Texan born and raised. Have enjoyed cooking for friends and family from time to time all my life. As I grow older I am beginning to expand beyond pinto beans and cornbread, but hard to beat old greats. Cream pies and chicken soup Slow cooked pinto beans and cornbread. Coconut Cream Pie, Chocolate Cream Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie, Chicken Soup, Jalapeño Cornbread Too many and too painful to talk about.