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Now that football season is officially here, there’s lots of tailgating, grilling, and grubbing going down ― and cheering and shouting and, sometimes, even tears. It’s OK. Your team will get ‘em next time! In the meantime, here's a recipe worth crying over.    If you want to show off your...

This week in the BarbacoApparel test kitchen, we’ve got fresh twists on everyone’s favorite mangonada topping: chamoy! This addictively sour, sweet, salty treat has been my summertime staple for years, but I had no idea how it was made. After scouring the Internet, I found a HEB recipe that made...

Between you and me, I don’t know my way around a kitchen. Like, at all. But this week, I decided to step into this forbidden cooking space in my house and noticed a handful of ingredients that were going to spoil if I didn’t do anything about it. So I...

This summer has been hot. Very hot. With today being national tequila day, we thought we’d bring you a couple recipes to help you cool down. Luckily for us, tequila is already a summer spirit, so we didn’t have much trouble. Today we’re bringing you a tequila lime corn cake...

Did you know the sopapilla, or sopaipilla, and the strudel were the official State Pastries of Texas from 2003 to 2005? Well, It’s true! You can even check out the official document here, which describes sopapillas as having “historic origins and universal appeal; embraced today by Texans of every ethnic...

    Today is your lucky day, my friends. It’s National Relaxation Day! Now there’s a national day I’m sure we all can get behind. To celebrate ― ‘cause we love celebrations around here ― I’ve rounded up some simple and easy recipes for you to enjoy. Whoever came up with...

Confession: I’m not a baker ― not even in the slightest sense of the word. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever baked a cake in my entire life. (End confession.) Whew. OK. That felt better! In honor of a family member’s upcoming birthday this week, however, I decided it’s...

You guys! H-E-B has a recipe to a concha breakfast sandwich, and I totally just tried it!  H-E-B, the San Antonio-based supermarket chain, recently posted the recipe, which has gotten over 12,000 likes and nearly 5,000 shares, to its Facebook page. The recipe ― which calls for mustard, bacon guacamole, bacon, pepper jack cheese, and an egg...