Starlight Theatre’s Prickly Pear’ita
The Starlight Theatre Restaurant & Saloon has been serving its cactus margarita for so long that no one can recall its exact origins.
The Starlight Theatre Restaurant & Saloon has been serving its cactus margarita for so long that no one can recall its exact origins.
One man's adventure in margarita-making turns into a prickly affair.
It’s time someone had the courage to ask the most controversial question in the state: To bean or not to bean?
There are certain dishes that every good Texan knows and loves. But do you really know how to grill a flawless ribeye? Season that cast-iron skillet in your cupboard? Make sure your dough rises? We asked experts around the state to share some how-tos and a few recipes that will
They’re not actually barbecued, but one bite and you’ll forgive that.
Good enough to eat raw. But there’s a better way.
Good enough to eat raw. But there’s a better way.
The breakfast antidote to whatever needs fixing.
Read a Q&A with Patricia Sharpe.
Factoids about Texas foodstuffs.
No other dish provokes such depth of feeling.
A look at how some of our forebears cooked.
Cooking like a Texan requires its own special gear, whether it’s a woodpile for the smoker, a skillet your granny used, or a well-worn wooden spoon (maybe even the one your momma spanked your hiney with as a kid).Tortilla PressOne simple push = one fresh corn tortilla!Lime SqueezerFor that citrus
I’m still shocked by the number of people who suggested I didn’t know what I was doing. The first such skeptic just happened to be the Texanist, my housemate that winter of 1995, who was then known to the greater world simply as Dave. When I informed him of my
The biggest blue catfish ever caught in Texas—121.5 pounds—was hauled flipping and flopping out of Lake Texoma on January 16, 2004, by Howe resident Cody Mullennix. Contrary to iron-clad tradition, Mullennix did not eat the critter, stuff it, or hang its head on a rural fence post. He donated it,
My grandmother, or Mama Grande, lived in Donna, between Brownsville and McAllen, and we’d often go see her on Sundays. We’d take Highway 281, a two-lane road that runs parallel to the Rio Grande and that Dad called el camino militar. I remember sitting in the backseat of his ’57
We asked a few famous Texans what their last Texas meal would be.
On Texas cuisine.
The first person I think of when it comes to cooking like a Texan is Enrique Madrid. You probably have someone you think of, your father, perhaps, or your grandmother. I think of Enrique, a historian, archaeologist, cook, defender of the borderlands, author, and lecturer whose family has been living