What's in Season Texas Early Granos bring their trademark sweetness to these crunchy, fried delights Crispy fried onion rings are a fixture in Bryan Caswell’s family. Growing up a couple of hours from his grandparents’ farm ten miles outside of San Augustine, Texas, he helped plant rows and rows of onions alongside beans and tomatoes. “My grandfather and my dad loved onion rings, truly loved them,” says Caswell, the co-owner and executive chef of the recently opened Latuli in Houston.