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Category Archives: Diners & Dives
What About Kabob
TYLER- With a name like “What About Kabob” you can’t help but wonder, “What about it?” MYETX usually looks for southern-style diners and dives on the road, but this time we decided to try something untraditional in East Texas. While the Pineywoods is not known for serving up Greek dishes, What About Kabob in Tyler proved to be a rare gyro-gem that we can’t wait to visit again! Continue reading
Get Fed at the Shed
EDOM- At the intersection of Farm and Market roads 279, 314, and 2339, in the quaint little community of Edom stands The Shed. The Shed has been serving up “honest to goodness country cookin’” since 1967. If you like your meals like grandma used to make them and don’t mind getting off the beaten path, then you will love The Shed! Continue reading
Red Dreams & Rice
Recipe by Chef Lulu Dyess / Fork In The Road
PALESTINE- Chef Lulu Dyess stepped off her food truck into Historic Downtown Palestine over the weekend where she gave East Texans a “Taste of New Orleans” to go with the Third Annual Mardi Gras Celebration. Dyess, owner of Fork In the Road East Texas’ first mobile food truck- gave area residents a cooking demonstration last Saturday afternoon. Continue reading
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East Texas Native Opens Food Truck Biz
Palestine- Leslie “Lulu” Dyess is what you might call a road scholar. After graduating from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas with a degree in Cultural Communications, she set out to see the world. Pursuing professional opportunities and hoping to glean ever elusive enlightenment along the way, Ms. Dyess hit the road and headed out west. Continue reading
This Ain’t Your Mama’s Cornbread!
Jefferson – You haven’t lived, or at least lived like you’re from East Texas, until you have eaten a cornbread sandwich! On our last visit to Jefferson we meandered into Kitt’s Kornbread Sandwich and Pie Bar on North Polk Street. The smell of sweet cornbread was wafting through the air, and the pies in the case looked delightfully tempting. Continue reading
Crustacean Craze
EAST TEXAS- When spring time rolls around in the Pineywoods, East Texans start craving crustaceans! Crawfish are deeply rooted in East Texas and Louisiana culture, dating all the way back to the native Americans and the early European settlers. Abundant in the swamps and marshes across the Deep South, crawfish were a favorite food of early residents. Centuries later, crawfish season is still exciting, with crawfish boils and backyard parties- a time-honored tradition. Crawfish, mudbugs, crawdads, crayfish… Call them what you will, but the prolific Cajun delicacy is once again on the menu throughout the region! Continue reading
A Taste of the Deep South at Sam’s Dogwood Diner
Palestine- Many years ago, families who were feeling the sting of the Great Depression enjoyed simple meals such as biscuits and gravy which became a main staple among East Texas families. Southern food has a history as rich as the taste of Deep South cooking and the culinary heritages which are the key ingredients. If you are craving a big country breakfast of eggs, buttermilk biscuits and gravy, sausage, grits and waffles get a taste of the last of the Deep South in Palestine at Sam’s Dogwood Diner. Continue reading