Recipes
April 22, 2024
Enchilada Meat Loaf
The classic American dish gets a Tex-Mex makeover covered in chili gravy and cheese, taking comfort food to another level.
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BBQ Joint Reviews
June 9, 2023
This Pitmaster Wants to Make El Paso a Barbecue Destination
Joe Martinez has finally found a hobby that pays off with his truck, Smokin’ Joe’s Pit BBQ, which features chile relleno sausage and chili with beans.
Tacos
October 28, 2022
The 70-Year Journey to Making Bolner’s Fiesta Brand Spices Texas Kitchen Essentials
The family-owned San Antonio company produces the bulk, whole, and blended spices the state can’t cook without.
BBQ Joint Reviews
January 28, 2022
Liberty Hill’s Agape BBQ Smokes Meat With Love
Polish off hearty chili and pickle-brined chicken with a latte at this Central Texas coffee shop turned barbecue joint.
The Texanist
September 17, 2021
The Texanist: If You’re Not a Fan of Fruitcake and Canned Chili, What’s So Great About Corsicana?
A man now living in Fredericksburg wonders if his hometown really has anything to brag about.
Food & Drink
September 3, 2020
This Plant-Based Chili Has No Meat (or Beans)
Meat substitutes such as Beyond Meat keep growing in popularity, so we re-created a Texas bowl of red—no beef involved.
Food & Drink
October 2, 2019
All of the Texas Treats You Could Eat For the Price of That $1,600 Burger
Hundreds of Whataburger meals, tons of tacos, and other staples to consider before this astronomically expensive meal.
Recipes
August 30, 2019
Instant Pot Texas Chicken Green Chili With Cider
Celebrate the start of football season and the last weeks of Hatch chile season with this easy-to-make crowd-pleaser.
Recipes
January 9, 2019
Instant Pot Texas Chili
Put that popular Christmas present to good use by making a comforting Bowl of Red. (By all means, ignore the Beans/Chili setting.)
The Texanist
December 23, 2018
The Texanist: Why Isn’t Chicken-Fried Steak Our Official State Dish?
A Sherman woman thinks the gravy-laden slab of breaded meat deserves its due.
BBQ
February 23, 2018
Smoked Brisket Chili Combines All That is Good
Two Texan treasures come together in this magical dish, but it's not always easy to find. Here's where to start.
Recipes
December 14, 2017
Barbecue and Chili Come Together in an Easy Recipe
The perfect Frito pie awaits! Skip hours of cooking time by bringing home the brisket (and a few other key ingredients) from your favorite BBQ joint.
Texas History
September 29, 2017
The Heyday of Chili Con Carne
The official state dish reached its apotheosis in the era of San Antonio’s Chili Queens.
Food & Drink
August 10, 2017
The Bloody San Antonio Origins of Chili Con Carne
The original Tex-Mex staple dates back further than most historians realize.
The Texanist
November 23, 2016
Cook Like a Texanist
It’s time someone had the courage to ask the most controversial question in the state: To bean or not to bean?
Recipes
November 16, 2015
The Only Texas Chili Recipe You’ll Ever Need
Preparing the perfect peppery pot.
The Texanist
October 21, 2015
The Texanist: How to Pronounce Pecan
Our estimable advice columnist on the origins of Hunt’s boot fence and how miffed we should get about pecan pronunciation, desecrated chili pots, and overenthusiastic, football-lovin’ grandfathers.
Food & Drink
April 8, 2014
At the Family Table With the Homesick Texan
Lisa Fain, who just published her second cookbook, "The Homesick Texan's Family Table: Lone Star Cooking from My Kitchen to Yours," on her deep Texas roots, how easy it is to make delicious beans and homemade flour tortillas, and chile pepper injuries.
BBQ
December 9, 2013
Brisket > Chili
That barbecue is not Texas’s state dish is a travesty. Paul Burka first made the argument decades ago in his scathing article “I Still Hate Chili” claiming that “never has the legislature so abandoned its sworn duty to enhance the public welfare as when it certified chili as the
Food & Drink
November 12, 2013
Bowl of Dread
I was aghast when chili was first anointed our official state dish. More than 35 years later, my feelings about this greasy mush haven't changed.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Six World Records Set in Texas…and Four More That Need to Be
World's biggest Frito pie? Check. Most consecutive back handsprings? Got it. Largest pecan pie? Indeed. But when it comes to some truly important Guinness records, Texas is playing second enchilada.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Frito Pie for 5,000, Anyone?
Frito-Lay and the State Fair of Texas set a record for World's Largest Frito Pie on Monday.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Chili
The Dish To stare into the glossy depths of a Texas bowl of red, with its heady currents of beef and blessed absence of beans, is to understand a truth about chili: It demands passion. In the history of our state, no other native dish has sparked such shameless boasts
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
For the Love (or Hate) of Chili
No other dish provokes such depth of feeling.
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
How to Make Chili
A time-tested recipe that anyon who wants to learn how to make chili can use.
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Chili Relations
Food fight: The most ridiculous, overblown squabble this side of the legislature.
Recipes
January 20, 2013
Two-Tone Chili
Chris “Whip” Layton’s Two-Tone Chili2 bottles dark beer (Dos Equis) or 2 cans (15 ounces each) chicken stock Juice of 4 limes 6 tablespoons Pickapeppa steak sauce 3 pounds venison stew meat 5 slices bacon 1 large white onion, coarsely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 4 tablespoons chili powder 1
Food & Drink
December 5, 2011
New York City Has “Interesting” Frito Pie
Yeah, that’s probably the right word for it. New York’s food blog, Grub Street, shows us nine of the city’s “most interesting Frito pies.”
Food & Drink
August 31, 2011
An Excerpt From The Homesick Texan Cookbook
Blogger Lisa Fain’s new cookbook.
The Stand Up Desk
June 30, 1997
’Cue List
Doesn’t anyone have anything to say about barbecue?
Food & Drink
January 1, 1996
Virtual Vittles
From chili to chiles, there’s a heaping helping of Texas food on the Internet, including cookoff schedules, mail-order info, recipes, and restaurant reviews. Dig in.
Food & Drink
April 1, 1991
The Slosh Factor
An aficionado of (gasp!) canned chili accepts an impossible mission.
Recipes
September 30, 1986
Cappyccino’s White Chili
Recipe from Cappyccino’s 5003 Broadway Alamo Heights
Food & Drink
November 1, 1978
I Still Hate Chili
Fess up now. In your heart of hearts, don’t you hate it, too?
Food & Drink
May 31, 1977
From Mexico With Love
Out of the Texas melting pot comes a food hot enough to melt anything.