Pumpkin cheese grits
In 1958, Mrs. C. A. Oney submitted a cheese grits recipe to the San Antonio Light. It was a baked dish that called for cooked grits, cheese, milk, and eggs….
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Tex-Mex chicken spaghetti
A friend once described Tex-Mex chicken spaghetti as baked pasta with chicken and chile con queso. If you look at many of the recipes shared today, you’d have to agree…
Pumpkin spice cookies
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Black bean chili, Texas style
After being served a Frito pie topped with black beans in Austin at a food conference, I began to ponder the notion of bean chili. Frito pies are traditionally a…
Gillespie County roast chicken with grapes
When reading a book about American fruit, I saw an entry for one called chicken grape. The vine was described as woody and the fruit was usually dark and round….
Apple cider doughnut muffins
When I lived in New York City, I noticed that when the leaves began to change and the temperatures required a jacket, the farmer’s markets started offering hot apple cider…
Half-and-half tortillas
A few years ago, I sent out a taco recipe for testing. When the tester replied, she mentioned that she had served the dish with half-and-half tortillas. This style was…
Sour cream chicken enchiladas recipe
When I was in college, on Saturday afternoons a large group of us would celebrate the weekend by going to lunch at the local Tex-Mex restaurant. We’d toast our break…
Green chile cheeseburger mac
After school one day in junior high, I went over to a friend’s house to study with her for a test. After we did our homework, she said she needed…
Fried potatoes with green chiles
When I was writing my first cookbook, I wanted to include a carnitas recipe that had been on my site. It was adapted from the late cookbook author Diana Kennedy’s…