Melissa Guerra’s Traditional Christmas Punch Recipe
For many people, the holidays are an especially stressful time. But for Melissa Guerra, whose eponymous ... Read More »
Eve’s Garden Noble Bread Recipe
The banter among the family trio that co-owns Eve’s Garden Bed & Breakfast, an eclectic, seven-room retreat in ... Read More »
Stockman’s Steakhouse Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pie Recipe
For the past quarter century, Elaine Erwin has been the chef and manager of Stockman’s Steakhouse in ... Read More »
Val Verde Winery, the Oldest in Texas, Has Been Making Wine in Del Rio for 135 Years
In the border town of Del Rio, Val Verde Winery has been growing grapes and making wine near the banks of the Rio Grande for 135 years. To sample Val Verde’s wines, surrounded by thick adobe walls and antique wooden equipment, is to experience a vestige of Texas agricultural history and taste the heritage of the state’s oldest operational winery. Read More »
Hickory Hollow Is Houston’s Go-To Spot for Comfort Food and Bluegrass Jams
Hickory Hollow’s Heights location features local art on the walls and live bluegrass, country, and folk music on ... Read More »
Burgers, Airplanes, and Chicken-Fried Steak at Uvalde’s Hangar Six Cafe
For most of us, it wouldn’t occur to drive out to a town’s airport just to eat. But then again, most towns don’t ... Read More »
Texas’ Only Caffeinated Plant Makes a Buzzworthy Tea
With his interest in native plants, it’s small wonder Ellis grew fascinated with North America’s only naturally caffeinated plant—yaupon holly, which grows prolifically in Texas east of I-35 and is considered by most ranchers to be a nuisance. Ellis began reading everything he could about it and soon spread his enthusiasm to two friends who shared his social, environmental, and locavore sensibilities. The three eventually formed the business that would evolve into Lost Pines Yaupon Tea. Read More »
Camp Comfort Provides an Antidote to Life’s Stressful Moments with Pizza, Bicycling, and Wine Nearby
Comfort’s effect on me during my recent visit mirrored my thoughts on my first trip more than 20 years ago: This ... Read More »
San Antonio Cocktail Conference
(photo courtesy San Antonio Cocktail Conference) For five days in January, in the recuperative lull between New ... Read More »
3 North Texas Getaways—With Wine!
Escape the big city to enjoy wines, inventive food, and relaxing lodgings far from the madding crowd. Escapes ... Read More »
Find Big-City Kitchen Shopping at Le Petite Gourmet Shoppe in La Grange
While I’m an avid cook and food writer, I’m not usually a fan of “gourmet” kitchen stores. In my experience, ... Read More »
Waco Wine Shoppe’s Tasting Room Aims to Expand Your Wine Horizons
If you venture to Waco on any given day but Sunday, you’ll find Magnolia Market buzzing with starry-eyed devotees of Chip and Joanna Gaines’ HGTV home-improvement show, Fixer Upper. Waco has seen a steady uptick of visitors since 2015, when the Gaineses transformed two defunct grain silos into home and garden shops, complete with food trucks and a bakery. But blink and you could miss one of Waco’s more understated gems just 5 minutes away, a taupe building emblazoned with two simple words: Wine Shoppe. Read More »
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