Grilled Parma Schwein (Pork) Rounds

Gemüsegulyas (von Schwein)

Photo Recap: Days 9-11, München, Deutschland (Europe 2008)

Halloween: Pumpkin Redux
Our pumpkins from last week's carving party melted, under the relentless rollercoaster of hot-then-cold-then-dry-then-humid beat of Austin's fall...Determined for a festive Halloween, despite our lone Cat-in-the-Hat trick-or-treater, we carved new pumpkins and watched American Psycho.(I don't know if I like Christian Bale's dance moves to "It's Hip To Be Square" donned in a plastic raincoat better than the shit-eating grin when Willem Dafoe pulls the Huey Lewis and the News CD from his briefcase...)Top that with a Creepy Nightcrawler Thai Peanut dish and amazing Carrot Cake cupcakes (Ryan is a devil of a baker!! Beautiful for breakfast!) and you have a me

Pumpkin Carving Fun!

Halloween Cat
She WILL scare trick-or-treaters when they come...once she figures out what those short wavy blobs are on the other side of the glass...Tschüß!

Junior Boys
This band explains everything about us, it is our anthem, our soundtrack while we drove through Deutschland, in stolen moments on the train, and now in our own city, fabulous.

Pre-Fall Cooking
My feet a curled up, trying to keep warm in the crisp air of the living room - it's 66 and I do not want to think about wimping out and turning on the heat. It's fall, and I love it. The Pecan tree out the windows are starting to yellow, the Farmer's Market yesterday was a hubbub of people wearing sweaters and light coats, and even though hit the lower 70s during the late afternoon, the chill of low 50s is there. I'm celebrating Fall as much as possible, before the yo-yo of reality (hot, freezing, too warm, freaking cold) returns.With Fall comes cooking. We've been busy with all kinds, so here's a random sampling of late Summer goodies...Ryan baked for our last dinner club, and