By Amanda Hill Nothing makes my mouth water more than a steak—cooked medium, perfectly light pink in the center—for dinner. When I was approached to attend the Texas Beef Council's Farm to Fork event in Fort Worth a few weeks ago, I figured we'd be eating a lot of steak. My mouth was watering just [...]
By Amanda Hill Halloween is almost here! The candy is overflowing from its bowl by the door, the perfect costumes have been laid out for a night of "trick or treating" and the jack-o-lanterns are shining on the porch from their goofy—or spooky—faces. Did you know that your carefully carved pumpkins may have started in [...]
By Amanda Hill What would it be like to go to the grocery store and none of the shelves be stocked? No cereal. No milk. No fruits and veggies. To be honest, that thought doesn't usually cross my mind. And why should it? In America, we've never even come close to that problem—thanks to generations of [...]
By Amanda Hill Good news, Texans! On average, food prices are holding steady at the grocery store, according to Texas Farm Bureau's Grocery Price Watch survey. Based on the survey's third-quarter results, Texans paid $44.91—on average—for a basket of 16 staple food items. Check out the full Grocery Price Watch survey results below, or read [...]
By Amanda Hill We talk a lot on Texas Table Top about connecting customers with farmers. There's a growing interest in meeting the men and women who grow our produce, and many people like to buy local food. Fortunately, we live in a society that creates markets to meet customers' desires and needs. Customers want [...]
