Recipes & Stories

Discover Sibby’s favorite recipes, stories, and Hill Country finds—where food, culture, and life intersect.

More comfort food to share. There are lots of "or's" in this recipe, so use what you have on hand to customize. This one is great without the meat, just
I found this recipe in the Dallas Morning News many years ago and I'm not sure of the origin beyond that but I've tinkered with it a bit over the
Here's another one of my favorite breads to use sour dough starter.

Vanilla Bean Shortbread Makes about 18 cookies 1 cup butter at room temperature 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 vanilla bean,

This is one of my favorite go-to recipes for a quick and delicious dinner. Most of these items should be easily found and substitutes are a good creative outlet.
This is comfort food at it's best. The combination of ground pork and ground beef make this meatloaf very flavorful and moist.
Roasted Chile

Austin Diner Queso

  This is my favorite queso recipe, when I'm not in a hurry (think: velveeta). This is from Lisa Fain's Homesick Texan (love!) and it's obviously from the fabulously famous

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Pie Baking

Slab Pie Dough

This is one of my favorite go to pie pastry recipes. It’s been around a long time. I found it in an old pie book, can’t recall where but I’ve

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Fall Squashes

Sweet Potato Biscuits

These sweet biscuits can be made with leftover sweet potato puree or pumpkin puree. They are great for breakfast, brunch or dessert. I sometimes split them and make little ham

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Grilled Bread

Bruschetta with Salsa Verde Italiano

  Bruschetta with Salsa Verde Italiano
(“brooskayta”)   Bruschetta, mostly found in the Tuscan region, is considered to be a more casual and hearty fare than its more refined cousin, crostini.  Bruschetta

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