Recipes
April 17, 2019
The Homesick Texan Is Homesick No More
Food writer Lisa Fain discusses why she just moved back to Dallas from New York and shares her recipe for Herrera's Crazy Nachos (which she won't have to make as much anymore).
Lisa Fain
Food & Drink
April 8, 2014
Brunch With the Homesick Texan
Recipes for a most decadent brunch—including ancho chile applesauce and peach ice cream—from Lisa Fain's latest cookbook, "The Homesick Texan’s Family Table."
Food & Drink
April 8, 2014
At the Family Table With the Homesick Texan
Lisa Fain, who just published her second cookbook, "The Homesick Texan's Family Table: Lone Star Cooking from My Kitchen to Yours," on her deep Texas roots, how easy it is to make delicious beans and homemade flour tortillas, and chile pepper injuries.
Eat My Words
October 20, 2011
Eat, Read, Love: Your Quick Guide to Food Sessions at the Texas Book Festival
To me, the most delicious part of the Texas Book Festival (Oct 22 & 23) is its great round-up of food-related talks and sessions and cooking demos. Rather than slog through the full schedule, focus on food with our easy guide. FOOD SESSIONS FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2011 Elizabeth
Eat My Words
September 14, 2011
Sweet and Spicy and Everything Nicey: Is it Beans and Cornbread Season Yet?
Inspired by the beginning of fall (or, at the very least, football season), and the ever-so-slightly cooler air that seems to be hinting that the end of summer is nigh, I turned on the oven for the first time in months this week. For good measure, I brought out
Eat My Words
September 13, 2011
Ques-o! Ques-o! Ques-o! Three great new Texas cookbooks cut the cheese three different ways.
Tailgate season is upon us. Since a Texan can never have too many recipes for queso and cheese dip, herewith are three magnificently gooey ones from three great new Texas cookbooks published this fall. Fort Worth chef Lou Lambert’s Big Ranch, Big City, cowritten with collaborator June Naylor
Food & Drink
August 31, 2011
An Excerpt From The Homesick Texan Cookbook
Blogger Lisa Fain’s new cookbook.
Food & Drink
August 31, 2011
Being a Homesick Texan
Lisa Fain on arguing with people about why Texas chili is superior to all others, serving chicken-fried steak to some New York friends, and starting to think that maybe her blog was more than a hobby.