Life in the upper Sonoran Desert has its perks. Among them: six months of peerless weather and more prickly pear pods than you can shake a rain stick at. Rather than letting the pods go to waste, ...

For years, when we are in deep South Texas, I have both admired and been intrigued by the beautiful magenta fruit on the prickly pear cactuses that grow wild in our pasture. I have read that for ...

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Mesquite and prickly pear add a decidedly Texas twist to this traditional Deep South peanut country pie. 10 ounces prickly pear jelly (find the recipe in my book, “The Field to Table Cookbook,” or ...