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Texas History|
August 31, 2003

Fair’s Fair

The State Fair has seen it all, from a model of the Washington Monument made entirely out of human teeth to a visit by King Olaf V of Norway on Norweigian Day.

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Recipe|
August 31, 2003

Steak Tataki with Citrus Ponzu

Steak Tataki with Citrus Ponzu Recipe by Kent Rathbun, Abacus Executive Chef/Owner Serving Size:8 Preparation Time:1:30STEAK2 pounds sirloin steak — fat removed 8 cloves garlic — minced 6 each shallot — minced 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce 2 ounces ginger — peeled & minced 2 each limes — juiced 2

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Travel & Outdoors|
August 31, 2003

Happy Trails

Until I went biking at Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, I had never heard of the little town of Quitaque, where life is slow and people like it that way.

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Recipe|
August 31, 2003

Lobster Scallion Shooters

DUMPLINGS2 ounces sesame oil 4 cloves garlic — minced 2 each shallot — minced 1 stalk lemongrass — minced 2 ounces ginger — peeled and minced 1 pound lobster meat — chopped fine 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce 2 tablespoons sambal chili sauce 1 bunch scallion — chopped 2 tablespoons

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Texana|
August 31, 2003

All’s Fair

For 117 years, the State Fair of Texas has been part parade, part carnival, part livestock show, part museum—and all fun.

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Web Exclusive|
August 31, 2003

Metro Editor

Senior executive editor Paul Burka talks about this month's special issue on Dallas.

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Food & Drink|
August 31, 2003

Word of Mouth

A GOOD SIGN After preparing for an academic career, Houston native Scott Tycer decided instead to do what he loved: cook. He set his sights on owning his own restaurant by age thirty, a feat he accomplished by thirty and a half. Three years later, Aries is thriving in Houston,

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Food & Drink|
August 31, 2003

Season’s Eatings

FIRE AND ICE Autumn will arrive on September 23 and fall fashions have been in the stores forever, but as usual, the thermometer might as well be hanging in a sauna. What to do? Have the season-spanning drink known as an affogato—a shot of espresso poured over a scoop of

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Food & Drink|
August 31, 2003

Pegaso Café Mexicano y Taquería

HORSING AROUND My latest favorite spot for a cheap date is Pegaso Café Mexicano y Taquería, a bustling eat-and-run place in the heart of Dallas’ downtown financial district. At breakfast and lunch, this retro-hip creation of local restaurateur Monica Greene is all business. You line up, place your entrée

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Food and Drink|
August 31, 2003

The Fusion Thing

Don't make the mistake I did in assuming that Dallas dining is a white-bread world. This is the Latin Century, and these days Big D is all about Nuevo Latino.

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The Culture|
August 31, 2003

Big Shots

In the sixties, when stars like the Beatles, Dinah Shore, and Marlene Dietrich descended on Dallas, Peggie and John Mazziotta captured them on film.

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Sports|
August 31, 2003

God Bless America’s Team

Pray for Bill Parcells, whose job is to take the Dallas Cowboys back to the Super Bowl. Pray for an arm like Troy's and legs like Emmitt's. And if all else fails, pray for a miracle.

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Film & TV|
August 31, 2003

Love Thy Self-Help

America's notoriously needy readers certainly do—and for the robust health of this publishing genre, they have Dallas in general and Phil McGraw's agent in particular to thank.

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Business|
August 31, 2003

Pilot Error

Wondering what American Airlines CEO Don Carty was thinking when his plan to save the company blew up in his face? I certainly was. So I went to see him.

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Behind the Lines|
August 31, 2003

Sizzle and Stakes

Dallas mayor Laura Miller is hungry to take on the big problems facing the city.

