Ken Layne tipped me over the edge with this post mentioning yet another favorite Mexican restaurant. I have to drive a hundred miles to find a passable Mexican restaurant, much less a good one. There aren't a great many things I miss about Dallas - my sister, the art museum, the music hall - but there is an abundance of good Mexican food there.

So I've had to turn to the Los Barrios Family Cookbook. Tonight we will try enchiladas with shrimp and spinach sauce.

Darn Californians. Self-indulgent, they are.