How saucy are you?
By Julie Tomascik Sweet, spicy, tangy, a hint of tomato or a touch of vinegar. It’s the Lone Star State and we like our choices of sauce. Or no sauce at all. But, no matter our preferences, we can all agree barbecue is a part of Texas culture. The charred edges of a piece of [...]
Back to Basics: Cornbread Dressing
By Kelly Bogard What is your favorite Thanksgiving memory? Maybe it was getting to help make the pies with Grandma or carving the turkey for the first time. Or it might be sneaking a bite of dressing right after it came out of the oven. Did you notice these things revolve around food? The true [...]
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 [...]
