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Welcome to In Season, our series celebrating the juiciest fruit and crispest veggies in Texas. This spring, we asked local chefs to share stories about their favorite items of seasonal produce—and create original recipes that make the most of spring’s bounty.  Like so many others, bartender Tiffany Reagan was laid off in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. With nothing but time on her hands, she decided to make the most of the situation and planted a garden in her Amarillo backyard. Her first ripe bell pepper was ready to be plucked in early May. Exciting! Followed by many, many more that sprouted shortly after. Uh-oh.“I may have gone overboard with planting peppers,” Reagan says. “I didn’t realize how much they produced until I was growing…

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