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Recipe for a Deliciously Rich Salsa
I’VE BEEN making my own salsas for years but I’ve never bothered to write down any recipes, primarily because the recipe changes each time I make it. But friends have been pressing me to write down the recipe, so here … Continue reading
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Recipe: Chile Colorado de la Cocinera de la Casa O’Leary
I GOT THIS salsa recipe from the beautiful and generous cook at Casa O’Leary in San Miguel de Allende. I never asked her what she called it, so I decided to name it after her. I’ve made it many times but I … Continue reading
Recipe for Nopalitos (cactus) con Chile Colorado
This is really an easy dish to prepare even though it seems complicated. It takes very little time and it’s almost impossible to get wrong. Ideally, the best place to get nopalitos is from the cactus plant in your backyard. … Continue reading
May: Saying it with flowers
THE MONTH of May summons many images. Mother’s Day. Cinco de Mayo. Graduation. But anyone who grew up Catholic will tell you the real significance of the month is that May is the Virgin Mary’s month. During May, Catholics gather – … Continue reading
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How the death of a mule led to the Palomos’ becoming Texans
I wrote this column in September, 1994, after a visit to California. I thought it might be of interest to my many Palomo nephews, nieces and cousins and their children and grandchildren who don’t know much about our family’s history. … Continue reading
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On the 25th Anniversary of the death of The Houston Post: my best column for that paper
Today, April 18, is the 25th anniversary of the death of The Houston Post, the newspaper for which I worked from 1979 until its demise (except for a short period during which I worked for USA TODAY). I worked as … Continue reading
Musings on a farm labor lexicon
I GREW UP in Crystal City, a South Texas town that became a virtual ghost town every summer as most of its residents, including my family, went “up north,” as we referred to it, to work in the agricultural fields … Continue reading
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Latinos are here to stay. Get used to it.
I wrote this Houston Post column some 28 years ago. I post it here to show how, sadly, things haven’t changed very much when it comes to race relations in this country. — JRP HISPANICS, SAY THE letters to the … Continue reading
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On ‘Mal de Ojo,’ Human Touch & Erecting Walls
I wrote this piece in 1998 for The Salt Journal, a short-lived magazine founded by my good friend David Barton, a damn good writer (and son of my longtime mentor and friend Bob Barton, Jr.). David had a vision of … Continue reading
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The Dark Side of the GOP
A few days ago, I posted this on FaceBook: “Sad to read the obituary today of one of my favorite journalists, Richard Reeves. He wrote for a number of publications, including the New York Times and Esquire. He was a … Continue reading
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