No matter where one travels in Texas, at practically any time of the year, in cities large and small, some things remain constant: livestock shows, rodeos, and football-and Chef Mia Ellis rejects them all. With a Culinary Arts degree as proof that a cosmopolitan lifestyle awaits her, Mia sublets her Houston apartment and buys a plane ticket to New York City, only to get a call to come home to the Hill Country for a family emergency. Upon...