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January 1986
features
Our Lady of the Taco »
Friday Night Ringers »
Lone Star Shtick »
River of Blood »
columns
Behind the Lines »
reporter
web exclusives
On the Menu: Cafe 290 »
food
Chicken and Dumblings » | February 1986
features
The 1986 Bum Steer Awards »
A Trust Corrupted, A City Betrayed, Part One
Texas Primer: The Grand Champion Steer »
A Caribbean Escape
Making Peace With Grandfather
Western Art: Future Farmer
columns
Behind the Lines
Invasion of the Killer Beetles [Environment]
Me Redford, You Streep [Movies]
Rauschenberg Relics [Art]
No-shows and Great Shows [Classical Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Back Roads
Post-Modern Times
Downtown
Touts
The Roar of the Crowd [Roar of the Crowd]
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: Goode Company Barbeque »
food
Jim Goode’s BBQ Mop »
BBQ Brisket with Goode’s Mop »
Jim Goode’s BBQ Beef Rub » | March 1986
features
Doin’ the Social Climb
Bass’n Gal
The Tree-ear, The Comb Tooth, & The Destroying Angel
Texas Primer: Cedar Fever »
Turn It Up!
A Trust Corrupted, A City Betrayed, Part Two
Western Art: In Defense of Da Dogie
columns
Behind the Lines
My Intergalactic Champion Yodeler [Lifestyle]
Kwell or Be Kwelled [Fatherhood]
Dizzy Spin [Movies]
Changing the Tune [Classical Music]
Falling Star [Television]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Back Roads
Post-Modern Times
Downtown
Puzzle
Touts
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: Threadgills »
food
Threadgill’s Meatloaf »
Creole Sauce »
Salty Cracker Pie »
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie »
Aunt Onie’s White Soda Cornbread »
Chicken Fried Steak » |
April 1986
features
The Great Texas Taco Tour »
Swamp Gas
Texas Primer: The Rig Count »
Solace in the Desert
Eighteen Minutes
Western Art: Rodeo Madness
columns
Behind the Lines
Hot Springs Eternal » [Travel]
Of Things Miraculous and Marvelous [Books]
Upper West Side Story [Movies]
Calling His Own Tune [Jazz]
Manchild in Musicland [Popular Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Shopping
Post-Modern Times
Downtown
Touts
Roar of the Crowd
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: Rosario’s »
food
Rosario’s Award Winning Salsa » | May 1986
features
The Oil Revolution
The Quest That Fizzled
UT Versus A&M
UT Versus the Superstars
Confessions of an Aging Pothead
Texas Primer: The Stock Tank »
The Greatest Fashion Show On Earth
How Bad Were They?
Summer’s First Stand
Western Art: Bluebonnet Belle
columns
Behind the Lines
Marching Off to War [Politics]
The Anxious Witness [Art]
Pokey Romance [Movies]
Southern Discomfort [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Shopping
Post-Modern Times
Downtown
Touts
Roar of the Crowd
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: Las Manitas Avenue Cafe »
food
Las Manitas Fajitas » | June 1986
features
The Snootiest Neighborhood in Texas
Hate Thy Neighbor
Root, Root, Root for the Home Team
Unionbusters
Texas Primer: The Fire Ant »
Grasslands
columns
Behind the Lines
Eating Up the Miles [Food]
Slow-motion Dilemma [Movies]
Nine Days of Solitude [Books]
Treasure from the Vault [Jazz]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Shopping
Post-Modern Times
Downtown
Touts
The Roar of the Crowd [Roar of the Crowd]
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: The Landmark Restaurant »
food
Guinness Beer Braised Lamb Shanks » |
July 1986
features
Man to Man
Marilyn Snell’s Got the Best Job in Texas
Eat at Junior’s
Primary Lesson
No-Man’s-Land
Texas Primer: The Native Texan
Mining the Moon, Selling the Stars
Western Art: Boy Rogers
columns
Behind the Lines
Showdown in Chihuahua [Politics]
Little Masterpieces on the Lawn [Art]
High and Dry [Movies]
My Fair Editor [Books]
The Denton Dilemma [Popular Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Shopping
Post-Modern Times
Puzzle
Downtown
Touts
Roar of the Crowd
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: EatZi’s »
food
EatZi’s Summer Picnic Menu » | August 1986
features
The National Car of Texas »
Mack Wallace, Railroad Commissioner, Wants to Save the World
The Madman on the Tower »
A Midsummer Night’s Gleam
Dark Victories
Texas Primer: Big Red »
Why I Didn’t Attend Farm Aid II
Free Enterprise U.
Western Art: The Yellow Rose of Texas
columns
Behind the Lines
Waco’s Secrets Revealed [Travel]
Dagwood As D.A. [Movies]
Deep Ellum’s Summer of Love [Popular Music]
The Blood-red Maya [Art]
Texas, In Short [Books]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Shopping
Downtown
Post-Modern Times
The Quidnunc
Touts
Roar of the Crowd
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: West Lynn Cafe »
food
West Lynn’s Pasta Salad » | September 1986
features
Wide Open Spaces
The Cowboys, The Indian, and The Computer That Fumbled
Requiem For a Roller Coaster
The Faulty Cure
Texas Primer: Ma Ferguson
My Kind of Town
Vote For Me, Por Favor. Now Let’s Eat
Western Art: Zephyr, Texas
columns
Behind the Lines
I Think I’m Rich, Therefore I Am [Business]
The Anglo-Tex Connection [Texana]
Getting Even Gets Old [Movies]
Midland’s Bebop Bash [Jazz]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Shopping
Post-Modern Times
Downtown
The Quidnunc
Touts
Roar of the Crowd
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: Cabrito »
food
Barney McBee's Texas Goat Sauce » |
October 1986
features
Going For Broke
Where NASA Went Wrong
After the Tears
The Strange Case of Mark White
Texas Primer: The Texas Institute of Letters
Beyond Halloween
The Barbecue Brothers »
The Eye of the Beholder
Western Art: Yodelay, Yodelay-Hoo
columns
Ballad of the Pine Springs Cafe [Back Roads]
Behind the Lines
The Museum That Time Forgot [Texana]
Country Music’s Hermit Saint [Popular Music]
Partners in Crime [Books]
For the Love of Bach [Classical Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
The Quidnunc
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu - Cappyccino’s »
food
Cappyccino’s White Chili » | November 1986
features
Davy Crockett, Still King of the Wild Frontier
The Ballad of Fess Parker
Why Inman Left
The Long, Lonesome Road »
Moments of Glory
Texas Primer: Frito Pie »
Shadows in the Garden
columns
Behind the Lines
No Commercial Interruptions [Shopping]
Ball of Glitter [Movies]
Animal Magnetism [Art]
Forty-two Per Cent Potent [Books]
Who Made the Cut? [Popular Music]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
The Quidnunc
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: Earl Abel’s »
On the Menu: Wildfire » | December 1986
features
How To Get Rich By ‘96!
Advice From the Experts
Against the Grain
Lessons From the Golden Apple
Famous Fixers
Making It In the Bust
The Last Resort
The Wright House
And A Piñata In A Pear Tree
Touch Me, Feel Me, Heal Me! »
columns
No Dancin’ In Anson [Back Roads]
Behind the Lines
Short and Sweet [Food]
Scratch Shot [Movies]
Wide-open Blues [Jazz]
reporter
Texas Monthly Reporter [Reporter]
miscellany
Roar of the Crowd
The Quidnunc
Touts
Puzzle
State Secrets
web exclusives
On the Menu: Castle Hill Cafe »
food
Southern Biscuit Muffins » |
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