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

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About Kelly Bogard

Food Editor Texas Farm Bureau I believe that happiness starts in the home. For my big Texas family it is in the kitchen. Join me as I cook my way through life one recipe at a time.

Back to Basics: Buttermilk Biscuits

By Kelly Bogard Some things in life are made to be simple. Unfortunately, sometimes cooking is not that way. Sometimes it is messy. Sometimes it has complicated ingredients or steps. But other times, it can be so simple that it is scary. Such is the case with Buttermilk Biscuits. This is one of those things [...]

March 7, 2014|Categories: Back to Basics, Breads and Rolls, Featured, Recipes|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Chicken Fried Steak

By Kelly Bogard Ah, Texas. How I love thee, let me count the ways. 1) You have awesome spaces–big cities and tiny towns. 2) You have the friendliest people around. 3) You have year round beauty as the sun shines down. So it’s time to celebrate this awesome place we call home. Sunday, March 2, [...]

February 28, 2014|Categories: Beef, Featured, Main Dishes|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

Creamed Spinach

By Kelly Bogard Do you have plans for a Valentine's dinner? Did you make the reservations? What? You got busy and forgot? No way! It's that time again. Time to stress out over how to plan a memorable moment on Cupid's special day. I think I've told you this before, but we don't usually go [...]

Back to Basics: Pie Crust

By Kelly Bogard Okay, I will admit it. Last week, the pie crust I made for the Chocolate Pie was the first homemade pie crust I have made by myself. With the convenience of prepackaged crusts, I had convinced myself that it was too hard. What if the butter wasn't cold enough? What if it [...]

February 7, 2014|Categories: Back to Basics, Desserts, Featured, Recipes|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment

Chocolate Pie

By Kelly Bogard You might not know this, but sometimes I struggle to come up with ideas or recipes for the blog. Sometimes it is recipe block and sometimes I just can't find enough time to sit down and think it out. Luckily, I have a huge building full of people from which to bounce [...]