Mesquite Cookies Recipe
Makes 12 to 16 cookies. Cream butter and sugar with a wooden spoon, then stir in vanilla and egg until just incorporated. Stir flours, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl and then combine with wet ingredients. Add in rolled oats and mix-ins. Scoop small balls of dough onto a baking sheet. Bake at 350 F for 10 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Read More »
This Native Bean Can Be Made Into Gluten-Free Flour, Jelly, Coffee, And More
Though mesquite beans haven’t become a staple of modern American diets, they were a major food source for indigenous communities in the Southwest and Mexico for thousands of years. The beans are harvested summer through early fall. Read More »
Enjoy A Slice Of Pie At The Halfway Mark Of Route 66
Location is important for practically any dining establishment. For Midpoint Café in Adrian, location is everything. The restaurant would likely not exist if it wasn’t precisely 1,139 miles from Chicago and 1,139 miles from Los Angeles—the halfway point on storied Route 66. Read More »
Texas Breweries Break from Tradition with Quirky Beer Styles
Pickle brine, edible glitter, and squid ink are just a few of the out-there ingredients Texas craft breweries are incorporating in their products Read More »
Pendery’s in Fort Worth Has Been Creating Exotic Spices and Chile Blends for 150 Years
Step beneath the top hat logo gracing the dormer over the front porch of Pendery’s World of Chiles and Spices in Fort Worth, close your eyes, and breathe deep: Intermingled fragrances from exotic lands flood your olfactories—perfumed Sri Lankan cinnamon; pungent Iranian cumin; sultry Jamaican allspice; smoky Spanish paprika; and chiles, lots and lots of chiles. Read More »
Where to Celebrate National Ice Cream Day in Texas
In Texas, whether it’s National Ice Cream Day or not, scoops reign supreme. Read More »
Celebrate Fourth of July with These Tasty Recipes
Whether you plan to spend Independence Day with a cookout, barbecue, or picnic, we’ve got crowd-pleasing recipes that are sure to keep your guests satisfied. Read More »
Elk Store in Fredericksburg Models Itself After a Prohibition-Era Speakeasy
The Elk Store Winery & Distillery traces its lineage to a Prohibition-era Central Texas moonshiner. Owner Todd Smajstrla named his spot on Fredericksburg’s Main Street after the old general store in Elk, just northeast of Waco, where his great-grandfather, John Cyril Smajstrla, made clandestine moonshine. Read More »
Five Can’t-Miss Food Festivals to Indulge in This Summer
Food is an essential part of any festival, but these Texas towns take their focus on cuisine to the next level. Tantalize your taste buds at these food-themed events featuring sizzling cookoffs, sweet samples, and a gathering of like-minded foodies from across the state. Read More »
Cisco’s Keeps Up With a Rapidly Changing East Austin
Austin’s East Sixth Street has seen quite a bit of change in recent years. This once-scrappy strip of bars and music venues is now a corridor of expensive condos and trendy restaurants, sleek and packed with tourists. Longtime Austinites—or those who visited in earlier eras—might be excused for thinking they were in a different city altogether. Read More »
Cucumber Gin and Tonic Recipe
For scorching July temperatures, it doesn’t get more refreshing than Elk Store’s Cucumber Gin and Tonic. Bartender Nia Gramatikakis developed this recipe using Elk Store’s signature gin, which features 11 botanicals and has been distilled eight times. Read More »
Learn How to Make the Perfect Brisket at This Adults-Only Summer Camp
On the first morning of Camp Brisket, professor Davey Griffin begins to sharpen his knives before a rapt audience of barbecue aficionados. Griffin is wearing thick safety glasses, blue Kevlar gloves, and two aprons tied around his waist—a white apron on top of another one made of chainmail. On Griffin’s head is an Aggie-maroon hardhat. Safety first, brisket second. Read More »
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