Ruby Red grapefruit chess bars
The first time I learned about chess bars, I was at the Strand Bookstore in New York City browsing through its collection of…
The first time I learned about chess bars, I was at the Strand Bookstore in New York City browsing through its collection of…
The first time I wrote about cheese balls on this site, I featured a character named Aunt Betty. She was a fancy relation…
A year ago, I made a wild decision. I began offering a subscription program to help support the running of Homesick Texan. Now,…
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My family has a running joke. In my first book, I included a recipe for sweet potato muffins, and in my headnote, I…
Earlier this year, I went to a Mexican restaurant that had fried green beans on the menu. The crisp coating was sprinkled with…
My uncle has said that if I feel joy when cooking then the food I make will always taste good. And whenever I…
One holiday season when visiting my family, my grandma made us dessert. While usually she bakes us a pie, this time she had…
My first encounter with fritoque was in Robb Walsh’s “The Tex-Mex Cookbook.” He described it as a bean and corn chip casserole that…
When I first moved to Austin in my early 20s, one thing that struck me about the Tex-Mex on offer there was the…
When I walked into Resident Taqueria in the East Dallas neighborhood of Lake Highlands and saw that the day’s special day was a…
Behold the sausage ball. It’s not the prettiest treat on the appetizer table but it’s certainly one of the more popular. This one is livened up with cranberries and chipotle chiles.
Here’s a question for you: Do you eat ice cream pie with a spoon or a fork? And while we’re on the subject—do…
First, let me say that it’s not my usual style to eat a whole pint of ice cream in one sitting, let alone…
The summer I was 10, I had an Elsie the Cow T-shirt. It had been a freebie at a swim meet, and so…
“Two cups of sugar?” I said to myself as I read over my great-grandma Blanche’s recipe for buttermilk pie. That amount sounded outrageous!…