Mint chocolate cookies and cream ice cream

What's your favorite ice cream? For most of my life, mine's been coffee . But when I was a teenager, two flavors—mint chocolate chip...

Crispy dogs with bacon-jalapeño dipping sauce

“How you feel about crispy dogs?” asked a friend from San Antonio. We were discussing regional variations of hot dogs, with my favorite bein...

Peanut butter crisscrosses

At a recent Hill Country church bake sale, I was faced with a difficult decision—which dessert to try? There were pies, cakes, and cookies, ...

Tex-Mex hot brown sandwich with green chile Mornay sauce

It’s not often that you have two special occasions fall on the same day but every once in a while worlds collide. Like this year—with both D...