Chicken calabacitas stew
For the past few years, I’ve been drawn to creating a dish using chicken and yellow squash. In several of my South Texas community cookbooks, this dish appears in several…
For the past few years, I’ve been drawn to creating a dish using chicken and yellow squash. In several of my South Texas community cookbooks, this dish appears in several…
At the Indianapolis 500 race in 1970, Texas and New Mexico were pitted against each other, both on the track and off. In the lineup of drivers was Lloyd Ruby…
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A friend and I have a running joke. Before I moved back to Texas, I stayed with her for a few days, and during my visit, I went to the…
Czech Texans often serve this hearty beef and potato stew known a picnic stew at community gatherings.
The first time I heard about the San Antonio Chili Queens, I was on a plane. A friend wanted to make a documentary about Tex-Mex, and she showed me her…
“An El Paso classic,” touted the postscript on an intriguing-sounding recipe. The dish called for roasted long-green chiles, bacon, and a pound and a half of cheese. It went under…
Black-eyed peas have long been the dish of choice for Texans on New Year’s Day. While this humble field pea was once considered poor-people food and not eaten by polite…
In Northeast Texas, there’s a county called Hopkins that is famous for its stew. The tradition of making Hopkins County Stew harkens back to the late 1800s, when at the…
The first time I heard about caldillo, it was in a comment from a reader. The discussion was on how best to use up an abundance of green chiles, and…