Some TEXAS MONTHLY Stories on Food
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.
by Leslie Baldwin, Caleb Bennett, Sarah Bourbon, Jordan Breal, Paul Burka, Amber Byfield, Marilyn Carter, Cathy Casey, David Courtney, Libby Farris, Megan Giller, Freddy Gottesman, Ross Green, Lisa J. Grissom, Melissa Guerra, Michael Hall, Steve Harmon, Stacy Hollister, Irene Kosela, Stacey Van Landingham, Patricia Busa McConnico, Missy Colbert Nichols, Brad Perkins, Tony Privett, Ronn Reeger, Katharyn Rodemann, Emily Rosenthal, Patricia Sharpe, Sandy Sheehy, Jake Silverstein, Eileen Smith, Alison Sterken, Brian D. Sweany, Kim Todd, Amanda M. Trimble, Andrea Valdez, Reese Vaughn, Katy Vine and Lois Wischkaemper [December 2008]
Textile »
Textile, Houston.
by Patricia Sharpe [December 2008]
Comfort Food »
A slide show of images from the state’s best small-town cafes.
[December 2008]
Your Bird Here »
Turkey, shmurkey! This Thanksgiving, when your mother-in-law gets ready to serve up boring old tradition as a main course, you should cry fowl and turn her attention to these other fine, feathered, delectable friends.
by Patricia Sharpe [November 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Mulberry, Austin and Lake House, Houston
by Patricia Sharpe [November 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Tre Trattoria, San Antonio and Américas, The Woodlands
by Patricia Sharpe [October 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Dali Wine Bar Restaurant, Dallas and Kenzo Sushi Bistro, Katy.
by Patricia Sharpe [September 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Café Zol, Houston and Medina Oven & Bar, Dallas
by Patricia Sharpe [August 2008]
Keeper of the Flame »
Need someone to create a menu for the ultimate
backyard feast? Paul Petersen, the executive chef at
Marathon’s Gage Hotel, is ready, grilling, and
able.
by Patricia Sharpe [July 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Sage on West Alabama, Houston and El Chile, Austin
by Patricia Sharpe [July 2008]
PITS: The Encyclopedia Entry »
by Patricia Sharpe [June 2008]
Lexington: Snow’s BBQ »
[June 2008]
Lockhart: Smitty’s Market »
[June 2008]
Luling: City Market »
[June 2008]
Taylor: Louie Mueller Barbeque »
[June 2008]
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.
by Jordan Breal, Paul Burka, Pamela Colloff, David Courtney, S.C. Gwynne, Michael Hall, David A. Herron, Stacy Hollister, Patricia Busa McConnico, John Morthland, Katharyn Rodemann, Chester Rosson, Patricia Sharpe, Jake Silverstein, John Spong, Brian D. Sweany, Andrea Valdez and Katy Vine [June 2008]
New and noteworthy »
Villa O, Dallas and Trattoria Lisina, Driftwood
by Patricia Sharpe [June 2008]
The Top 50 »
Listed alphabetically by city.
[June 2008]
Honorable Mentions »
[June 2008]
Ode to . . . »
[June 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Bistro Don Camillo, Houston and August E’s, Fredericksburg
by Patricia Sharpe [May 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Café Pita, Houston and Rise no1, Dallas
by Patricia Sharpe [April 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Merchants Grand Café, San Antonio and Charlie Palmer, Dallas
by Patricia Sharpe [March 2008]
Where To Eat Now 2008 »
Yes, the setting is ritzy and the food remarkable. But what really makes the state’s best new restaurant sizzle is
something less tangible: the (Dean) Fearing factor.
by Patricia Sharpe [March 2008]
Andrew Weissman »
40, restaurateur, San Antonio
[February 2008]
Eat Their Words »
What will dining, both out and in, be like in decades to come? We asked the state’s top chefs and food folk, from Dean Fearing and Hugo Ortega to David Bull and Charles Butt.
by Patricia Sharpe [February 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Café Central, El Paso and Sagra, Austin
by Patricia Sharpe [February 2008]
New and Noteworthy »
Rebecca’s Table, Fredericksburg and So Vino Wine Bar & Bistro, Houston
by Patricia Sharpe [January 2008]
Meat Your Maker »
From city to country, fancy to down-home, the state’s 38 best steakhouses. Plus: the Japanese beef that everyone should be eating, our favorite butcher shops, and how to grill a ribeye that even your father-in-law will love.
