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Gulf shrimp sizzle in this summer dish

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This homemade jelly is Peter Piper approved

Each year, I plant a salsa garden with beds full of tomato and pepper plants and, if I’m being candid, renewed optimism. [Read more…]

This chilled shrimp and egg salad is a Southern Lenten staple

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Relax and enjoy a Southern dish for Sunday supper

Thank goodness for Sundays. On Sundays, we can dial down the pace of life a few degrees, take our time and enjoy simple pleasures. Sundays are for slow-cooked foods, dishes that need a good simmer on the stove and not too much more. [Read more…]

This warm meal stirs up memories of a Corpus Christi grandmother

When I was very young, my parents would sometimes send my siblings and me on a Greyhound bus to Corpus Christi to stay with my paternal grandmother. My parents sent us off with kisses and stern reminders to say “please and thank you,” to eat everything we were served and, above all, to stay out of my grandmother’s hair. [Read more…]

Snuggle in with this spicy shrimp curry dish

Late fall on the Texas Gulf Coast can be such a tease. Some years, we endure quite a long wait before ever spying a scarf waving in the breeze. When fall arrives, our appetites tend to follow suit, craving warm, satisfying dishes. [Read more…]

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When disaster strikes, familiar foods can bring comfort

Physically tired from shoveling soggy Sheetrock, and emotionally drained from pitching a life’s worth of goods to the curb, my weary friends arrived at my home first for showers, then a home-cooked meal. [Read more…]

Baja creation gets a Tex-Mex makeover

Baja California is often credited with inventing the fish taco.

But no matter where the first person wrapped the first tortilla around a piece of cooked fish, shrimp tacos have become about as Texas as bluebonnets and barbecue. [Read more…]

Together, two Southern staples make magic

It’s a simple summer dish that combines two Southern staples: garden grown tomatoes and fresh bay shrimp. [Read more…]