#fullpost{display:inline;} For me, nothing says summer more than fried chicken. I can’t tell you how many picnics, family gatherings, and weekend lunches[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} There are several different ways to make pork chops but one of the quickest and easiest I’ve found is simply broiling them.[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} When I first moved to New York, about once or twice a year my mom would send me a loaf of lemon bread. It was my favorite thing. The[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Every spring I get an itch to return to Texas as it just might be the best time of year to be there. The bluebonnets and other[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} According to a spring 1957 issue of the Claude News , the Business Women’s Club of this Texas panhandle town got together for[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} The first time I recall having brisket, it wasn’t the smoked hunk of beef that many people associate with Texas. No, instead[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} So, I spent the past two years working on another book and today it’s published. Would you like to see a preview? Like my[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} When I was young, my mom was a health food nut. We’re talking a full-on carob, wheat germ, no sugar in your cereal kind of[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Spring semester of my senior year in high school, when my friends and I were feeling daring we’d occasionally leave school for[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} I love beans. Soupy beans, refried beans, beans in a dip, or beans in a salad—it doesn’t matter how you serve them, I[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} One recent Sunday after a hearty beef stew dinner, my family sat in my grandma’s living room taking the New York Times dialect[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Valentine, Texas is a squint of a town in far West Texas. If you’re heading to Marfa from El Paso, then you’ll drive[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} About 43 years ago or so, Robert “Bob” Armstrong walked into Matt’s El Rancho in Austin and asked the[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} The other day I went to the store to buy some collard greens, but the store was sold out. In the produce department there was a[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Migas for breakfast are welcome anytime, but I have especially fond memories of eating them with friends in Austin as our first meal[...]