Tag Sale Tastes

03/20/2025

Justice is best served hot.

I found this bolo tie at an estate sale: I was amused by the gavels hanging off the ends: I’d bang that I can’t picture any attorney I know wearing this, although I think it would be pr…

03/07/2025

Ready or not, here comes spring -- first up, pink!

After two freezes (and snow!) this winter, I’m grateful to see the first signs of spring starting to appear. The very first blooms that “turnip” — even before the trees spo…

11/22/2024

A beautiful side dish for Thanksgiving.

https://www.tagsaletastes.com/2024/11/21/asian-butternut-squash-and-carrot-slaw/

08/21/2024

https://www.tagsaletastes.com/2024/08/21/watermelon-gazpacho/

I found this cast iron Amish hourglass at an estate sale: One of my early blog posts — Friendship Blueberry Muffins — was also inspired by cast iron Amish figurines that I found at an e…

07/27/2024

This salad, made with little gem lettuces, blew us away with its overload of umami flavors.

Of all the salads I had ready to share on the blog for salad month, this one for MIso Caesar Salad with Crispy Panko Topping was by far our favorite. It was inspired by one at a local restaurant a…

07/09/2024

Are you the person looking for a mayo-free chicken salad?

Everyone’s always looking for a good no-mayo chicken salad, right? Well, no one I know, but surely someone is. And for that person, I offer this recipe for Venezuelan Avocado Chicken Salad.…

07/07/2024

Not gonna let a hurricane disrupt salad month.

Here we go again. 4 days ago, Hurricane/Tropical Storm Beryl was predicted to make landfall in South Texas, “far from Houston,” and it was likely that wind and surge impacts would be s…

07/06/2024

A creamy, cool, zippy dressing is the star of this salad.

Recently we dined with friends at Churrascos, a Latin restaurant in Houston that’s been around since 1988. The restaurant is famous for its signature churrasco — a center cut beef tend…

07/05/2024

If you like mushrooms, this salad is for you.

I met a woman recently who told me she was getting married for the fourth time. Can you imagine? I asked her what happened to her first husband, and she said he died after eating poisonous mushro…

07/04/2024

A favorite chicken salad to beat the heat.

Chicken salad is perfect this time of year, especially if you start with a rotisserie chicken. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, rotisserie chickens “emerged as a supermark…

07/03/2024

Living on the Gulf Coast presents challenges this time of year, but finding great shrimp isn’t one of them.

I found these “shrimp boats” at an estate sale. My internet research reveals that these were made by Red Wing Pottery in the 1960s, and that there was also a “butter boat”:…

07/02/2024

Perfect for summer gatherings.

Have you been losing sleep over what to bring to a 4th of July party? (I hope you’re not losing sleep over not being invited to a 4th of July party.) Let me start by saying that not everyth…