Category: Tex-Mex

Caldillo, West Texas beef and green chile stew

The first time I heard about caldillo, it was in a comment from a reader. The discussion was on how best to use…

After a rousing David Byrne set at the Austin City Limits Festival last fall, my friends and I were famished after all the…

A Texan friend of mine who is a private chef in California remarked that she had been introducing her clients to all the…

$Tex-Mex beef and bean stew Lakemont chili | Homesick Texan$

My family has a dear friend who moved from Houston to Georgia when she and her husband retired. She’s an excellent cook and…

This time last year, I was asking people for black-eyed pea recipe ideas. Most shared with me dishes that involved lots of pork…

When I first read the recipe for chile relleno casserole I found in my family’s stash of cards, I was struck by the…

This summer, after an afternoon of shopping at North Park in Dallas, a friend and I got into her car and realized we…

My friend was confused. She had heard me order a soft cheese taco plate, but when it arrived, she pointed at it and…

Often I’ll hear about new restaurants in Texas to try and because I’m thousands of miles away, I can only look at the…

Whenever I fly into Dallas, my first stop is Herrera’s on Sylvan. It’s a family-owned Tex-Mex restaurant that I’ve been eating at almost…