Blogs

To have an opportunity to work with H-E-B, one of the top 5 grocery stores in the nation, has been an unbelievable experience—a dream come true, if you will. For our non-Texan friends and readers, H-E-B is a popular grocery store chain in Texas. But to Texans, H-E-B isn't just...

Celebrating Día de los Muertos each year has quickly become a BarbacoApparel family tradition. Each year we spend weeks packaging shirts and prepping decorations for our booth setup at MuertosFest, San Antonio’s amazing two-day Día de los Muertos celebration. One of our favorite booth decorations are sugar skulls, which we...

Flower crowns are known for their vibrant colors, extravagant use of flowers, and sometimes hefty price. In San Antonio, Fiesta is the perfect time to show off your personal style with a beautiful floral hair accessory! That doesn’t mean you have to break the bank for custom headwear, however. Here...

Few things pair better with corn chips than warm chili, diced onions, and melted cheddar cheese, a combination found at any high school football stadium throughout the Lone Star State and known to all as Frito Pie.

It’s been a minute since I sat down and had my first piece of capirotada, a tradition rumored to have originated from Renaissance-period Spain. Born out of a need to abstain from meat during the 40 days of Lent, this bread pudding offers itself as a sweet-yet-hearty comida de cuaresma,...

Mexican wedding cookies, or “biscochitos” as they are known in Mexico, are the best part of any wedding reception. Not too sweet, not to crispy, with a pinch of spice and an amazing crumbly texture, they’re probably the perfect snacking cookie. But why wait for a wedding to enjoy this...

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...