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Techniques

Making Pie Crust

By Terry Thompson-AndersonPhotography ©iStockphoto.com/ Robert Linton I attended a culinary school that, at the time, taught a classic French curriculum. That meant no food processors,

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Apple Scrap Vinegar

By Kate Payne Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo My first time making vinegar was completely an accident. In my early years of discovering mason jars

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Spirited Infusions

By Kate Payne Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo  The spark that set me in the direction of infusing liquor and simple syrups was a stockpile

Budget Cuts

By Kristi WillisIllustrations by Bambi Edlund There may be no food more quintessentially Texan than beef, yet with cattle prices skyrocketing, consumers and chefs are having

A Mess of Greens

By Elizabeth Engelhardt Toward the end of a project I was working on about my home region—the mountains of Appalachia—I stumbled across repeated references to

Smart Recipe Storage

By Kristi Willis Discovering new recipes is a delight, but finding them again later can be a challenge. Here are some clever storage solutions to

By the Book

By Shannon Oelrich Imagine cooking a complex recipe—one you’ve never made before. Everything’s prepped and ready, but you decide to check the recipe one more

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Sharpen a Knife

By Todd DuplechanPhotography by Andy Sams I won’t lie to you. Sharpening a knife on a stone takes a bit of practice and a whole

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Breaking Down a Chicken

By Zack NorthcuttPhotography by Jenna Noel A good knife is always the best start to any kitchen project. For breaking down a chicken, my first

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Scrambled Eggs

By Terry Thompson-Anderson As a new bride, many, many years ago, I did not know how to scramble an egg—even imperfectly. Nor did I know

Tomato Sauce

By Will Packwood When I think of tomato sauce, I think of a crimson pool speckled with green, orange and off-white flecks of herbs and

Handiwork: Pickling

By Jam Sanitchat Fall is the perfect time to think about pickling in Texas. Summer (and even some spring) vegetables—like cucumbers, summer squash, onions, tomatoes,