prep time: 20 minutes
It’s Tex-Mex Thursday! Doesn’t a sweet-hot-cool-light summer soup sound like the ideal antidote to a steamy summer day? This recipe from Matthew Wendel, former chef to President and Mrs. George W. Bush, manages to be both cooling and spicy at the same time. And so pretty! Here’s what Matt says about it: For a hot summer day at the Crawford ranch, this soup was the perfect way to spice up the day and cool down at the same time. Chilled […]
