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Spring Berry Fizzy

Berry Drink Tall

It is particularly galling that some of the best of Spring days are spent looking out the window. My kids get home from school at four and even with no sports, there is still work to be done, which is more difficult with every beautiful day. They are being pulled outside. So even when …click to continue Spring Berry Fizzy

Western Burgers

Western Burgers

Western Burgers are a high school cafeteria legend in my hometown of Wichita Falls, Texas. They are a simple and beautiful bit of comfort, consisting of hamburger meat, onion, and seasonings fully wrapped up in a hot, buttery bun. God bless the lunch lady (or man…they always seemed to be ladies back then), I …click to continue Western Burgers

A dinner for your family, and a trip down memory lane

I have been realizing for a long time that I need to go back and clean up my old recipes. For those who have been reading PIE from the beginning, God Bless You…I mean it. My writing was not good three years ago. It was borderline embarrassing, actually. Slowly, a few a day, I’m …click to continue A dinner for your family, and a trip down memory lane

2013 Foodways Texas Symposium: Part 2

Foodways Texas Meuller Knife

On Friday evening of the 3rd Annual Foodways Texas Symposium on BBQ I found myself casually sitting in the hotel lobby chatting about the world with Justin Fourton of Pecan Lodge BBQ in Dallas, and Tim Byres of Dallas’ SMOKE restaurant. What other event would place …click to continue 2013 Foodways Texas Symposium: Part 2

2013 Foodways Texas Symposium

Foodways Texas Our BBQ

It is official. Foodways Texas events are not, in fact, conferences on the studies of food, culture, history, gender, politics and agriculture or practical laboratories on culturally steeped cooking. Well, actually the events are both of these things. But in a greater sense, they have taken on the air of a …click to continue 2013 Foodways Texas Symposium