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

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Big Red Cupcakes

By Kelly Bogard Big Red was created in my hometown of Waco in 1937.  We Wacoans are proud of our Big Red, and we can go through barrels of it during a hot Texas summer. As a kid, I remember helping my grandma make Big Red Ice Cream, my granddaddy's favorite. Now that I have my own daughter, I had an idea to [...]

April 21, 2011|Categories: Desserts, Holiday Treats, Recipes|Tags: , , |3 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