December 2010
Table of Contents
Features
Let’s Have Mex-TexWhere’s the best place to get a perfect plate of enchiladas? A chile relleno to die for? A salsa you’ll never forget? Come along on our tour of the fifty greatest Mexican restaurants in Texas, from Hugo’s, in Houston, to Tacos Santa Cecilia, in El Paso. This is not your father’s Tex-Mex.
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La MaestraA lesson with Diana Kennedy.
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Columns
Behind the LinesLet There Be RightThe Republicans whipped the Democrats in November. Now what are they going to do? Oscar CasaresImaginary FriendsBrownsville’s first federal judge was a legendary figure in my house. So legendary that I never believed my father when he said he knew the man. |
Letter From AmarilloAlmost FamousWhen Jacob Isom swiped a Quran from an angry evangelist, he figured a few of his friends would enjoy the prank. Two months and one million YouTube views later, his life may never be the same. The TexanistOffering fine advice since 2007Aisle-scooting etiquette, slaughtering a turkey, skunk remedies, and the proper way to approach a group of ladies at a dance hall. |
Reporter
The ManualBull RidingHow to ride a bull.
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Artist InterviewVinnie Paul AbbottThe former Pantera drummer on the twentieth anniversary of Cowboys From Hell and more. Music ReviewCouldn’t Stand the WeatherA two-disc reissue of the second album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. |
The Filter
Miscellany
Editor’s LetterDon’t Mess With Exes |
ContributorsMark K. Updegrove, Sterry Butcher, and Patricia Sharpe. |
Web Exclusives
A Q&A With Katy VineJacob Isom went from being an obscure skateboarder living in Amarillo to being a worldwide celebrity about as fast as you can say “Dude, you have no Quran!” Katy Vine talks about YouTube, entertainment news, and being thrust into the limelight. A Q&A With Michael HallMichael Hall, who spent months trying to piece together the life of one of the best slide guitarists ever, talks about tracking down leads, writing about musicians, and really listening to the music of Blind Willie Johnson. A Q&A With Sterry ButcherSterry Butcher talks about her experience watching Teryn Lee Muench break a wild mustang in less than one hundred days. An Interview With George W. Bush (Transcript)October 26, 2010, Dallas. Southern Living 1001 Ways to Cook SouthernA new cookbook from Southern Living. |
The Drop Everything ListThe Border Art Biennial, the Hot Rod Revolution, JFK, and Via Colori . . . The Drop Everything ListJeff Dunham, the “It Gets Better” Film Festival, the Mavs vs. the Spurs, and the South Texas Institute of the Arts . . . The Drop Everything ListThe Dallas Museum of Art, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, Dickens on the Strand, and the Harbor Lights Festival . . . The Drop Everything ListAnn Richards, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, Willie Nelson, and the 2nd Annual Gingerbread Build-Off . . . Beating a Dead HorseNearly 25 years after SMU received the death penalty, the Mustangs are finally on the trail to success. But an ESPN documentary reminds us how far the team had fallen thanks to ego, greed, and the religion of football. |
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