Andrea Valdez
Features
The Great Terquasquicentennial Road Trip
Some people call it a quartoseptcentennial, or a septaquintaquinquecentennial (seriously), but you’d better save your breath. You’ll need it on this wide-ranging 6,000-mile voyage commemorating Texas’s 175th birthday. It starts in Glen Rose, ends in Austin, and stops along the way at 175 places that tell the story of the state, from the grassy field in La Porte where independence was won to the parking garage in Dallas where the Super Bowl was dreamed up; from the Austin dorm room where Dell Inc. was born to the college hall in Houston where Barbara Jordan learned to debate; from the hotel in San Antonio where Lydia Mendoza recorded “Mal Hombre” to the—well, you get the idea. And you’d better get started. The road awaits . . .
The Bucket List
Driving the River Road, in far West Texas; having a drink at the Mansion on Turtle Creek, in Dallas; fishing for bass in Caddo Lake; eating a chicken-fried steak in Strawn; searching for a lightning whelk along the coast; and 58 other things that all Texans must do before they die.
The 50 Greatest Hamburgers In Texas
On our first-ever quest for the state’s best burgers, we covered more than 12,000 miles, ate at more than 250 restaurants, and gained, collectively, more than 40 pounds. Our dauntless determination (and fearless fat intake) was rewarded with a list of 50 transcendent burgers—and you’ll never guess which one ended up on top. Check out our Best Burger section.
The 40 Best Small-Town Cafes
Our exhaustive, exhausting, strictly scientific (and lamentably fattening) survey of the finest home cooking around, from Maxine’s on Main, in Bastrop, to El Paraiso, in Zapata.
BBQ08
Eighteen hungry reviewers. 14,773 miles driven/flown. 341 joints visited. Countless bites of brisket, sausage, chicken, pork, white bread, potato salad, and slaw—and vats of sauce—ingested. There are only fifty slots on our quinquennial list of the best places to eat barbecue in Texas. Only five of those got high honors. And only one (you’ll never guess which one in a million years) is the best of the best.
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Handling the Texas Flag
What every Texan should know about handling the Texas flag.
Cutting For Sign
What every Texan should know about cutting for sign.
Tanning a Deer Hide
What every Texan should know about tanning a deer hide.
Custom Belt Buckles
What every Texan should know about custom belt buckles.
Baking a Pecan Pie
Water Dowsing
What every Texan should know about water dowsing.
Hitching a Livestock Trailer
What every Texan should know about hitching a livestock trailer.
Noodling
What every Texan should know about noodling.
Cutting
What every Texan should know about cutting.
Wearing Spurs
Making Venison Sausage
Attending a Square Dance
How to square dance.
Shoeing a Horse
How to shoe a horse.
Shooting a .22
How to shoot a .22.
Making Chili
How to make chili.
Bull Riding
How to ride a bull.
Deep-Frying a Turkey
How to deep-fry a turkey.
Big Hair
How to style big hair.
Barbacoa
How to cook authentic barbacoa.
South Congress Avenue, Austin
Update your wardrobe, slurp down oysters, and nab novel curios along the Capital City’s hippest byway.
Hunting Javelina
How to hunt javelina.
Windsurfing
How to windsurf.
Smoking a Brisket
How to smoke the perfect brisket.
Snapping a Bluebonnet Photo
How to snap the perfect bluebonnet photo.
Tying a Texas Rig
How to tie a Texas rig.
Dancing Cumbia
How to dance cumbia.
Texas Caviar
How to make Texas caviar.
Barrel Racing
How to barrel race.
A Día de los Muertos Altar
How to build a Día de los Muertos altar.
Building a Barbed Wire Fence
How to build a barbed-wire fence.
Dove Hunting
How to dove hunt.
Brewing Sweet Tea
How to make sweet tea.
Packing a Cooler Tube
How to pack a cooler tube.
Spitting Watermelon Seeds
How to spit watermelon seeds.
Making Peach Preserves
How to make peach preserves.
Chasing a Tornado
How to chase a tornado.
Planting A Southern Magnolia
How to plant a Southern magnolia.
The Texas Two-step
How to two-step.
Roping a Calf
How to rope a calf.
Downtown Boerne
Downtown Boerne.
Tamales
How to throw a tamalada.
Ben Edwards
Small-Town Family Doctor
Rattlesnake Wrangling
How to wrangle a rattlesnake.
Custom Hats
How to customize a cowboy hat.
A Happy Marriage
Melvin and Minnie Lou Scott on a happy marriage.
42
How to play 42.
Field Dressing
How to field-dress a deer.
Corny Dogs
Every corny dog has its day.
Tailgating
How to tailgate.
Branding
How to brand cattle.
Custom Boots
How to design custom cowboy boots.
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