Chili & Chives

After a crazy year like 2020, who would think there would be anything good to celebrate? While there is so much that can be said about...

Tante Juju invited us to a late lunch at their house. Knowing that Talal and I had been eating keto over the past two weeks, she was...

After a long evening of Instagram sleuthing, I discovered a new Thai restaurant with some ridiculously photogenic dumplings. So, as I...

As a native Texan, briskets are slowly smoked, sliced and served on a plastic tray with a rich, sweet and smoky barbecue sauce. That's...

I have a long history with grocery store sushi. When I was younger, living at home, I was always daddy's grocery store companion. We...

Rabail and I decided to take part of the day off to take a tour of Rabail's favorite spot.. Korea House. Typically, when I go to...

For no special occasion or any apparent reason, Talal and I decided to treat ourselves to an elegant date night dinner. It's not often...

Daddy, Talal and I went out for dinner and daddy was craving Thai food of all things. We weren't complaining, but we did suggest we go to...

I should have known that after years of watching Chopped it would all catch up to me. Talal invited Daddy and I to a face-off. He thinly...

On our final night in San Francisco, Carl had dinner plans with a friend, so Brittany and I called Yissel to see what she was up to after...

After 7 long weeks of tedious studying, I finally signed up to take my Real Estate licensing exam. It was very difficult to retain the...

A traditional Thai meal contains salad, relish, steam, soup, fried, and curry, all served with freshly steamed white rice. I learned this...

One of the things you can't get consistently back in Houston is a perfect mango. In some ways, a mango is like an avocado. You can never...

When I want something light and want to grab a quick meal, I usually don't call Mikey up. We prefer our meals to be severely over priced,...

When you have a large tub of white miso, you start to fish around for yummy recipes that will use it up.. Today, I made a delicious pho...

Mommy and I had date night plans, but of course we need to have dinner first. One thing led to another, and our date was delayed a few...

Daddy has recently been obsessed with Build Your Own meals. If he isn't making them, he's talking about them. Today's iteration was a...

Yasmeen spend a few days in Houston before making her way to Maine for the next chapter in her Medical School education. We wanted to...

It was a great night in. I got to hang out with my boys - Daddy and Talal. Although they were recommending healthy food, I was really...

On a really rainy day, Tina, Yasmeen, and myself decided to do a girl's night out. I came directly from work and drove to meet them at...