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If you flip through most Texas cookbooks published in the last century, you’ll find recipes for congealed salads. Simply put, this is a sala...

This is the season of giving, and one of my favorite things to give is candy. Texans have a long tradition of making and sharing candy at th...

Valentine, Texas is a squint of a town in far West Texas. If you’re heading to Marfa from El Paso, then you’ll drive through it as you head ...

How do you feel about fruitcake? For some, it’s a cherished Christmas tradition but for others it’s more of a joke. We’ve all heard the one ...

About this time eleven years ago, I took a plane trip to Texas. It was my first flight after 9-11 and everyone was still shaky about air tra...

The other day I found myself in a cookie coma. After eating nothing but cookies and homemade candy for several hours straight, my belly hurt...

Doing things for others is said to be a path to happiness and that may be why this time of year is filled with so much joy. While I’ve been ...