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If you grew up in a mid- to large-sized Texas town, chances are your family ate at a Luby’s Cafeteria from time to time, if not weekly. I grew up in San Antonio and have fond memories of going through the line, picking what I liked, and sitting in the crowded, comfortable dining room to…

Fried pies are a part of the Texas way of life.

My husband, Dave, doesn’t like to eat steak at a restaurant because he thinks he can do just as well at home with a good steak on the grill. I disagree, not because of his grilling ability, which is stellar, but because I like the ambiance of a steak house. A real steak house serves…

The smell is the first thing everyone notices. It’s unmistakable–a combination of wood burning down to coals, sizzling fat and cooking beef. It brings back a thousand memories, all at once and yet still distinct, memories of families and backyards and Boy Scout cookouts and neighborhood barbecues with little kids running all over the place….

Texas chili as hot as ever