Critters
December 20, 2023
Our Top Ten Texas Critters of the Year
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me . . . five feral hogs?
Goats
Critters
December 4, 2023
The G.O.A.T. of Landscape Management? Goats.
In cities across Texas, rugged ruminants are chowing down on the plants that plague us.
Meanwhile, in Texas
July 27, 2023
The Ballad of Willy, the Missing Willacy County Rodeo Goat
The li’l guy went missing a week ago. Whoever finds him is going to be rich (in barbecue, gift cards, and pie).
Critters
March 27, 2023
Did Your Wedding Even Count if There Were No Goats?
The new party VIPs are beer-drinking goats, beer-toting donkeys, and the occasional giraffe.
Meanwhile, in Texas
March 10, 2023
Meanwhile, in Texas: Two Goats Made a Target Run in Spring
Plus, a man stole tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo and creepy-looking snapper eels turned up near Port Bolivar.
Food & Drink
September 19, 2022
Love, Loss, and Cabrito at the World Championship Barbecue Goat Cook-off
The 48th annual event in Brady rekindled both treasured and painful memories for a writer who’s been attending since infancy.
Food & Drink
September 17, 2014
The Other White Meat
The joy of eating goat.
Critters
March 7, 2014
These Blind 12-Year-Old Twins Have Some of the Best Show Goats in Texas
The Lubbock pre-teens spend six months a year showing their prize goats at livestock competitions throughout the state.
Agriculture
October 17, 2013
Kids for Sale
For the last several centuries, Texas was cattle country. Now, with worldwide demand for goat meat growing, and drought threatening to put cattle ranchers out of business, should Texas be goat country?
Recipes
January 20, 2013
Cabrito Luckett
A particularly impressive recipe that is easy to prepare in your own kitchen involves slivers of garlic and whole comino seeds.1/2 cabrito, cut in quarters 4 or more large cloves garlic, peeled and cut into slivers 2 teaspoons whole comino (cumin) seeds New Mexico chile powder Dried oregano Salt, to
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
The Kids Are All Right
How every cook can concoct the classic Southwestern flavor of cabrito.
Business
May 31, 1998
Wooly
Things get woolly for the state’s mohair producers.
Food & Drink
July 31, 1992
Food Get Your Goat
Juan Espinoza’s classy cabrito puts Johnny’s restaurant in front of the herd.
Recipes
August 31, 1986
Barney McBee’s Texas Goat Sauce
1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 onions, chopped 1 clove garlic, mashed 1 32-ounce bottle ketchup 3 tablespoons yellow mustard 2 cups black coffee 1 cup distilled vinegar 1 lemon, cut in half 6 tablespoons chili powder 3 good taps Worcestershire sauce Salt and pepper to tasteHeat oil over medium-low in
Food & Drink
August 31, 1986
On the Menu: Cabrito
For more than twenty years, the central Texas town of Brady has staged the World Championship Barbeque Goat Cook-off on Labor Day weekend. Cabrito is a delicacy that has its ardent admirers—and many detractors. To those who have failed to see the merit in a crunchy yet tender piece of
Critters
May 31, 1977
Goats Need Love, Too.
Once you let a goat in your life, you can never get it out.