Southern Cakes
Holidays at my maternal grandparents’ house almost always included a many-layered Lord Baltimore Cake served with Grandma’s homemade ambrosia. She’d spend all day in the kitchen to make the cakes, filling and ambrosia, including sectioning the oranges and grating the coconut by hand. Old-fashioned Southern cakes are a lot of trouble, but well worth it…
Read More2007 Holiday Recipe Contest
I’m proud, once again, to introduce you to the winners of our annual Holiday Recipe Contest. Each of these women found a creative and delicious way to use Pioneer Brand products in an original recipe, perfect for holiday entertaining. Our grand-prizewinning recipe is from Susan Riley, who was a runner-up in the two previous contests….
Read MoreLittle Nuclear House on the Prairie
Larry Sanders hopes someday his gutted Atlas missile silo will become the first 20th century addition to the Texas Forts Trail.
Read MoreSilver Star
Handmade years ago, the star that tops our tree is nothing fancy, but to me, it’s just heavenly!
Read MoreBurning in The Wind
The historical landscape of West Texas is littered with colorful tales of remarkable deeds and doers, the rise of down-and-outers to mega fortune, local folks who have gone on to celebrity status in endeavors ranging from White House politics and movie stardom to evildoers and the lawmen who pursued them. By best account, however, there’s…
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