Our Texas Cookbooks series looks at new recipes as well as old favorites from around the state. Mary Faulk Koock’s classic The Texas Cookbook was published in 1965 as the definitive resource on Texan ...

The smell of collard greens simmering low and slow, a cast iron skillet of cornbread crackling in the oven, and biscuits ...

Hominy was one of my childhood favorites at mealtime. My mom would purchase it already prepared, and I still remember the red and white can it came in. It’s made from corn that undergoes a process ...

In a medium bowl mix the grits, corn meal and polenta flour together and hold. In a heavy bottom pot on medium -- high heat add the bacon and black pepper. Render the bacon until crispy but not burned ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Mix hominy, onion, sour cream, oregano, cheese and chiles in a round 2- to 3-quart casserole. 3. Top with breadcrumb-butter mixture, then bake for 30 minutes. 4.

One of my favorite Mexican dishes is chile rellenos — as you may have noticed from my multiple attempts to convert its flavors into pies and casseroles. It’s hard to find it just the way I like it in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Every now and then, I abandon my urbane, sophisticated food columnist persona — no snorting, please — and channel my inner food kid. The adult me relishes Brussels sprouts, kale, spinach, asparagus ...

It all started with a can of hominy. A dear friend of mine happened upon hominy in the grocery store and it piqued her curiosity. “What the heck is hominy, and what do you do with it?” she inquired. I ...

Posole is typically a dish I would make in the fall and winter months. However, with so much rainy, cool weather in the last couple of weeks I thought it would be the perfect time to try out a ...

I have a yen for some hominy. In the South, we grew up eating hominy and I have always liked it. My husband says hominy grits are just for holding the butter, and hominy may be the same to him, but I ...