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Brisket enchiladas
This summer, after an afternoon of shopping at North Park in Dallas, a friend and I got into her car and realized we were hungry. As we pondered our nearby…
Brisket jam
A couple of years ago, I started seeing mentions about a new condiment: brisket jam. While there wasnโt too much information available about this curiously named concoction, as it was…
Brisket tacos, Dallas style
When it comes to Super Bowl food, people usually make culinary specialties from the hometowns of the opposing teams. With no disrespect to this yearโs contenders, Green Bay and Pittsburgh,…
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Pumpkin snickerdoodle bars
My pantry system insures I have on hand the basic tools needed to prepare a simple meal. Common staples such as beans, rice, flour, peppers, eggs, and sugar are included…
Jalapeรฑo cornbread biscuit dogs
The Texas State Fair is now in season, and one of the hallmarks of this annual celebration of Texas culture is the food. While there are a host of vendors…
Jalapeรฑo peanut butter quesadilla
On a trip to Florida a few years ago, while my friends and I were shopping at the local grocery store, a man offered us a recipe idea in the…
Cinnamon coffee frozen yogurt
In June, I bought myself an electric bike, and even though itโs only pedal assist, itโs transformed how I interact with my new Texas home. My Dallas neighborhood is surrounded…
Garlic herb salmon
When my friends and I were in our early twenties in Austin, and we were learning to cook, one friend had a recipe for salmon cooked with fresh dill and…
Peach fruit spread
This yearโs Texas peach crop was predicted to be sparse due to a lack of rain and freezing temperatures the past winter. The Texas peaches Iโve eaten this season have…
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Chipotle chicken taco recipe
If youโre like me, youโve been sneezing nonstop the past few days. I thought I had a cold until I looked at the calendar and realized what was really happening…
Carnitas, Houston style
The last time I visited Houston, I arrived at midnight. I was exhausted, but my mom was waiting for me with a to-go container filled with my favorite restaurant dish:…
South Texas potato flautas
South Texas potato flautas are crispy rolled corn tortillas stuffed with mashed potatoes and cheese.
Tamarind-chipotle glazed salmon
A few months ago, I went down to Houston to spend a day with my nephews, ages ten and twelve. They live in Oregon and come visit my mom, whoโs…
Tacos al carbon
If you were in Houston in the 1980s, it was hard to escape the ubiquitous tacos al carbon. Ninfa Laurenzoโof the eponymous Ninfaโsโmade them her signature dish and as with…
Fried avocado tacos
After a rousing David Byrne set at the Austin City Limits Festival last fall, my friends and I were famished after all the dancing and singing. With an hour before…
Meet Lisa Fain
Lisa Fain is the cook, writer, and photographer behind Homesick Texan. A James Beard award-winning writer and seventh-generation Texan, she is also the author of four booksโincluding The Homesick Texan Cookbook and her latest, Goldee’s Bar-B-Q: A Cookbook.
