Your Creative Loafing food contributors, GNATV and Katie Machol, joined forces to bring you this entertaining video tutorial on how to prepare “Fiesta Mac n’ Cheese” in a rice cooker. This easy recipe can be prepared in a jiffy just using a rice cooker. A little late for Cinco de Mayo, but a fun and tasty dish for any time of the year!
May 6, 2009
Macaroni and cheese rice cooker recipe (video tutorial)
Posted by culinarypirate under Recipes | Tags: food, GNAtv, macaroni and cheese, mexican, recipe, rice cooker, rice cooker creations, tex-mex, video |[2] Comments
March 25, 2009
Culinary Adventure: San Antonio, Texas
Posted by culinarypirate under Uncategorized | Tags: barbecue, BBQ, food, mexican, restaurants, san antonio, tex-mex, texas, Travel |Leave a Comment
Last weekend I was able to fulfill a long-standing dream of mine: visiting San Antonio, Texas. Why San Antonio, you ask? Well, there’s the historic Alamo, the touristy River Walk, and many other cultural and historic sights. But this city has also been the mecca of Tex-Mex food in my eyes (and also a stop on my “BBQ of the U.S.” tour) for longer than I can remember.
I had been planning this culinary pilgrimage for almost two months, as soon as I found out I was going (courtesy of wonderful boyfriend and free airline tickets), and did extensive research on just about every Tex-Mex/barbecue/Mexican restaurant in town. My main goal was to stay away from eating on the River Walk as much as possible, since it contained mostly overpriced tourist traps with bland interpretations of the authentic Tex-Mex food I sought. This weekend getaway made me feel like Giada on one of her “Weekend Getaways” (minus the camera in my face). (more…)
