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Pucker up for a memorable pizza! If you like pickles you'll love this recipe. Let's dig in!

Making homemade biscotti is remarkably easy with this family favorite recipe.

Enjoy the classic taste of the holidays with this tasty treat packed with a Texas twist!

Let's transform mere oranges into a delightful sipping drink - orangecello!

Folks may arm wrestle over whether pasta e fagioli is a thick Italian soup or a runny pasta. This recipe is sure to delight the tastebuds!

Around mid-March there’s a bit of a buzz in the air; this marks the remarkable annual arrival of the hummingbirds to the Central Texas area. It’s easy to see why people are attracted to these expert flyers – they are tiny miracles with wing beats of up to 200 per second. Not just that but they can fly upside down, backwards, and they can dive at speeds of around 60 miles per hour! I’m a fan of hummingbirds and have found easy ways to attract them to my garden. Over the years

Perfect for the Fourth of July and BBQ get togethers.

Cornbread With A Kick This week with cold, icy weather blowing into Austin, there’s nothing I like better than cooking in a warm kitchen. This spicy stuffed cornbread recipe packs a flavorful kick and will transform mere yellow cornbread mix into a sensationally savory dish that you can eat solo or paired with your favorite main course, like my family’s recipe for homemade chili. You’ll never think of mere cornbread the same way again! And it surely warms-up the chilliest of

I had never heard of a pineapple cookie until last year when I first enjoyed these tasty treats. I’m a huge fan of pineapple and my friends who have had these have said they’re really good. So let’s get started! Foodie Tips: The only thing sadder than a wet blanket is a soggy pineapple cookie. Make sure and drain the pineapple. I’m confident iodized salt is most often used for this recipe. I’m a salt lover and have five salt varieties in my kitchen. I used a kosher salt for t

A Treat For Your Sweetheart This recipe puts a heart-inspired twist on our Signature Lemonberry Cups recipe. There’s no baking involved, so these Cupid Cups are super-easy to make and feature fresh heart-shaped strawberries right on top! Foodie Tips: Making your strawberry hearts is surprisingly simple! Remove the crown (leaves) from the strawberry then slice the strawberry in half. Using a small heart-shaped pie cutter/cookie cutter center the cutter on the fruit then cut. V

Let’s Go Bananas! This recipe comes to me from Patrick, who handles marketing here at Home Style Austin. He promised it was one of his family’s tasty time-honored recipes. He was right! This bread makes for a great morning meal, a side or dessert. Best make two loaves – one for home and one for the office or for a gift. You just scored friends for life. Foodie Tips: This recipe makes good use of “almost-bad” bananas. Try a slice toasted with a “schmear” of whipped cream chees

This is my family’s favorite limoncello recipe, which will amaze minds (including your own) that you made it with your two hands.