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Atsbox|
August 31, 2003

Tune In

TAKE IT OUTSIDE There’s almost no substitute for an Austin City Limits taping. For starters, it’s free. Throw in the gratis drinks, the intimate setting, and the impressive acts, and it can’t be beat as a night on the town, even if the show is recorded on a studio set

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Atsbox|
August 31, 2003

A Great Weekend In Houston

CRASH COURSE True Renaissance men (or perhaps today we should say “Renaissance people”) spend years mastering their broad-ranging interests. But for us wannabes, the Bayou City offers a shortcut to enlightenment the weekend of September 19-21. Well-roundedness 101 starts on Friday with a lesson in art. The Blaffer Gallery examines

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Atsbox|
August 31, 2003

Museums

FAIR PLAY A little town to the west of Dallas gets a lot of ink in the national press for its stellar museums—and rightfully so. But Big D has its share of institutions that deserve recognition too. And this month you’ll discover there’s a lot to look at. Begin at

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Atsbox|
August 31, 2003

Straight Talk

SUPER MODEL Jerry Hall will be performing the role of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate September 17­21 in Austin and September 23­October 5 in Houston. Was modeling your first job? Did you ever have to sell shoes or anything like that? Yeah, I worked at the Dairy Queen and Wyatt’s

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Art|
August 31, 2003

Everybody Loves Ray

As in Nasher, and everybody should. His $70 million sculpture center is the most eagerly anticipated arts opening in Dallas' history.

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Web Exclusive|
July 31, 2003

Tex-Mex Restaurants

AUSTIN El Patio. 2938 Guadalupe, 512-476-5955. Open Mon-Sat 11 a.m. – 9:45 p.m.. Closed Sun. Juan in a Million. 2300 E. Cesar Chavez, 512-472-3872. Open Sun-Wed 7 a.m. – 3 p.m., Thur-Sat 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.. juaninamillion.com. Matt’s El Rancho. 2613 S. Lamar Boulevard, 512-462-9333. Open Sun-Thur 11

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Happy Trails|
July 31, 2003

Happy Trails

Athens has a great square, a freshwater fisheries center, and a fascinating history. Who needs the Acropolis?

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Web Exclusive|
July 31, 2003

Working Vacation

Senior editor Patricia Sharpe and writer-at-large Suzy Banks discuss this month's cover story, "Get Outta Here!"

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Web Exclusive|
July 31, 2003

Surfer Dude

Kenny Braun talks about waves, waterproof cameras, and the perfect picture.

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Books That Cook|
July 31, 2003

Books That Cook

Believe it or not, wine growing in Texas began in the mid-1600’s, when Spanish Franciscan monks planted the Spanish black grape in El Paso. Today, there are more than forty wineries in five grape-growing regions across the Lone Star State. In Touring Texas Wineries, the Cieslas present seven trails to

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Recipe|
July 31, 2003

Fire Roasted Salsa

This salsa gets its smoky flavor and rich color from blistering the vegetables on the mesquite grill. The vegetables may be skewered and blackened over a gas range at home, but you’ll be missing out on the mesquite flavor. A closer alternative is to use soaked mesquite wood chips

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Recipe|
July 31, 2003

Maytag Blue Potato Chips

Potato Chips2 1/2 large Yukon Gold potatoes 1 quart canola oil (for fryer) 1/4 teaspoon kosher saltOn a Japanese mandoline, slice the potatoes (skin on) at twice the thickness of a sheet of paper. Have a container of running warm to hot water for the sliced potatoes to

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Reporter|
July 31, 2003

Rain of Error

For as long as there has been a Texas, there have been dry spells when people wished it would rain. One huckster actually tried to make it happen—with the financial backing of Congress.

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Pat's Pick|
July 31, 2003

Word of Mouth

NO BULLFood & Wine recently named David Bull, the 28-year-old executive chef at Austin’s Driskill Hotel, one of its ten best new American chefs of 2003. (Next month we’ll talk to Scott Tycer, of Aries in Houston, the other Texas chef to make the list.)Was there ever a moment when

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Food & Drink|
July 31, 2003

Primary Flavors

LEAN AND GREEN You can find the slim, distinctive chiles called long greens or Anaheims growing in areas throughout the Southwest United States, but by almost universal assent, the ones cultivated around Hatch, New Mexico, are the best. Supposedly the local soil, altitude, and rainfall provide conditions that make these

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Food & Drink|
July 31, 2003

Jasper’s

NOT MY BACK YARD What’s in a name—or, rather, a slogan? To me, the “gourmet backyard cuisine” at Jasper’s in Plano is about 90 percent gourmet and 10 percent backyard (not that there’s anything wrong with that). What’s more, curtains made of bronze mesh and arty room dividers of pencil-thin

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Health|
July 31, 2003

Bad Air Days

Historically, Southeast Texas and cancer have gone together like, well, pollution and disease. I wish I could say things were different today.

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