My mom asked me what I’d been cooking lately and I said a lot of frozen pizza. She laughed because that’s not something I normally eat. Though frozen pizza has a comforting charm for me,

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21.09.2023

King Ranch hominy casserole | Homesick Texan

There are several ways to make a cheesy, creamy hominy casserole, and my grandma’s is the simplest method of all. While some recipes have you make a roux and others use heavy cream to bind

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14.09.2023

Sopapillas with a side of honey | Homesick Texan

Sopapillas are total decadence for me. You’d think after concluding a stomach-swelling multi-course meal of chips and salsa, queso, guacamole, tamales, rice, refried beans. and enchiladas that it would be impossible to find room for just one more dish. But I can

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31.08.2023

Hatch chile creamy rice casserole | Homesick Texan

In the mid-1990s, some Texan friends and I made the trek to the Upper East Side of New York City to eat at Zarela Martinez’s namesake Mexican restaurant. Zarela is an El Paso native and

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24.08.2023

Mushroom stroganoff | Homesick Texan

A few years ago, my publisher approached me about doing a one-pot cookbook. After writing the proposal, they decided that they didn’t like it and passed on the project. My agent mentioned that I also

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10.08.2023

Peach biscuits | Homesick Texan

Whenever my group of friends gets together, breakfast is an important beginning to our day. While in our regular lives, we may get by on only a cup of coffee or a handful of granola,

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28.07.2023

Peach pico de gallo | Homesick Texan

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been obsessed with making sausages. It’s my final lesson to learn in my Goldee’s barbecue education, and while I’m not a stranger to the process, it had been

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13.07.2023

Charro beans, South Texas style | Homesick Texan

My friend Rick was telling me about his mother’s charro beans, which were a dinnertime staple at his home when he was young. The pot began with cooked pinto beans that she combined with bacon,

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30.06.2023

White Texas sheet cake | Homesick Texan

A couple of years ago, I was interviewed in the New York Times about Texas sheet cake. There’s a quote attributed to me, where the writer says I’m baffled by the notion of a Texas

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22.06.2023

Strawberry Twinkie delight | Homesick Texan

When my friend Ann pulled a box of Twinkies from the grocery bag, we asked what she planned to do with the cream-filled snack cakes. We were at a friend’s beach house in Florida, and

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08.06.2023

Chipotle cream corn | Homesick Texan

During a summer outdoor gathering, a friend offered whole ears of corn he had slathered with butter and red chiles. The creaminess, sweetness, and earthiness of the three ingredients were welcome, though I prefer to

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01.06.2023

Curried broccoli salad | Homesick Texan

A few years ago, a friend’s husband cooked dinner for a group of us. Along with salmon and potatoes, he included a broccoli salad on the plate. In the past, the concept of broccoli salad,

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25.05.2023

Strawberry cobbler | Homesick Texan

According to a spring 1957 issue of the Claude News, the Business Women’s Club of this Texas panhandle town got together for a luncheon meeting. On the menu were roast beef, chicken and dumplings, mashed

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18.05.2023

Margarita bars | Homesick Texan

A little over a year ago, I decided to stop drinking. The extra pounds and lack of sleep were not worth the few minutes of giddiness that a beer or cocktail might provide. I haven’t

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05.05.2023

Chicken and chorizo tinga | Homesick Texan

Over the years, many readers have asked me if I have a recipe for chicken tinga. While I don’t have one label labelled as such, it occurred to me that this chicken chipotle taco is

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21.04.2023

Banana smoothie | Homesick Texan

This has been a tough year for my mouth. A few days before New Year’s Eve, I bit down on a cashew and cracked a top molar in half. Then I developed a patch of

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14.04.2023

Potato salad, Oak Cliff style | Homesick Texan

My dad’s side of the family loves hard-boiled eggs. They fold them into their salads, plop them into their giblet gravy, and whip them into deviled eggs, dishes that were all served at family gatherings

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30.03.2023

Carrot skillet cake | Homesick Texan

One Easter when I was living in New York City, I hosted a brunch for my friends. Since the traditional dessert in my family had been carrot cake, I decided to offer it, as well.

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23.03.2023

Carrot and green onion salad, Hill Country style | Homesick Texan

In 1976, Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson held a barbecue at her family’s ranch in the Texas Hill Country. It was for old friends and former DC colleagues, and she billed it as her last hurrah.

