Sun Tea: The Slowest, Easiest Iced Tea You’ll Ever Make
Sun tea is the easiest iced tea you’ll ever make: tea bags, water, and a few hours of sun. Get my Meemaw’s Texas method plus a simple syrup for sweetening.
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Ellis Island: What Came Through the Gate
In January of 2008 I gave myself a week in New York City for my fortieth birthday. Not for work; purely as a tourist, purely as a present to myself. One cold, bright morning, fortified by a bagel from Katz’s, I took the ferry out to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with a…
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Meemaw’s Buttermilk Biscuits
Every Sunday morning, Zach makes Meemaw’s biscuits. Light, flaky, rich with butter, tender, and just about perfect. We eat them with scrambled eggs and thick-cut bacon, sometimes with sausage gravy when we’re feeling indulgent, sometimes with nothing but butter and strawberry jelly when we want simple. Every once in a while he makes them for…
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What My Mother Taught Me About Cooking (And About Being Fearless)
She was fearless in a way I didn’t fully appreciate until I was older …
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Southern Style Cornbread
This is my grandmother’s cornbread recipe, halved for smaller households. She made twice this amount in a 12-inch skillet, feeding a family of six plus whoever showed up at dinnertime (which in rural Texas was often neighbors, cousins, or people from church). This version makes enough for 4 people, or 2 people with leftovers for…
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Meemaw’s Collard Greens
In the South, collards are a staple side dish, but they’re also a New Year’s Day tradition: My Meemaw (my East Texas grandmother) always made collard greens, black-eyed peas, and cornbread for New Year’s Day. Every single year, without fail: greens for money, peas for luck in the coming year.
