Texana
356 stories
Making Chili »
How to make chili.
January 2011 by Andrea Valdez
The Manual 2.0
Watch the experts teach Andrea Valdez how to cook chili.
January 2011
Pure Country
George Strait talks trash—and has a laugh or two—while filming the most recent commercial for the "Don’t Mess With Texas" public service campaign.
January 2011
The Manual 2.0
Watch expert Shawn Hogg teach Andrea Valdez how to ride a bull.
December 2010 Produced by Pamela Hastings
The Horse Whisperer »
Read a Q&A with Sterry Butcher.
December 2010 Interview by Jasmin Sun
Bull Riding »
How to ride a bull.
December 2010 by Andrea Valdez
Offering fine advice since 2007 »
Aisle-scooting etiquette, slaughtering a turkey, skunk remedies, and the proper way to approach a group of ladies at a dance hall.
December 2010 by David Courtney
Gentling Cheatgrass »
What does it take to break a wild mustang? Patience, horse sense, experience, and if you’re Teryn Lee Muench, no more than one hundred days.
December 2010 by Sterry Butcher
Deep-Frying a Turkey »
How to deep-fry a turkey.
November 2010 by Andrea Valdez
Just Dance »
As we mourn the passing of Club 21, one of the state's most beloved dance halls, remember to scoot across one of the many other historic, century-old two-stepping floors.
November 2010 by John Spong
The Manual 2.0
Watch the experts at Russ and Company Salon, in Austin, teach Andrea Valdez how to do big hair.
October 2010 Produced by Pamela Hastings
Field of Dreams
A slide show of images from Kokernot Field, which was built in 1947 and was home to the legendary Alpine Cowboys. Photographs by Charles Hunter
October 2010
King of Diamonds »
The story behind Kokernot Field, the best little ballpark in Texas.
October 2010 by D. J. Stout
Wouldn't You Like to Be a Pepper Too?
For your viewing pleasure: vintage Dr Pepper commercials from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Produced in Dallas, these sixties ads feature American Bandstand’s Dick Clark and the Dallas Cowboys’ Don Meredith. Films contributed by Daniel Redd and Bert Rodriguez. See more commercials at texasarchive.org.
October 2010
No Retreat! No Surrender! »
Besieged on all sides, will the Daughters of the Republic of Texas finally lose control of the Alamo? Not if they can help it.
October 2010 by Jan Jarboe Russell
Offering Fine Advice Since 2007 »
School yard bullying, game-day taunts, gambling etiquette, and children who dislike bones in their meat.
October 2010 by David Courtney
Barbacoa »
How to cook authentic barbacoa.
September 2010 by Andrea Valdez
The Manual 2.0
Watch Andrea Valdez cook barbacoa.
September 2010
The History of Texas (According to Wikipedia) »
How to learn the history of Texas in five minutes or less.
September 2010 by Kevin Sullivan
The Manual 2.0
Watch the experts at K.C.'s Outdoors, in Spicewood, teach Andrea Valdez how to hunt javelina.
August 2010
The Craftsman »
Gary Cartwright talks about writing profiles; interviewing his longtime friend John Graves, who penned Goodbye to a River fifty years ago; and concentrating on the present.
August 2010 Interview by Alanna Lindley
The Manual 2.0
Watch the experts at Worldwinds, near Corpus Christi's Padre Island National Seashore, teach Andrea Valdez how to windsurf.
July 2010
The Epic West
A slide show of images from the making of one of the most beloved miniseries of all time, Lonesome Dove.
July 2010
Offering fine advice since 2007 »
Rude diners, fraudulent Texans, anniversary presents, and the problem with mail-order steaks.
July 2010 by David Courtney
True West »
Twenty-five years ago, Larry McMurtry published a novel called Lonesome Dove—and Texas hasn’t looked the same since. Listen in as more than thirty writers, critics, producers, and actors, from Peter Bogdonavich and Dave Hickey to Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, and Anjelica Huston, tell the stories behind the book (and the miniseries) that changed the way we see the West.
July 2010 by John Spong
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