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Jalapeno ranch Texas brisket
This tender, tangy brisket is cooked with ranch dressing loaded with spices and chili powder and a heaping serving of pickled jalapeños.
Brisket tacos, Dallas style
When it comes to Super Bowl food, people usually make culinary specialties from the hometowns of the opposing teams. With no disrespect to this year’s contenders, Green Bay and Pittsburgh,…
Brisket chile rellenos
A friend from New Mexico asked me one day which chile pepper I preferred to use in my chiles rellenos. I replied that I usually go with poblano chiles and…
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Jalapeño peanut butter quesadilla
On a trip to Florida a few years ago, while my friends and I were shopping at the local grocery store, a man offered us a recipe idea in the…
Cinnamon coffee frozen yogurt
In June, I bought myself an electric bike, and even though it’s only pedal assist, it’s transformed how I interact with my new Texas home. My Dallas neighborhood is surrounded…
Garlic herb salmon
When my friends and I were in our early twenties in Austin, and we were learning to cook, one friend had a recipe for salmon cooked with fresh dill and…
Peach fruit spread
This year’s Texas peach crop was predicted to be sparse due to a lack of rain and freezing temperatures the past winter. The Texas peaches I’ve eaten this season have…
Blueberry bran muffins
My usual morning routine involves a blended fruit, yogurt, and nut smoothie. That said, when researching Dallas recipes from 50 years ago (which led to these pork chops), I came…
Chipotle raspberry-glazed pork chops
Curious what Texans were eating fifty years ago to mark the 200th birthday celebration of the United States, I turned to the Dallas Morning News. The week before the big…
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Tacos!
The good, the bad and the puffy tacos
New York City is shaping up to be a terrific taco town. There are taco trucks scattered throughout the five boroughs, with one even parked just a few blocks from…
Chilorio, Mexican Pulled Pork
“What is that incredible smell?” asked a friend as he walked in the door. I pointed to the stove where shredded pork was simmering in an earthy, spicy sauce made…
Tamarind-chipotle glazed salmon
A few months ago, I went down to Houston to spend a day with my nephews, ages ten and twelve. They live in Oregon and come visit my mom, who’s…
Pork tinga (tinga de puerco)
If you like the marriage of succulent meat with spicy chipotles, you should try pork tinga, a Pueblan stewed dish of pork and chorizo that makes a fine filling for tacos.
Corny dog tacos
When I walked into Resident Taqueria in the East Dallas neighborhood of Lake Highlands and saw that the day’s special day was a corny dog taco, I thought it must…
Lamb barbacoa: a special spring treat
Is there a reason why we Texans don’t eat much lamb? It’s tender, it’s flavorful, it’s not too expensive and yet you seldom see it. Heck, I even heard a…
Meet Lisa Fain
Lisa Fain is the cook, writer, and photographer behind Homesick Texan. A James Beard award-winning writer and seventh-generation Texan, she is also the author of four books—including The Homesick Texan Cookbook and her latest, Goldee’s Bar-B-Q: A Cookbook.