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Kids in the Kitchen

By Matt Felder Table Top would like to thank Texas Farm Bureau's Matt Felder for this guest post about the Junior League's Kids in the Kitchen program. Matt is field editor for TFB's publications. Nationally, about one in seven children are obese, and that statistic increases to nearly one in three children in Texas. But that’s something the Junior League of [...]

June 14, 2011|Categories: Healthy Kids|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

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, [...]

Just don’t call it ‘hot cheese’

By Amanda Hill What’s the test of a true Texan? Ask them what they call melted, spicy cheese. I cringe at “hot cheese” and “cheese dip”—It’s queso, bless their hearts… Cinco de Mayo is this week, and like any good Texan, I’ll be celebrating with my favorite Tex-Mex dinner—chicken enchiladas, rice and more chips, salsa [...]

May 3, 2011|Categories: Texas Products|Tags: , , , |8 Comments

Barbecue: To sauce or not?

By Nathan Smith Bluebonnets, the Alamo and barbecue. True Texans know and can appreciate all three and, as a true Texan, I consider myself a reasonably knowledgeable evaluator of the latter. I’ve consumed my fair share over the years and then some. My experience tells me that good barbecue sauce is often not fully appreciated. [...]

April 12, 2011|Categories: Beef, Featured|Tags: , , , |13 Comments

Welcome to Texas Table Top!

We’re excited to introduce you to Texas Table Top, a site to celebrate the many foods, places and people that make the Lone Star State great.  The thing I love most about Texas is its diversity. You can drive a few hours and see everything from flat, sweeping plains to a bustling major city to [...]

March 28, 2011|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |0 Comments