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OUR LATEST CULINARY ADVENTURES
Indian Springs Park Waco Texas
Indian Springs Park in Waco, Texas is part of the Brazos Riverwalk that I told you about in my last post. Located in downtown Waco, Indian Springs Park sits on the west side of the Brazos River. Home to several festivals and events each year, the park features the...
Brazos Riverwalk Waco Texas
Our last full day in Waco, was spent strolling along the Brazos Riverwalk Waco Texas. It was a glorious warm sunny day with a brisk breeze. Perfect for taking in some amazing scenery. This area of Waco was absolutely gorgeous! The Brazos Riverwalk meanders along the...
The Silos Waco Texas
Magnolia Market and Gardens at The Silos in Waco, Texas, is a shopping mecca and entertainment space developed and owned by Joanna and Chip Gaines. Establishing themselves as an HGTV couple who renovated houses in declining Waco on Fixer Upper, they helped revitalize...
Magnolia Table Waco Texas
Steve and I decided to spend a week in Waco based on our desire to have brunch at Joanna and Chip Gaines restaurant there. So we went to Magnolia Table Waco Texas to celebrate our 57th Wedding Anniversary. In the six years that we have been traveling full time, we...
Slovacek’s in West Texas
Slovacek's in West Texas was quite close to Texas RV Resort, where we stayed to visit Waco. We passed billboards for Slovacek's that boasted "As seen on Texas Bucket List", so we knew we had to stop there. By the way, the town is West. It is not in western Texas! The...
Frida Kahlo Exhibit Houston
It feels like eons ago that I went with girlfriends to the Frida Kahlo exhibit in Houston. It was, in fact, way back at the end of February. The exhibit was spectacular! It opened my eyes to the amazing artist and person Frida Kahlo was. Some pieces of her art were...
OUR LATEST RECIPES
Delicious Texas Kolaches
I had heard so much about delicious Texas Kolaches that I really wanted to try them! Since we needed to go to Sugar Land for some other things, we decided to check out the kolaches at Best Donuts there. Have you ever heard of kolaches? From my research I learned that...
Yakamein Soup
I am sharing a post from a few years ago with a recipe for delicious Yakamein Soup because: Just when you think things are back to normal something changes! Steve and I got to our friends in Sulphur Springs Texas a couple of weeks ago and discovered that our slides...
My Bubie’s Chocolate Cake
My Bubie's Chocolate Cake was legendary! Anyone who ever tasted it would tell you the same. Before I tell you about her amazing cake, I would be remiss if I didn't state how horrified Steve and I were to wake up in New Orleans on New Year's Day to the news of the...
30 Breads to Bake Before You Die
With Thanksgiving quickly approaching and Hanukkah and Christmas following close on its heels, I want to tell you about a wonderful new book. 30 Breads to Bake Before You Die (Amazon Affiliate Link) is the second book from Allyson Reedy. As a fabulous perk of writing...
San Diego Style Grilled Tri-Tip
Have you ever made a California cut of meat called Tri-Tip? The Traveling Locavores made their first San Diego style grilled Tri-Tip while in Temecula, and it was OUTSTANDING! Steve and I drove to San Diego for the day, to visit my cousin Donna and her beau. I know. I...
4 Tips on Hosting the Perfect Winter Dinner Party
This post has been updated from the original post that published on February 22, 2022. Winter is the perfect time to host a dinner party! The holidays are just around the corner, and there’s no better way to get into the spirit than by inviting your friends over for a...
Easy No Knead Bread
A few weeks ago our sweet daughter-in-love sent me the recipe for the fabulous bread we had enjoyed during our visit for Thanksgiving. The Easy No Knead Bread recipe was just that...EASY!!! Remember when we couldn't get yeast during the height of Covid? Well I managed...
Ways to Enjoy Cooking Even More
Are you looking for ways to enjoy cooking even more? If you want to embrace a healthier lifestyle, then you need to find the time to do some home cooking. This post originally published on April 10, 2023 and has been updated with additional material. Ways to Enjoy...
MEET SANDY
Hi, thanks for visiting The Traveling Locavores! We would love for you to get to know us better. We are Sandy and Steve Axelrod and after over 50 years of wedded bliss and stressful careers we are living our dream.
I love everything creative! I’m a chef, jewelry artist, food and travel writer and photographer. My first cookbook Affairs to Remember, which is a memoir with recipes for easy entertaining, was published in September 2015. I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from Germantown High School. I attended University of Pennsylvania where I got my certification to be a medical technologist. But since there was nothing very creative about that field I went back to college and attended Temple University to major in Art History. Then I met Steve and it was love at first sight. We got married in 1969, had our son Brian in 1973 and in 1982 we moved to South Florida where we have lived, worked and played ever since.
Shortly after Steve and I got married I decided I wanted to learn the proper techniques needed to create exquisite dishes for entertaining so I attended Le Cordon Bleu School of Cookery in London. I never intended to be a working chef but have had a passion for cooking since I was a child. My mom was right when she warned me never to say never! When our son was in high school we opened our upscale, off premise catering business Affairs to Remember Catering, which we ran as a family for 18 years until Hurricane Wilma forced us into early retirement in 2006.
That same year our son married his amazing wife Eve, I began selling my jewelry at art shows and we bought our first RV. Shortly after Brian and Eve’s wedding Steve and I took off on a 7 month journey to 23 states working art shows on the weekends and visiting tourist attractions and fabulous restaurants during the week. We didn’t really want it to end but we weren’t quite ready to sell our home and travel full time. Fast forward to now and that’s all we can think about. We can’t wait to share our adventure with you as we taste America one bite at a time!!!
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