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About Amanda Hill

Associate Editor of Publications Texas Farm Bureau Amanda Hill aspires to be as good a cook as her momma and grandmothers, but she still has a long way to go. All attempts—good and bad—are tested by her patient and kind husband, who rarely gives a negative review. Contact Amanda at ahill@txfb.org or follow Amanda on Twitter.

Texans make no ‘misteak’

 By Nathan Smith Texans know a good steak when we find it, and last weekend I found more than one at the 8th Annual Texas Steak Cookoff in Hico. Don’t let the event’s name fool you, though. All the major food groups were represented: chicken, pork, crawfish, duck, dove, all manner of roughage and, of course, [...]

Chocolate milk going extinct?

By Nathan Smith To this Texan, the only thing better than milk is chocolate milk. It’s a favorite part of my post exercise routine, so it’s a good thing I’m not a student in some Los Angeles or Washington, D.C. school districts where chocolate milk is a thing of the past. School administrators in some [...]

The Food Borne Identity

By Nathan Smith It’s midnight. You open the refrigerator door, surveying the late-night snack options. Hidden behind the plastic containers of leftovers, you retrieve the three-day-old Szechuan shrimp take-out. Hours later you realize that was a bad idea. There is nothing fun about being sick for 24 hours while you wait on your body to [...]

May 10, 2011|Categories: Healthy Eating|Tags: , , |5 Comments

A world without peanuts?

By Nathan Smith Baseball season is in full swing and with it comes one of my favorite aspects of the game–roasted peanuts!  I thoroughly enjoy sitting in the Ballpark in Arlington watching the Rangers throw down on the Yankees, but what is any baseball game without this major league snack? The Lone Star State is the [...]

April 26, 2011|Categories: Specialty Crops, Texas Products|Tags: , , , |0 Comments