Texas- The Southwestern Home of the Kolache

Marshall, Texas has several donut shops, all of them operated by Asians (nothing wrong with that, but it does strike me as overly specialized). Each of these shops has their own take on the Eastern European pastry, the kolache.

The traditional kolache is filled with fruit but around East Texas they are sausage, so around here what they serve is a kolbasnek, but that's splitting hairs. What's important is that the pastry around the Earl Campbell link is so light that the tastes explode in your mouth. I haven't had a bad pastry in this part of East Texas

As for the joy of the donut... The way they make donuts around here the pastry is so light and flaky that they are positively krispykremesque. That's right, I turned Krispy Kreme into an adjective, that's how light they are.

So come to East Texas and when you do, hit a donut shop, any donut shop, and have a coffee too. In some shops you can even get Louisiana's own Community Coffee with chickery. Stop on in, you won't be disappointed