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PDF Sometimes it is interesting to deconstruct an idea and trace how it came to be. The dinner party afloat featured in the following pages started out a long way from the tranquility of a sleepy cove on Lake Texoma. It began in early May as an idea for a party at a yet to be found Victorian manse.
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After what seemed an exceedingly long winter, Texoma Living! decided to celebrate spring with a picnic. The time, the menu, and the guests came together in a perfect location for an outing to be remembered.
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In the wide world of barbecue, the spoon vittles that come along side the main attraction depend on where you are. In the South, there is usually a cup of Brunswick stew, the everything-in-a-pot concoction originally made with rabbit, squirrel, chicken, beef, pork, corn, potatoes, lima beans, tomatoes, and whatever, and claimed by both Virginia and Georgia. The other staples are coleslaw, and crackers—for the stew— and cornbread, well larded with cracklin’s if you’re lucky.
Continue Reading →Use these links to find stories in last year’s 2009 coverage of Texoma’s Favorite BBQ Joints, Shacks & Stands.
The BBQ Joint by Edward Southerland
There is no better way to finish a meal (Italian or not) off than with a luscious Chocolate Panna Cotta.
Continue Reading →If you are looking to prepare a healthy vegetable with an Italian flavor, you can’t go wrong with an asparagus Luciano.
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La dolce vita isn’t limited to the Seven Hills of Rome, at least not when it comes to great Italian cuisine. When we asked Chris and Amy Goedecke to host a party at their home north of Whitesboro, we decided it was time to bring our readers our version of an Italian connection.
Continue Reading →Deb Montgomery gets a lot of attention when she arrives at a church potluck. Her reputation for absolutely deee-licious casseroles is legend. So, we asked Deb to put together one of her all-time favorites for us.
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Interesting People
One of the things that set Texoma Living! apart is the inclusion in each issue of a long-form profile, usually three thousand words or more, on someone who brings something special to our community. From the beginning, the goal was to offer the reader something more than a superficial glance at the subject. We wanted the reader to finish the story and say, “I never knew that.” This is a very short retrospective of some of those stories.
Requiem for a Pork Rib
When fire destroyed their Calera, Okla. restaurant “The Angus Pit Stop,” Glen and Diane Grote lost both their business and their home. The couple lived upstairs in a spacious apartment filled with family treasures and antiques.
Notes from Alaska
My days are filled with logistics, spending time with guests, attending to the needs of guests and staff, corresponding with guests yet to arrive, and keeping in touch with the goings-on at the knife companies at our Denison office. Grocery orders and supplies are ordered from Anchorage and delivered to the air charter company, then flown out with the guests each Saturday.
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