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09.03.2023

Tamarind-chipotle glazed salmon | Homesick Texan

A few months ago, I went down to Houston to spend a day with my nephews, ages ten and twelve. They live in Oregon and come visit my mom, who’s their grandma, every summer for

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02.03.2023

Brisket macaroni and cheese | Homesick Texan

One of the best things to happen to Dallas in the past year is the arrival of HEB grocery stores. Sure, there have been locations in some of the surrounding towns such as Waxahachie and

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16.02.2023

Cajun French bread pizza | Homesick Texan

As a former latchkey kid, a name given to those in my generation who spent time after school alone at home because their parents were both at work and therefore had a key to get

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27.01.2023

Cheese stacked enchiladas, San Antonio style | Homesick Texan

In my research, I recently came across an enchilada recipe in the San Antonio Light from 1926.This recipe was different from prior early San Antonio enchilada recipes. First, it called for something called California cheese

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19.01.2023

Satsuma marmalade | Homesick Texan

Over the past few months, I’ve met more people who prefer marmalade than I’ve ever encountered in my life. For instance, I’d be visiting and would make a batch of biscuits, and as I set

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12.01.2023

Sopa Tarasca | Homesick Texan

When reading an old issue of Texas Highways, I came across a recipe for a dish called sopa Tarasca. It was a pureed bean soup that was topped with fried tortilla strips and avocados. It

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02.12.2022

Peach pecan rugelach | Homesick Texan

When I first moved to New York, I discovered a baked good known as rugelach. It was an Eastern European Jewish treat that was presented as a cookie but had more…

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01.12.2022

Subscription update, 2022 | Homesick Texan

Four years ago, I launched the Homesick Texan subscription program. At the time, a decline in ad revenue had me using my savings to keep the site afloat…

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01.12.2022

Mexican chocolate granola | Homesick Texan

My people are granola people. My family has been both eating it and making it for as long as I can remember and I have, too. Most of us are conventional and eat…

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29.11.2022

Tex-Mex chicken spaghetti | Homesick Texan

A friend once described Tex-Mex chicken spaghetti as baked pasta with chicken and chile con queso. If you look at many of the recipes shared today…

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29.11.2022

Pumpkin cheese grits | Homesick Texan

In 1958, Mrs. C. A. Oney submitted a cheese grits recipe to the San Antonio Light. It was a baked dish that called for cooked grits, cheese, milk, and eggs.

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29.11.2022

Turkey red posole | Homesick Texan

Turkey red posole is a hearty soup made with hominy, red chiles such as New Mexican and ancho chiles, and already-cooked turkey. Simple, satisfying, and good.

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29.11.2022

Mashed sweet potatoes with chipotle chiles | Homesick Texan

Growing up, not a holiday dinner or church potluck supper was complete without a casserole dish filled with baked sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows.

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29.11.2022

Sweet potato cheesecake | Homesick Texan

My uncle’s special Thanksgiving dessert is sweet potato pie. My brother’s special Thanksgiving dessert is pumpkin cheesecake. And since I’m going to see both of…

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Jalapeño popper kolaches | Homesick Texan

King Ranch hominy casserole | Homesick Texan

Sopapillas with a side of honey | Homesick Texan

Hatch chile creamy rice casserole | Homesick Texan

Mushroom stroganoff | Homesick Texan

Peach biscuits | Homesick Texan

Peach pico de gallo | Homesick Texan

Charro beans, South Texas style | Homesick Texan

White Texas sheet cake | Homesick Texan

Strawberry Twinkie delight | Homesick Texan

Chipotle cream corn | Homesick Texan

Curried broccoli salad | Homesick Texan

Strawberry cobbler | Homesick Texan

Margarita bars | Homesick Texan

Chicken and chorizo tinga | Homesick Texan

Banana smoothie | Homesick Texan

Potato salad, Oak Cliff style | Homesick Texan

Carrot skillet cake | Homesick Texan

Carrot and green onion salad, Hill Country style | Homesick Texan

Tamarind-chipotle glazed salmon | Homesick Texan

Brisket macaroni and cheese | Homesick Texan

Cajun French bread pizza | Homesick Texan

Cheese stacked enchiladas, San Antonio style | Homesick Texan

Satsuma marmalade | Homesick Texan

Sopa Tarasca | Homesick Texan

Peach pecan rugelach | Homesick Texan

Subscription update, 2022 | Homesick Texan

Mexican chocolate granola | Homesick Texan

Tex-Mex chicken spaghetti | Homesick Texan

Pumpkin cheese grits | Homesick Texan

Turkey red posole | Homesick Texan

Mashed sweet potatoes with chipotle chiles | Homesick Texan

Sweet potato cheesecake | Homesick Texan

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