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This past weekend we had two days of spring-like weather. There were warm breezes, sunny skies and no need to wear more than a jacket and a ...

"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken-fried steak." —Larry McMurtry It's been ...

OK, class. Before we begin today’s lesson in Texan cooking, we’re going to take a little pop quiz: 1. In Texas, what is the correct topping ...

Can someone explain to me what happened with the Anglican Communion? In 1534, Henry the Eighth split the Church of England from the Catholic...

I'm very lazy. And so faced with the choice of writing about refried beans or writing about myself, (but wait, you may be saying, isn...

It's true: while I may be, shall we say, in between boyfriends at the moment, there is no shortage of love in my life, thanks to a beaut...

I left work early the other day, which is something I never do. But after several colleagues came up to me and said, “Why are you so flushed...

I forgot I had a tortilla press. When I was recently riffling through my cabinet on the hunt for an errant springform pan, I came across it ...