A Texan Take on Blueberry Muffins


Updated 05/18/12 2:08 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Blueberry Corn Muffins

As a food enthusiast growing up in Texas, it was blueberry muffins for breakfast and cornbread for dinner. I always wondered what would happen if the two collided — which is why I created this a rich, buttery cornbread muffin oozing with fresh blueberries. It's subtly sweet and surprisingly light on the palate. With a sour pungency from the Greek yogurt and a bright, floral flavor from the Read more

House Tour: Carole and Sean's Artsy Houston Warehouse


Updated 10/11/11 6:22 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Houston TX Artist Couple Share House Tour Photos

Artist Carole Smith, her husband Sean Flournoy and their four kitty friends live in a fun, colorful warehouse in Houston, TX. Carole, who hails from Scotland, runs McCheek’s Academy, where she teaches children and adults ceramics. She also sells her cool ceramics under the name McCheek’s Mayhem. Next door to their house, Sean runs Throttle Tees out of a warehouse where Carole has her kiln Read more

Texas Wants to Ban Groping as a Prerequisite For Air Travel


Updated 06/16/11 1:45 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Texas Wants to Ban TSA Patdowns and Full-Body Scanner

Ever since full-body scans became the norm at most US airports last Fall, I've opted for the extensive pat down instead. The thought of someone seeing under my clothes doesn't bother me as much as the potential radiation risks amplified by regular exposure to the scanners. And while the pat down is intrusive and slightly embarrassing, especially when they go inside the top of your pants, I guess Read more

Savory Sight: Atole de Arroz


Updated 02/08/12 11:08 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Picture of Atole de Arroz

Check out this creamy, comforting breakfast shared by thehungrytexan: Atole de Arroz is one of my all time favorite breakfasts, it's perfect to warm you up on a chilly morning! Do you have an image of something delicious that you recently made or enjoyed? Be sure to upload it in the Savory Sights group in our YumSugar Community! Read more

Coveted Crib: The Capps Residence


Updated 10/12/10 2:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Capps Residence by San Antonio-Based Poteet Architects

I have a serious crush on San Antonio-based Poteet Architects. In one single home, Poteet has captured everything I love about design, art, architecture, and houses. On the exterior, with its wrap-around porch and icing-like decorative details, the Capps residence looks like the vintage Victorians throughout the South — one of my favorite architectural styles. Inside, you're greeted with Read more

Home Away From Home: El Cosmico


Updated 09/28/10 12:05 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 2 comments

El Cosmico Hotel With Trailers, Tents, Yurts, and Camping in Marfa, Texas

The small Southwestern town of Marfa, TX, may be just a dot on the map, but it has plenty to offer. Home to a vast collection of works and installations by renowned artist Donald Judd (who moved there in 1971) and a breadth of new gallery spaces, it is a destination for minimalism and modernism enthusiasts. It is also perhaps most famous for the Marfa lights, unexplained, spheric lights seen on Read more

Savory Sight: Short Ends and Chopped Brisket


Updated 08/30/10 11:14 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Picture of Short Ends and Chopped Brisket Texas Barbecue

YumSugar member Thehungrytexan has us craving barbecue with this savory shot: I love BBQ but I can't bring myself to fire up the grill in this heat! Next best thing, hit up our favorite BBQ joint. This was delicious and definitely hit the spot! How are you beating the heat with food? Share by uploading your food photos in the Savory Sights group in our YumSugar Community! Read more

House Tour: Austin's Bouldin Castle


Updated 06/22/10 9:59 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 1 comment

Austin's Bouldin Castle Has Royal Texas Flair

Do you fancy yourself a princess? Do you have a hankering for clover-shaped designs? If you are affirmative on either of those, you may very well like this little piece of heaven deep in the heart of Texas. Originally constructed in 1925 as the San José Catholic Church in Austin, the mission style home was renovated in 2008 by Urban Nature and put on the market to many shoppers' delight. While Read more

Home Away From Home: San Antonio's Hotel Havana


Updated 06/21/10 8:58 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 1 comment

Hotel Havana in San Antonio, Texas

Deep in the heart of Texas, there's a swanky new spot where people like it hot. One of the more charming cities in the lone star state, San Antonio has something to brag about — the newly renovated Hotel Havana. As a heat loving, Mexican food adoring, Texas fan, I can't wait to toss my bags on the guest beds of this new spot and enjoy a mojito. A historical place with bones to show for it, the Read more

In-N-Out Burger Affirms It's Expanding — to Texas


Updated 09/01/11 1:15 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 24 comments

In-N-Out Burger Expands to Dallas, Texas Area

Is In-N-Out, the cult California burger chain lauded by the likes of David Chang and Peter Meehan, finally becoming a national standby? Well, while the hamburger chain isn't expanding to the Eastern Seaboard just yet — it has unveiled plans to open in Texas. D Magazine first broke the news that In-N-Out would be opening its first Lone Star location in Garland, a suburb of Dallas. The Irvine, Read more