#fullpost{display:inline;} Do you go to your state fair? As a kid, not an autumn rolled around without a trip to Fair Park in Big D to attend the Texas State[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Want to read some amazing writing--writing so good it convinced the chairman of Reader's Digest to break bread with its creator?[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} A couple of years ago, I was on real soul-food kick, and would spend the weekends eating at every place I could find in Harlem:[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} This week, New York Magazine has a wonderful feature on butchers and their thoughts on preparing meat--which you can find in both[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Homemade chile powder, so rich, red and flavorful, is an ingredient I cannot live without. I use it with so many things, including[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} School lunches are a hot topic du jour as the school year has recently begun. Everyone from The New York Times to the New Yorker[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} A block away from my apartment, Texan chef Tim Love is opening an outpost of his Fort Worth restaurant Lonsemone Dove Western[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Don’t read this web site, it’s bad for your health. That’s right, I’m a Homesick Texan who waxes nostalgic[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Growing up in the Bible Belt, Judaism was under my radar, I'm ashamed to say. Yom Kippur wasn’t a school holiday, and[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} I love cilantro. I love it so much I put it in just about everything I can, within reason, of course. It’s the definitive[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} I had an idea that it would be fun to do a series of quick Q&A’s with fellow Homesick Texans on their favorite Texan[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Ten years ago, another Texan friend who had also recently moved to New York City gave me a call. “You’ll never believe[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Yee haw, we won! Clearly more a mantra than a slogan, "Don't Mess With Texas," grabbed top honors last week in the third annual[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} You may not know Stephen Tobolowsky by name, but you certainly know his work. He's an actor who has appeared in a host of movies[...]

#fullpost{display:inline;} Did you know that in Texas they have something called the “Safe Cupcake Amendment?” That’s right, under the Texas[...]