Behind the Bites

Feast Your Eyes


  • Low Carb Burger and Fries

    Ok. Its not actual fries – but one can dream. It’s asparagus spears  — and they were still pretty tasty. Using lettuce to wrap the double-cheese turkey burger — that’s the real low carb thing about this meal. No bun! I really like throwing away the bread. The burger is…

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  • Chicken Tenders with Peppers and Onions

    This plate is a perfect example of how I have been preparing diners with less carbs in mind. In the past, I would have served this — sauted onions, peppers and chicken — over a heaping mound of white rice. Afterword, I would have needed a nap and then a…

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  • Sauteed Radishes

    I have had roasted radishes many times and really enjoyed them. They are a close substitute for a roasted potato. This is the first time I tried to saute radishes. I did it simple — with olive oil, salt and pepper in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. 10…

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  • The Bites Awaken

    There has been an awakening. I have felt it. For the last year, I have been enjoying the great music and food culture that Austin provides. It’s an amazing place for a life-long musician to live and experience. The capitol of Texas has a creative energy very similar to New…

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  • Chili ATX

    For the first time in my culinary career, I won a cooking contest! In celebration of the NFL opening weekend, my work sponsored a chili cookoff. Of the 250 or so employed at The Gatehouse Center for News Design in Austin, 10 entered. All of the entry’s weretasty and the…

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  • Homemade French Fries

    Great homemade french fries are not as easy as they seem to make. Getting the crispy outside and soft, pillowy inside takes some work. I think they are the greatest side dish of all-time and are totally worth going the extra mile for. In fact, I would rather overcook a…

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  • Country Fired Chicken with Pepper Gravy

    What do you do when you get home from a luau featuring a limbo contest and a surf-thrash band? Make a batch of country-fried chicken and a side of pepper gravy is what you do! That’s what I did anyway. I’ve been out and about in Austin lately feeling out…

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  • Cheesy Beef Rotini

    Pasta and cheese go together like yin and yang. Add ground beef and you get shamalama ding dang! I bought a 3-pound package of ground beef on sale that I divided for three meals. The first of which was this scatch-made, hamburger-helper-esk pot of yummy goodness. I made this for…

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