A few years ago, it was declared that Dallas’s most iconic dish is strawberry butter. It cited that it had long graced tables at The Zodiac Room, a restaurant in Neiman Marcus's flagship department store

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04.04.2025

Pizza ranch dressing | Homesick Texan

My addiction to frozen pizza (I know…) has introduced me to a variety of pies, with some not always being the platonic ideal of the form. Fortunately, bad pizza can be easily remedied. This is

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21.03.2025

Pork and pinto bean guisada | Homesick Texan

In James Michener’s epic novel Texas, he has a scene where two discuss why beans are not included in Texas chili. The characters conclude that it's because beans and beef cook at different speeds. For

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07.03.2025

Indian-spiced potato gratin | Homesick Texan

One of the ways I learned to cook was by preparing the recipes presented to me in my daily media consumption. Thirty years ago, this included reading a paper version of the New York Times

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21.02.2025

Bran muffins | Homesick Texan

My grandma’s last meal was a bran muffin. This was apt, since eating a warm one was her favorite way to begin the day. She liked to share, and she'd offer you one whenever you

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24.01.2025

Sour cream enchiladas, East Dallas style | Homesick Texan

If your family is like mine, you have a favorite Tex-Mex restaurant. This is the place where you know you can get a large table that will hold everyone, and there are enough options on

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10.01.2025

Salted butterscotch oatmeal cookies | Homesick Texan

There is one cookie that reminds me of Dallas in the 1970s—a chewy oatmeal cookie laced with caramelized butterscotch chips. When I was young, a plate of these was seen at friends’ houses, bake sales,

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20.12.2024

New Year’s Day grits and greens | Homesick Texan

A few years ago, I woke up on New Year’s Day with a craving for collard greens. While I ordinarily prefer coffee and banana smoothies for breakfast, I went with my urge and prepared a pot. Some believe that your first

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06.12.2024

Rosemary bacon spiced pecans | Homesick Texan

In a novel I was recently reading, a character had friends over for dinner. While she cooked she offered her guests bacon rosemary spiced pecans. Her guests loved the smoky, sweet nuts and their enthusiasm

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22.11.2024

Grandma’s lemon pie | Homesick Texan

My eldest nephew Austin recently became a high school student. Since he's been old enough to stand on a chair, he's been helping his parents in the kitchen. These days, he can reach the counter

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15.11.2024

Champurrado brownies | Homesick Texan

The other day, I saw on a Dallas food forum a request for places that serve champurrado. This is a Mexican beverage that combines hot Mexican chocolate with masa harina to create a thick and

Homesick Texan

01.11.2024

Carne adovada | Homesick Texan

Many years ago when I wrote about asado, a West Texas stewed pork and red chile dish, I heard from a linguist based in El Paso. He said that grammatically the dish was incorrect since

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18.10.2024

Tortellini loco | Homesick Texan

The first time I heard of a Tex-Italian tortellini dish, it was referenced on a restaurant menu that has a reputation for this type of fusion. It’s in Lubbock, and I’ve written about their Italian

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04.10.2024

Spiced pumpkin muffins | Homesick Texan

“How can you eat that so early in the morning?” asked my friend. She gestured with a fork at the plate in front of me, which contained a softball-sized muffin dotted with pockets of cream

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20.09.2024

Chicken calabacitas stew | Homesick Texan

For the past few years, I’ve been drawn to creating a dish using chicken and yellow squash. In several of my South Texas community cookbooks, this dish appears in several different guises, and in theory,

Homesick Texan

06.09.2024

Blue corn sugar cookies | Homesick Texan

A few years ago when I was at a bookstore in West Texas, I met a longtime reader. She asked me what my plans were, and I admitted that for the past few months, I’d

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23.08.2024

Table salsa, Dallas style | Homesick Texan

If you were to come to my house, you’d find in my refrigerator a pot of pinto beans, a stack of flour tortillas, a jar of pickled jalapeños with carrots, and a homemade salsa. There’d

