Grilled Sweet Corn Salad
The following recipe was prepared by @PaulFrankWang, and placed here for you to prepare and share. Grilled Sweet Corn Salad Ingredients: 12 whole ears of fresh sweet corn 3 cloves of fresh garlic 2 teaspoons of chipotle powder 1 large red bell pepper 1 large yellow (or orange) bell pepper 1 large red onion 1 large [...]
Korean B-B-Q: prepared at your table. By you.
“We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink,” Epicurus. Family. Friends. Food. All three are things that are important to me; all three are things that I enjoy together. Add to these a new experience (ex. Korean B-B-Q) and you’ve got a meal worth eating and [...]
'Frescos' set to open in Pauls Valley, next week
Frescos Mexican Grill & Gourmet Frozen Yogurt is the newest eatery set to open in Pauls Valley, Okla. The restaurant’s owner, Reza Ghenaati, projected that the restaurant will open to the public next Tuesday, March 1, or Wednesday, March 2 [see update below]. Ghenaati also owns Happy Days Diner in Pauls Valley. “We’re going to have [...]
Natural Chocolate Chip Cookies
The following is a recipe from the kitchen of Nicci Waters (@nicciwd40) placed here for you to prepare, and share. Natural Chocolate Chip Cookies Makes two dozen cookies Ingredients: 2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened 3/4 cup of raw sugar 3/4 cup of brown sugar 2 whole eggs 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla 1 1/2 [...]
Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers
The following is a recipe from the kitchens of Jim Waters—my dad, and Nicci Waters—my wife (@nicciwd40) placed here for you to prepare, and share. Photos by Nick Waters; co-edited by RyanWillisPhotography.com. Step 1. Rinse one-dozen large, green jalapeño peppers in a bowl of water. Step 2. Remove the stem, and core (empty the center) [...]
'Chocolate Festival' features fare with flair
If you could dip it, bake it, or freeze it in chocolate, then you found it at the “Chocolate Festival” in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, Feb. 5. With 30-plus vendors offering thousands of combined samples, the annual event drew a crowd of hundreds to the Forum Building on the University of Oklahoma campus. The doors opened [...]
Great-Grandmother Vera's Oatmeal Cookies
Great-Grandmother Vera’s Oatmeal Cookies: The Story Vera Lee Allen Waters was born near Thackerville in Indian Territory on March 18, 1897. The oldest of two sisters, Vera married George Aaron Waters (see photo–circa 1910s) and raised two children in Pawnee, Okla. She lived to be 92-years old, and died in 1989 in Stillwater, Okla. She [...]
Homemade Banana Walnut Muffins
The following is a recipe from the kitchen of Nicci Waters (@nicciwd40) placed here for you to prepare, and share. Homemade Banana Walnut Muffins Makes one dozen muffins Ingredients: one cup of brown sugar one cup of wheat flour one teaspoon of salt one teaspoon of baking soda one teaspoon of baking powder 3/4 cup [...]
Let fruit set to make it sweeter
Did you know…? Letting bananas ripen actually makes them sweeter. Want a sweeter banana dessert? Let the fruit set on your countertop until brown spots appear. According to Ross Koning, Eastern Connecticut State University Plant Physiology Professor, ripening bananas release a hydrocarbon gas (ethylene) which signals the production of enzymes. These enzymes turn starch into sugar; hence [...]
Norman 'Chocolate Festival' tickets giveaway
Two “Premiere Tasting” tickets to the 2011 Chocolate Festival in Norman, Okla., are being given away on this blog, next Thursday, Feb. 3, at 5 p.m. The tickets, valued at $60, are made possible by the Firehouse Art Center (Norman) and HighwayExit72.com. The winner will be chosen using Random.org. To enter the ticket giveaway answer this [...]
