Texas Table Top—Celebrating the foods, places and people of the Lone Star State.

Yearly Archives: 2014

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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 [...]

October 28, 2014|Categories: Featured|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Kid-friendly Tricks and Treats

By Kelly Bogard Princesses, Ninja Turtles and Super Heroes. Add cute pumpkins, silly clowns and a ghost or two and you have a party. Our neighborhood is “the place” to be on Halloween. My sweet girl loves to help me in the kitchen, especially on Halloween. So here's some kid-friendly treats!     For Ghost Bananas, you [...]

Connecting the dots

By Jessica Domel I love aha moments. You know the kind. When something you've heard, maybe a dozen times before, just finally clicks in your brain and everything makes sense. My nieces had one of those moments over the weekend during the last days of the State Fair of Texas. My brother and I took [...]

October 21, 2014|Categories: Texas Agriculture|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Tastes of fall

By Kelly Bogard It’s finally starting to feel like fall, even if the leaves haven’t started changing colors. With fall weather comes football, crafts and good times with family and friends. And those good times are sure to be shared around a plate of delicious food. Embrace the cooler weather with some of our favorite savory [...]