by Patricia Sharpe [December 2007]
New and Noteworthy »
Liberty Bistro, New Braunfels and Joe DiMaggio’s Italian Chophouse, Austin
by Patricia Sharpe [December 2007]
Vineyard Cuisine: Meals & Memories from Messina Hof »
Reviewed by Hannah Bloch-Wehba [December 2007]
New and Noteworthy »
Casa Colombia, Austin and Grooves Restaurant And Lounge, Houston
by Patricia Sharpe [November 2007]
Grazing Across Texas: Rod, Gun & Ranch Cooking »
Reviewed by Kyle Adams [November 2007]
Mexican Light: Healthy Cuisine for Today’s Cook/Cocina Mexicana Ligera: Para el Cocinero Actual »
Reviewed by [October 2007]
Dinner Is Served »
For a long time the best meal I remembered eating on a trip to Big Bend was reconstituted freeze-dried tuna noodle casserole with a side of gorp. Oh, my, how the chow has changed.
by Suzy Banks [October 2007]
New and Noteworthy »
Brasserie Max And Julie, Houston and Soleil Bistro and Wine Bar, San Antonio
by Patricia Sharpe [October 2007]
Making Wine »
Richard and Bunny Becker on making Texas wine.
Interview by Patricia Sharpe [October 2007]
Corny Dogs »
Every corny dog has its day.
by Andrea Valdez [October 2007]
New and Noteworthy »
Estâncía Churrascaría, Austin and Kavála Mediterranean Grill, Dallas.
by Patricia Sharpe [September 2007]
Great Bar Food at Home »
Reviewed by Ashleigh Whaley [September 2007]
New and Noteworthy »
Monarch, Houston and Sangría Tapas y Bar, Dallas.
by Patricia Sharpe [August 2007]
The Art of the Meal »
Five of the best museums in the state have cafes designed to tempt the most refined tastes and sophisticated palates. A few have masterpieces on the menu; others are works in progress.
by Patricia Sharpe [July 2007]
From Husks Till Dawn »
Even cowgirls get the munchies, which is why Paula Disbrowe came up with these great recipes for migas, blackberry blue-corn muffins, and other breakfast staples.
by Patricia Sharpe [March 2007]
Where to Eat Now 2007 »
Well, first and foremost, Dallas, since four of the year’s ten best new restaurants—including the top three—are there. But if you’re hip and hungry in Houston, Austin, or San Antonio, my list won’t disappoint.
by Patricia Sharpe [February 2007]
The Greatest Tacos Ever Sold »
Sixty-three of them, to be exact: from picadillo in Dallas and brisket tinga in Houston to carne asada gringa in San Antonio and chorizo-and-jalapeño in McAllen. Be sure you don’t leave this earth without trying each and every one.
by Patricia Sharpe [December 2006]
The Chop Is in the Mail »
You want to send your granny a grapefruit this Christmas? Your bro a brisket? Your pop a pie? We’ve taste-tested more than four hundred foodstuffs that Texas companies will happily ship to your door, and more than forty are first-class.
by Patricia Sharpe [November 2006]
Peas Be With You »
This farm-to-table feast will make you thankful for the Texas growers who still work the land and for at least one hip chef who gives new life to the fruits and vegetables of their labor.
by Patricia Sharpe [July 2006]
A Desert Feast »
How to make black bean soup, cactus cornbread, and other mouthwatering dishes from Melissa Guerra’s South Texas kitchen.
by Patricia Sharpe [May 2006]
75 Things We Love About Texas »
Including: the sopa azteca at El Mirador, in San Antonio; the spring-fed pool at Balmorhea State Park; the humidity; elbow room; free advice at White Rock Lake, in Dallas; county courthouses; boots-and- jeans-clad Academy Award–winner Larry McMurtry; and—seriously— quail hunting.
[April 2006]
Runners-up »
Just because a restaurant didn’t make the top ten doesn’t mean it isn’t worthwhile. Here are six worthy runners-up in three cities.
by Patricia Sharpe [February 2006]
45 Years (Sat Nov 22 at 5:28 PM)
Can You Spare Some Change I Can Believe In? (Sat Nov 22 at 4:10 PM)
Even Worse, They're Cutting Back on Monocles (Fri Nov 21 at 8:39 AM)
