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Category Archives: Southwestern Cuisine

Texas Hill Country Wine Road (not everything is bigger in Texas)

July 2, 2017by Dwight Furrow 2 Comments

Big hats, big trucks, big sky, big personalities, and of course a large land mass. There is some truth to the slogan “everything is bigger in Texas”. Even their wine […]

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Southwestern Wine, Texas

Peasant Food the Texas Way: Chicken Fried Steak

June 30, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

Cheap eats are good when made with pride and care. Peasant food is fascinating. At worst it is inedible. By necessity made from humble, common ingredients often of poor quality, when […]

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Southwestern Cuisine, Texas

If It’s Bakersfield, It’s Basque

June 23, 2015by Dwight Furrow 3 Comments

I can’t say I spend much time in Bakersfield, CA. It’s a convenient stopover when traveling from socal to norcal and back, but it’s too hot in the summer and […]

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Southern California, Southwestern Cuisine

San Diego’s Best Restaurant: A Review of Juniper and Ivy

March 7, 2015by Dwight Furrow 2 Comments

OK. Well that headline is a bit hard to prove—best according to what standard? So let me say something about what a “best restaurant” should be. When I go out […]

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San Diego, Southwestern Cuisine

What is Sonoran-style Mexican Food?

October 22, 2014by Dwight Furrow 22 Comments

Does Arizona have a distinctive regional cuisine it can call its own? Like much of the U.S., Arizona is a melting pot of many cultures, and its food reflects those […]

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Arizona, Mexican Cuisine, Southwestern Cuisine

Fry Bread Nation

October 8, 2014by Dwight Furrow 6 Comments

In a climate of extreme high temperatures, strong winds, and minimal rainfall  it’s a challenge to develop a rich cuisine. Only the hardiest plants survive leaving little for animals to […]

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