Big Tex Choice Awards winners announced

Big Tex Choice Awards winners announced

DALLAS, TX (Aug. 28, 2023) The tastiest time of the year is here! The culmination of hard work, sweat, and oil in creating the most appetizing Fair foods. The 19th Annual Big Tex® Choice Awards was one to be remembered. After tasting all 10 foods and evaluating each time, the all-star panel of judges tallied […]

Cooking with Ease: Make-ahead meals for busy, back-to-school mornings

Cooking with Ease: Make-ahead meals for busy, back-to-school mornings

Rockwall, TX (August 7, 2023) – Embarking on a new school year requires lots of preparation: clothes, shoes, supplies, athletic gear, haircuts, and easy meal ideas for little and big ones to grab on the way out the door. I am not a morning person, so breakfast is always the hardest. I often look for make-ahead […]

Snake Pit Pasta headlines this Indiana Jones-themed Disney dinner party

Snake Pit Pasta headlines this Indiana Jones-themed Disney dinner party

ROCKWALL, TX (May 8, 2023) For my latest episode of Disney Dinners, I hosted an Indiana Jones party to celebrate the new movie coming out this summer. I transformed my dining room into an Egyptian temple for Indy to explore, complete with a boulder, cobwebs, snake decals, a hieroglyphic table runner, ancient map napkins, and […]

Local restaurateurs, businessmen acquire Rockwall’s iconic Culpepper Steakhouse

Local restaurateurs, businessmen acquire Rockwall’s iconic Culpepper Steakhouse

Dallas-area restaurant group acquires Culpepper Cattle Company which was set to close ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 5, 2023) Dallas-based UNCO, the owner of popular restaurants Standard Service, HG Sply, Leela’s, Milli and Downtown Dallas sports bar HERO, said Saturday in an email to patrons it acquired Culpepper Cattle Company, a popular Rockwall-area steakhouse that has been […]

Cooking with Ease by Melissa Tate: Homemade Hot Chocolate

Cooking with Ease by Melissa Tate: Homemade Hot Chocolate

ROCKWALL, TX (Nov. 23, 2022) As we edge towards the New Year, my brain already starts going toward new goals. What do I want to do different next year? What do I want to do better? How can I support my people more? How can I use my gifts to spark joy in myself, and […]

Celebrity chef lineup announced for State Fair of Texas

Celebrity chef lineup announced for State Fair of Texas

DALLAS, TX (Sept. 20, 2022) DALLAS – September 19, 2022 – The State Fair of Texas is thrilled to announce the lineup for the 2022 Celebrity Chef Kitchen sponsored by Cutco. The demonstrations feature a collection of the most talented chefs across the country–from cowboy chefs to barbecue bosses and everything in between. This ongoing FREE […]

More new State Fair of Texas foods and where to find them

More new State Fair of Texas foods and where to find them

DALLAS, TX (Sept. 13, 2022) The State Fair of Texas is known for taking culinary creativity to new heights, and 2022 is no exception. Fairgoers have the opportunity to taste all of the finalists of the Big Tex Choice Awards and decide if they agree with the judges’ selections for “Best Taste – Savory,” “Best […]

Celebrity judges announced for 2022 Big Tex Awards at State Fair

Celebrity judges announced for 2022 Big Tex Awards at State Fair

DALLAS, TX (Aug. 24, 2022) Fair season is in the air, and with it, the irresistible aroma of fried food. It’s time to discover who will be crowned the winners of the 18th Annual Big Tex Choice Awards. Participants in the 2022 Big Tex Choice Awards submitted a total of 51 entries with 35 advancing […]

Cooking with Ease: Six ways to ‘toast’ to the new school year

Cooking with Ease: Six ways to ‘toast’ to the new school year

ROCKWALL, TX (Aug. 14, 2022) Growing up, Mom often made us toast for breakfast. It was fast and easy but still homemade. Some days just plain butter toast, some days with peanut butter and on special days, we had cinnamon toast. A couple years ago, I posted my mom’s cinnamon toast recipe on my personal […]