Texas grapefruit meringue pie
One of my newest recipe testers is my 11-year-old nephew Austin. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, he used the family’s pecan pie recipe and…
Grapefruit avocado salad with poppy seed dressing
A friend of mine is a co-owner of a barbecue spot, and he and I were recently discussing side dishes. He’s a traditionalist,…
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…
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…
Ruby Red grapefruit cookies
In my kitchen, I have one drawer. Clearly, this greatly limits the amount of stuff I can possess, unless I want my kitchen…
Ruby red grapefruit and pecan sheet cake
March 2 is Texas Independence Day. On this day 176 years ago, a group convened at Washington-on-the-Brazos (back then simply known as Washington)…
Sour cream pound cake with ruby red grapefruit
Christmas Day, you could find my family and me driving along Highway 6 so we could have dinner with cousins in College Station.…
An epiphany about grapefruit
I have a confession to make: I don’t really like grapefruit. And this makes me sad. Don’t get me wrong—grapefruit is pleasing on…