Angelina LaRue is a food writer, photographer, and stylist whose love of food and farming have guided her life's passions. She grew up in West Texas, where her grandfather was a hardworking pumpkin farmer. He was a great influence on her childhood, and she still wishes one day to be able to start a pumpkin farm of her own. She writes two weekly food columns, “Food Made Fresh” and “Food Bytes,” that are featured in Lubbock Magazine, Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal, and the Idalou (TX) Beacon. LaRue enjoys cooking, traveling, and gardening. She lives in Idalou, Texas, where she loves to view the wildflowers and canyons of the Lone Star State.