Susan Chadwick
Features
The Right Stuffing
You’ll be stuffed, too, after you eat this Thanksgiving dinner.
What a Dish!
We cleaned our plate at restaurants across Texas. Here are the results: 66 irresistible specialties of the house.
Texas Primer: The Bowie Knife
Whether a frontiersman needed to skin a bear, chop wood, or fight in a due, Jim Bowie’s weapon was the tool of choice.
Texas Primer: The His and Her Gift
Once upon a time the His and Her Gift reflected a Texas that was extravagant and maybe a little gauche. Now the gift is no less extravagant, but it’s a lot less, well, innocent.
Texas Primer: The Two-step
Forget about waltzing across Texas. Let’s two-step instead.
Texas Primer: The Western Shirt
Today’s cowboy can thank Hollywood designers for the shirt on his back.
Texas Primer: The Trail Ride
It began in 1952 as a nostalgic recreation of the old cattle drive. Now it’s a grand annual party stretching across Texas.
Texas Primer: The Texas Brag
It’s not quite a lie and not quite the truth. It’s a patriotic duty.
Columns | Miscellany
Water Babies
Deepwater Gulf shrimp get all the press, but the sweetest, most succulent shrimp in Texas come from the bays.
Uncommon Market
San Antonio’s Farm to Market looks like an overgrown produce stand, but inside are some of the classiest groceries in the state.
A Goode Idea
Goode: a graduate of the burn-and-learn school of cooking.
Pasta and Present
The latest news in Houston’s booming Italian restaurant scene is the savory cuisine of Tuscany.



