Recipes & Stories

Discover Sibby’s favorite recipes, stories, and Hill Country finds—where food, culture, and life intersect.

This is one of my favorite go to pie pastry recipes. It’s been around a long time. I found it in an old pie book, can’t recall where but I’ve

This is a slight adaptation of a Ina Garten recipe. Easy but feels somewhat fancy. Chicken is crispy, sauce is decadent!

Great for snacking with bubbles for a fall party! I also use to garnish seasonal desserts.

Celebrate the season with the flavors of fall! Maple and pumpkin are muffin ingredient winners!

These sweet biscuits can be made with leftover sweet potato puree or pumpkin puree. They are great for breakfast, brunch or dessert. I sometimes split them and make little ham

A savory tart fit for a company dinner or a holiday spread.

Enchiladas Banderas

I’m cooking a lot these days, even more than usual.   Trying to stay busy and sharing the love by dropping some dinners at back doors and gates.  Being creative

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Carrot Pineapple Cake

Carrot Pineapple Upside Down Cake

This was crazy delicious!  Adapted from Cuisine Magazine, it’s moist, like a carrot cake, gooey like a traditional pineapple upside down cake and it develops a wonderful crunchy-caramel-y edge in

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Miso Banana Bread

Miso Banana Bread Adapted from Food and Wine makes one large loaf or 16 small mini loaves   Miso is a paste made from cooked soybeans.  White Miso is the

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Strawberry Gelato

Fresh Strawberry Gelato makes about 1 quart   3/4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 cup milk 3/4 cup cream 2 1/4 cups sliced and stemmed strawberries 2 tablespoons pomegranate

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Lemon Souffle

  Lemon Soufflés makes 5 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 2 cups lemon curd, divided use 2 tablespoons flour 1/8 teaspoon salt 4 egg whites, room temp 1/8 teaspoon cream of

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