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Black-eyed peas are a good luck food that many people eat on New Year's Day, and if you make this dip you can keep the string of luck going for a week or more. With the help of Fritos, which makes it an even bigger win.

It's not just Black-eyed Peas that are supposed to bring us good luck if we eat them on New Year's Day. If you love to grill, throw a pork butt on the smoker too! What else should we eat to have a fantastic 2019? We've got the secrets.

It may take longer than an instant, but it is possible to make wine in your Instant Pot. If you've got some grape juice in the pantry and the weekend to experiment, this could be the biggest conversation piece at your New Year's Eve party.

If you got a gift card for Christmas, don't forget to spend it! You'd be surprised how many gift cards go unused, and that just leaves free money on the table. Oh, and guess which gender is best at gift-card spending.

If you give someone a really great gift this week, you'll still be feeling the high five days from now, according to a new study. And the buzz from receiving wears off a lot more quickly.

At your Christmas gathering this weekend you might not be able to tell that's a can of beer or a can of wine in that koozie. Canned wine is becoming a thing, and it's so Texas.

The Lufkin Panthers lost a tough one this season to a team that's now about to play for a state championship, so you might say we helped toughen them up on their journey to the state title game.

Winter parties are happening this week at East Texas schools, and if you're looking to give a thank-you gift to a teacher that he or she will really appreciate, we've got several good ideas. And they're all affordable.

If your password is "password," it's really not very secure. And don't change it to "123456," because that's easy for hackers to figure out too. Seriously! People are still using these horrible passwords and several others that need to go away right now.

If you've never taken your pet to sit on Santa's lap, this is the perfect chance. It's free! Petsmart is giving away free digital photos of Santa and your fur baby this Saturday and Sunday.

The college football bowl season (also known as cozy-pants-and recliner-season) starts this Saturday, and Texas is hosting nine of these big games over the next three weeks. There are four Texas teams playing in bowl games this year.

We've got people with big dogs, little dogs, fluffy dogs, mutts, purebreds, and everything in between. But what's the favorite dog of East Texas?