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09.08.2024

Hot dog tacos, Dallas style | Homesick Texan

One of my recent obsessions has been hot dogs. While I’m still acquiring the knowledge to make hot dog wieners from scratch (stay tuned...), I’ve still been researching this humble sausage, and surprisingly, it’s featured

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26.07.2024

Dill pickled jalapeños | Homesick Texan

When I lived in New York, the fresh dill at the grocery store usually came from Texas. More famous Texan offerings, such as peaches, pecans, or cantaloupes, were absent at my local market. But whenever

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12.07.2024

Bacon blue cheese deviled eggs | Homesick Texan

When you get together with my father's side of the family, you can be assured that hard-boiled eggs will be on offer. They stir them into gravies, slice them into salads, and stuff them for

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28.06.2024

Lavender peach cobbler ice cream | Homesick Texan

For the past few summers, I’ve been tinkering with a recipe for peach ice cream pie. The combination of sweet fruit, cinnamon crust, and cool ice cream works in theory, but so far, I haven’t

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14.06.2024

Chorizo cheese grits casserole | Homesick Texan

A few years ago, a Brooklyn friend announced she was going to smoke a pork shoulder for pulled pork. She’d provide the meat and the rest of us could bring the accompaniments and trimmings. The

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31.05.2024

West Texas corn dip | Homesick Texan

Last year, a group of dear friends and I took a road trip out to far West Texas. It’s a long drive from DFW, and our group made sure that we had plenty of provisions

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17.05.2024

Mexican bean salad, 1914 style | Homesick Texan

When you look at cookbooks from the early part of the nineteenth century, you’ll find extensive chapters on salads. Even though the books have been in print for over one hundred years, I often find fresh ideas

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03.05.2024

Jalapeño strawberry jam | Homesick Texan

While I was smoking a pork belly up at Goldee’s BBQ recently, I asked one of the owners, Lane, how he liked to serve it once it was done. He mentioned a sauce made with jam. True to form, I

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19.04.2024

Lemon yogurt poppy seed muffins | Homesick Texan

In 1975, my grandma baked a loaf of poppy seed bread. While this may not seem worthy of mention, it was an unusual act in that she never repeated this performance. I don’t recall seeing

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05.04.2024

Cracker macaroni and cheese, North Texas style | Homesick Texan

The last dinner my grandma made for me was in November 2017. I was in town for a book signing, and while she hadn’t felt energetic enough to attend the event, she still cooked for

Homesick Texan

22.03.2024

Granola bread | Homesick Texan

Every Christmas, my Uncle Austin gives the family homemade granola. During a recent survey of my refrigerator, I found a bag from the previous year. Because his ingredients are all dried goods, it was still

Homesick Texan

08.03.2024

Chipotle lime boursin | Homesick Texan

When I was young, my mom introduced the family to a new cheese spread. It was a foil-wrapped puck of white cheese that was laced with garlic and herbs. The cheese was smooth and creamy

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23.02.2024

Chicken-fried catfish | Homesick Texan

For years, I’ve had the notion of chicken-fried catfish on my mind. While typically, I eat my fried catfish dredged in a cornmeal coating, I wondered if treating the fish like chicken-fried steak, with its

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09.02.2024

Sausage queso, Tex-Italian style | Homesick Texan

When I was making plans to visit Lubbock, a friend gave me some advice. “Go to Orlando’s Italian restaurant, and order the mafia queso,” she said. “It’s outstanding.” Lubbock, Texas sits at the crossroads of

Homesick Texan

26.01.2024

Tex-Mex enchilada beans | Homesick Texan

A few years ago, Deb Perelman of the Smitten Kitchen blog introduced the world to a dish she called pizza beans. It was a pan of beans baked with tomato sauce and cheese. While her

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19.01.2024

Sunday pinto beans | Homesick Texan

Every Sunday afternoon, I make a pot of pinto beans. They’re nothing special, I just like to keep beans on hand for when I get a craving during the week. With these pintos, I’ll spoon

