By Nathan Smith I love Thanksgiving! Who’s with me? It’s a wonderful time of year for foodies because of the diversity of dishes, the new twists on old recipes and the comfort in familiar tastes. This time of year across the country, harvests are wrapping up and American farmers and ranchers have been hard at [...]
By Nathan Smith Think of olives and the hills of Italy, Spain or fertile valleys of California come to mind. Now you can add the Lone Star State to that list, thanks to Jim Henry and others like him. This budding group of growers are proving Texas has what it takes to be a world [...]
By Nathan Smith We spend a lot of time talking about cuisine of all kinds here on Texas Table Top so the idea of a day dedicated to food was interesting to me, to say the least. The Center for Science in Public Interest (CSPI) is encouraging Americans to “Eat Real” as the group prepares [...]
By Amanda Hill Growing up in Dallas, the State Fair of Texas was a BIG deal. Each year, we got a day off from school to explore the sights, sounds and foods of our state's great tradition. Since we lived in the suburbs, my brother and I were in awe of everything–the cowboys, livestock, foods and, of [...]
By Amanda Hill Food prices at Texas grocery stores appear to be holding steady, for now. Today, Texas Farm Bureau released its third quarter Grocery Price Watch survey, which monitors the cost of 16 staple food products across the Lone Star State. This latest survey shows Texans are paying slight more—72 cents—than they did in [...]
