Recipes
November 8, 2022
Spicy Paloma
While this cocktail is refreshing year-round, grapefruit season in Texas kicks off in the fall, making now an especially good time to enjoy it.
Tequila
Tequila, made from blue agave plants grown in Mexico, is distilled there too, but Texans have long enjoyed the potent elixir, both in myriad cocktail concoctions (margaritas, anyone?) and, for the no-nonsense crowd, as a straight-up shot.
Recipes
October 7, 2022
Avocado Margarita
An editor reflects on the impact of Austin’s Curra’s Grill on her life—and its mystifying, rich, and ever-popular frozen drink.
Libations
January 11, 2022
Three Texas Brands Pay Homage to the Spirits of the Desert
These iterations of tequila, pechuga, and sotol—all made from desert plants found in Texas and Mexico—are indicative of the trans-border spirit.
Libations
May 17, 2021
The History of the Paloma, Summer’s Simplest Cocktail
At its core, a paloma is just tequila and Squirt, but you wouldn't know that from the elaborate iterations on Texas bar menus.
Recipes
July 24, 2020
TM Happy Hour: How to Make the Texas Margarita
Jalapeño-infused agave is the secret to this sweet and spicy version from Danny Caffall, of Dallas’s Mansion on Turtle Creek.
Recipes
May 18, 2020
Hibiscus Margarita, From ‘Cooking in Marfa’
The most popular cocktail from Marfa’s Capri restaurant captures the desert in a glass.
Libations
September 17, 2015
Drink Like a Texan
Texans are a thirsty bunch, and our drinks package has everything you need to imbibe like Sam Houston's watching.
Food & Drink
December 11, 2014
La Paloma
Yes, those Ruby Reds are tasty and nutritious. But they can also get you as drunk as a skunk.
Food & Drink
November 18, 2013
Restless Spirits
Where tequila comes from.
The Texanist
August 14, 2013
On Beer, Tequila, and Other Libations
Q: If I go to a fiesta and take a twelve-pack of Lone Star with me and only drink eight, can I take the remaining brews home with me? John ValdezAustinApril 2008A: Experience tells the Texanist that even when one arrives at a party empty-handed, drinks
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Margaritaville
Where did our unofficial state drink come from?
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
The Margarita Variations
On the rocks or frozen? Salt or no salt? And what tequila is best? So many questions, but these four recipes make it easy for you to shake up the best margaritas around.
Libations
January 20, 2013
¡Viva Tequila!
How it’s made, the secret of cooking with it, the truth about the worm, and everything else you ever wanted to know about Mexico’s favorite drink—and ours.
Libations
January 20, 2013
That’s the Spirit
Not that you’re looking for an excuse, but these five original cocktails concocted by Texas bartenders using local liquors are a thoroughly acceptable reason to pour yourself a drink. Or three.
Tacos
January 20, 2013
State Fare
Dallas’ Seventeen Seventeen has mastered the art of the catfish taco.
Libations
February 22, 2012
Happy National Margarita Day!
Get your salt shaker and limes ready to celebrate that "frozen concoction that helps you hang on."
Food & Drink
April 30, 2005
Liquid Assets
Hot ShotsGive these splashy spring cocktails a spin.Why not observe the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo by brushing up on your tequila basics at these tastings and dinners?In Austin, Santa Rita Tex Mex Cantina hosts Tequila Tuesdays the first Tuesday of each month from 6 to 8. On May
Food & Drink
April 1, 1992
Liquor Licker
Larry Peterman is a revisionist where suckers are concerned. His new tequila lollipop con gusano (complete with the worm) is his take on making hard liquor palatable: “We tried using mescal,” he says, “but it tasted so bad—kind of like burned dirt with rubbing alcohol—that nobody would eat it.”
Libations
February 1, 1979
Requiem for a Margarita
Tequila, tequila, everywhere, and not a drop in your margarita.
Libations
August 31, 1975
The Truth about Tequila
From machismo to counterculture in one decade.
Libations
September 30, 1974
The Man Who Invented the Margarita
The inventor’s wife is named Margarita, but the drink was not named for a woman.