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12.01.2024

Green chile pork and pinto bean stew | Homesick Texan

At the Indianapolis 500 race in 1970, Texas and New Mexico were pitted against each other, both on the track and off. In the lineup of drivers was Lloyd Ruby of Wichita Falls and brothers

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29.12.2023

Black-eyed pea cornbread | Homesick Texan

When my uncle gave me a bag of dried black-eyed peas he'd grown this summer, I mentioned that last year I’d made black-eyed pea tamales. Intrigued, he peppered me with questions. Were the peas whole

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22.12.2023

Mexican chocolate spiced pecans | Homesick Texan

One of my favorite holiday gifts is spiced nuts. They’re simple to prepare, and the nuts are a willing receiver for a host of flavors. While the savory combination of cumin and cinnamon has been

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15.12.2023

Garlic rosemary beef ribs | Homesick Texan

Over the past year, as I’ve been learning to cook meat on a smoker, I’ve had the revelation that smoking meat is not much different from cooking meat in an oven. The outcome is a

Homesick Texan

08.12.2023

White chocolate macadamia blueberry bars | Homesick Texan

For a friend’s birthday last year, I made a batch of my mom’s raspberry bars. The tangy raspberry jam matched with the rich white chocolate and the buttery cake-like foundation is always a huge hit.

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08.12.2023

Subscription update, 2023 | Homesick Texan

Five years ago, I was having a very bad day. My plane back to New York City was about to depart, and while I was in McKinney with my family, my apartment keys were back

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01.12.2023

Chicken soup with rice, Dallas style | Homesick Texan

My hairdresser asked me why I lived in Dallas. “You’re not like most of the Dallasites I know,” he said. “In fact, when I first met you, I figured you’d move back to New York

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Strawberry butter | Homesick Texan

Pizza ranch dressing | Homesick Texan

Pork and pinto bean guisada | Homesick Texan

Indian-spiced potato gratin | Homesick Texan

Bran muffins | Homesick Texan

Sour cream enchiladas, East Dallas style | Homesick Texan

Salted butterscotch oatmeal cookies | Homesick Texan

New Year’s Day grits and greens | Homesick Texan

Rosemary bacon spiced pecans | Homesick Texan

Grandma’s lemon pie | Homesick Texan

Champurrado brownies | Homesick Texan

Carne adovada | Homesick Texan

Tortellini loco | Homesick Texan

Spiced pumpkin muffins | Homesick Texan

Chicken calabacitas stew | Homesick Texan

Blue corn sugar cookies | Homesick Texan

Table salsa, Dallas style | Homesick Texan

Hot dog tacos, Dallas style | Homesick Texan

Dill pickled jalapeños | Homesick Texan

Bacon blue cheese deviled eggs | Homesick Texan

Lavender peach cobbler ice cream | Homesick Texan

Chorizo cheese grits casserole | Homesick Texan

West Texas corn dip | Homesick Texan

Mexican bean salad, 1914 style | Homesick Texan

Jalapeño strawberry jam | Homesick Texan

Lemon yogurt poppy seed muffins | Homesick Texan

Cracker macaroni and cheese, North Texas style | Homesick Texan

Granola bread | Homesick Texan

Chipotle lime boursin | Homesick Texan

Chicken-fried catfish | Homesick Texan

Sausage queso, Tex-Italian style | Homesick Texan

Tex-Mex enchilada beans | Homesick Texan

Sunday pinto beans | Homesick Texan

Green chile pork and pinto bean stew | Homesick Texan

Black-eyed pea cornbread | Homesick Texan

Mexican chocolate spiced pecans | Homesick Texan

Garlic rosemary beef ribs | Homesick Texan

White chocolate macadamia blueberry bars | Homesick Texan

Subscription update, 2023 | Homesick Texan

Chicken soup with rice, Dallas style | Homesick Texan

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