South Texas sweet snack mix
We have entered a time where all I want to do is sleep. While I usually feel this way at the end of…
Dr Pepper sheet cake
After dinner one Sunday night, a group of us were sitting around the table, relaxing after a satisfying meal. When discussing what we…
Grandma’s peach cobbler
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Dewberry sherbet
When I was young, meals would often be finished with a cold and creamy frozen fruit dessert that I knew as “sherbert.” My…
Strawberries Romanoff
A couple of years ago, a friend was having her parents over for a spring celebratory dinner. When sharing her menu with me,…
Rice pudding with grapefruit and pecans
In Mary Koock Faulk’s The Texas Cookbook, I came across a side dish that cooked rice with the juice and zest from an…
Mexican coffee shortbread
At the grocery store the other day, I saw a woman in a shirt that said, “Follow the joy.” A timely message, I…
Texas chocolate cobbler
When reading a list of lunch menus from North Texas in the late 1950s, I came across a curious offering. After a meal…
Texas banana pudding
In the summer of 1923, Aza-Jean Jones of the Central Texas town of Sidney shared a recipe in a local newspaper. It was…
