From the monthly archives: November 2009
Nothing beats the aroma, or the taste, of a golden brown Parker House roll. This recipe was passed down to Angela Boedeker by her grandmother and she makes it often in her restaurant, Angela’s Cafe in Denison, Texas.
Continue Reading →Sweet and simple. Grilled Sweet Potato wedges taste good, and look even better. Add to any meal for a more colorful table.
Continue Reading →Try Chef Angela Boedecker’s recipe for a festive and perfectly spiced this Orange Pumpkin Soup that will have you begging for more. It’s simple to prepare and spectacular to serve.
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For over 100 years, folks still find out what’s going on in Trenton, Texas with a weekly copy of the Trenton Tribune. It has been owned and operated by the Holmes family since the beginning.
Continue Reading →The little green pumpkin was really cute, and if her five-year-old son preferred it to the hundreds of bright orange ones lying in the pumpkin patch, that was okay with Deborah Reece. “It will soon turn orange,” she told Matthew, “and then you can decorate it for Halloween.”
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If Brussels Sprouts are your thing, toss them into a pan with Yukon Gold, red, or fingerling potatoes and see what happens.
Continue Reading →Forget the turkey this year. Instead, consider the other white meat. A succulent, perfectly browned, pork loin roast will dominate the table and bring even Uncle Albert back for seconds.
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Just off the square in Bonham, a little miracle is unfolding. ACT Communications, a local success story in the 1980s and 90s, is on the rise again.
Continue Reading →Photographer Jacki Lee captures the detail and style of Mama Murriel’s Doll Museum in Leonard. Some are stunning and beautiful, others are delicate and fragile. Others are downright, creepy.
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Sugar Shortage
On Thursday, February 7, a fire at the Imperial Sugar Company near Savannah, GA sent dozens of workers to the hospital, eight lost their lives. The Port Wentworth, GA plant is one of the largest in the U.S. and refines sugar products marketed under the brands Imperial, Dixie Crystals and Holly.
A Whitewright Tradition
Kay B. pours tea from the silver set her parents gave her when she got married. “This is not a fancy one,” she says. “It’s just what people used. Whitewright had a lot of teas when I moved here in 1947. In those days, people dressed up on a daily basis. So, of course, we were always dressed up for teas.”
Bonnie and Clyde and Lee
Lee Simmons vowed to avenge the guard murdered in the escape and stop the Barrow gang at any cost. He went to Austin where he met with Governor Miriam A. Ferguson. Simmons explained to her that extraordinary measures had to be taken right away in order to bring the Barrow gang to justice. He told Governor Ferguson that he was the very person to do it. She gave him the special powers he requested for this purpose.
Today’s Fine Art
The meaning of fine art is blurred by the use of novel and stylistically unconventional mediums, as well as modern technologies and techniques. Changing views in society, culture, taste and education also skew the traditional meaning. I have a hard time with the term fine art in modern context. Art today goes far beyond idealized classical beauty, pure technique-driven works, and because of that, the meaning of fine art has been blurred.
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