I had the most delicious meal the other day at a Tex Mex restaurant in Austin, grilled Tilapia with Pineapple Salsa. I already know how to grill the heck out of tilapia, but I’ve never tried making pineapple salsa until…
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Oh my Lord, these are good. You ever eat something when you were a kid and that something sticks with you for the rest of your life? Me and sopapillas? We go way back. One of the greatest things…
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Hatch, New Mexico, is a tiny village of slightly more than 1500 souls located on the Rio Grande in south central New Mexico 40 miles north of Las Cruces, NM on I-25. It had been settled since the 1850’s when…
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When I was a kid, having that first slice of watermelon was one of those indicators that summer vacation had finally arrived. Some places go absolutely nuts over watermelon. For example, every June Luling, TX, has the “Watermelon Thump,” and…
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Port Isabel, TX is so far south on South Padre Island…..(how south is it?)…..that if you went any further south, you’d be in Mexico! It’s the coastal town just to the east of Brownsville, kind of the Galveston if Brownsville…
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Oh my Lord, social mealtimes have a way of creating some very long-lasting memories don’t they? Positive and negative. On the positive side, I STILL remember how incredible my grandmother’s green beans tasted ,or my great-grandmother’s homemade Lemon ice cream….
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If ANY food deserved it’s own National Day of Celebration it’s the miraculous golden brown, sometimes iced, sometimes jelly-filled, sometimes glazed, but always enjoyed doughnut! I admit I have my favorite doughnut shop, and I admit I sometimes pass it…
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Anyone who’s read these blogs for any amount of time knows how proudly Texan I am, and when it comes to food Tex Mex is the name of the game around these parts. “Tex Mex” is kind of a misnomer…
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Sometimes on those chilly evenings a nice bowl of warm spicy soup just hits the spot. As you feel the warmth flow down from your tastebuds to your tummy, life just gets a little better doesn’t it? Especially on these…
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There’s nothing simpler than cooking up a mess of pasta on the ol’ stove. All you have to do is heat water, throw in the pasta of your choice and wait til it reaches that “al dente” state right? Well,…
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