Bagel Breakfast Sandwiches
By Kelly Bogard Imagine waking up at 4 a.m. to get to the deer lease and stand by first light. You sit silently waiting for the perfect opportunity. As a small herd of deer approach the blind, a strange sound fills the space. Your stomach grumbles and spooks the winter harvest back into the woods. One thing [...]
Values do matter to farmers and ranchers
By Julie Vrazel Values and farmers and ranchers—they go hand-in-hand. A 30-second commercial by Whole Foods Market shows that. Sort of. It implies organic is superior and more ethical than conventionally-grown food. I don't agree. In their marketing scheme to boost sales, Whole Foods left out one important ingredient—conventional farmers and ranchers. Truth is, like their [...]
Meet a Texas rose farmer: Mark Chamblee
By Julie Vrazel Not all farmers grow corn, cotton and grain sorghum. There are lots of specialty farmers, too. Like Mark Chamblee. He wakes up and smells the roses every day. That’s because Mark is a rose farmer in Tyler, where he and his family have been growing roses since 1953. Their nursery, Chamblee’s Rose [...]
Pumpkin Honey Pancakes
By Kelly Bogard Happy fall, y'all! Tuesday was the official first day of autumn 2014 and I couldn't be more excited. The sights and smells of fall are just amazing: the leaves changing and the smell of cinnamon in the air. That’s what I’m talking about! “Butters” is somewhat of a pumpkin connoisseur so she loves [...]
Grocery Price Watch: Food prices keep rising
By Julie Vrazel Budget, budget, budget. It’s an all-too familiar word in my house with a wedding less than two months away and winter feed bills for the cows just around the corner. But a large part of my usual monthly expenses isn’t directly related to our wedding or cattle. It’s my weekly trips to [...]
Cheesy Bacon Hasselback Potatoes
By Kelly Bogard We sure enjoyed the cool weather last weekend here in Central Texas. It was a bit chilly first thing on Saturday morning, but warmed up to a very pleasant temperature just in time for Saturday evening festivities. It's nights like this that we love to entertain. This weekend will be no different [...]
