The ritual of eating oysters — the tray of spent shells, sleeves of saltines and requisite hot sauce — requires equal parts elbow room and fortitude. [Read more…]
Growing up slightly north of the South, I didn’t encounter grits until I attended college here in Texas. [Read more…]
As much as I adore summer, I spend all year looking forward to celebrating fall. Gorgeous sunsets, blustery cool fronts and holiday meals. What’s not to like? [Read more…]
Photo by Alicia Cahill
In Argentina, chimichurri can seem as ubiquitous as the bottles of hot sauce cluttering tables here in Texas. [Read more…]
Photo by Stuart Villanueva
There probably are as many variations of paella as there are families in Spain. [Read more…]
Photo by Alicia Cahill
It’s hard to trump the taste of a ripe watermelon on a summer day. Crisp and sweet, watermelon is a hallmark of Southeast Texas summers. With summer days waning, it’s now or never. [Read more…]
This time of year, trips to the market reveal piles of gleaming garnet stone fruits, perfect and ripe. [Read more…]
Photo by Alicia Cahill
Soon enough, local stores and markets will explode with piles of golden tassels and green husks. Peel back this jacket to reveal cobs studded with crisp kernels made plump and rich by the sun. [Read more…]
I love pasta like I love my dog Junebug — unequivocally, deeply and without judgment. [Read more…]
Photo by Alicia Cahill
Eat biscuits from a tube? Good gravy! That’s unthinkable. [Read more…]