May 1, 2024 | ANNUAL EVENTS, FOOD + DRINKS
Living and playing in the Upper East Side of Texas for more than six months of the year means easy access to fresh, locally grown produce. Rural folks and small town leaders know how to make a party out of anything and their markets are no exception. Find delicious...
May 1, 2024 | FOOD + DRINKS
By Lyndsay Caldwell I love tamales. No matter if I’m buying them for a dollar on the beach in Mexico, by the dozen from a friend’s mom, or randomly from the meat market in Mount Vernon, I love them. I do not have time to make them. They are truly a labor of love and...
Apr 23, 2024 | FOOD + DRINKS
Living and playing in the Upper East Side of Texas for more than six months of the year means easy access to fresh, locally grown produce. Rural folks and small town leaders know how to make a party out of anything and their markets are no exception. Find delicious...
Mar 1, 2024 | FOOD + DRINKS
By Lauren Wacaser Sometimes I plan on making a salad for dinner but then the temperature drops just enough to make me want something warm. “Cooked salad” has become my new seasonal term. Saute mixed greens like spinach and kale, shredded carrots, lentils, red bell...
Jan 1, 2024 | FOOD + DRINKS, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Celebrity Chef Cassy Jones is opening her first brick and mortar restaurant this month. Cassy’s Grill is at 304 U.S. Highway 175 in Eustace, Texas. Jones chose Eustace because her mother was born and raised there and her parents live there now. She bought land in...
Jan 1, 2024 | FOOD + DRINKS, LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie A little bit of Costa Rica is alive and well in Edom, Texas. Javier and Chere Montero operate 2 Hats Coffee from their East Texas countryside property. They sell coffee beans that are grown on a single origin fifth generation farm in Costa Rica. Chere...
