Find That Food
Contributing photographer Wyatt McSpadden on traveling across Texas to capture Mexican food on film.
Articles by Kimberly Jeffries
Two for the Road
Associate editor John Spong on spending eight days listening to author Larry L. King’s outlandish stories—and on writing about his hero.
Books That Cook
When you buy a cookbook that is part of a series entitled, “Great Restaurants of the World,” you know you’re in for some lavish lessons in the culinary arts. Part homage to the famous North Dallas restaurant and part cookbook, III Forks: An Insider’s Look at the Famed Restaurant and…
Texas History 101
Dallas-based Belo, now a national media powerhouse, started as a small paper in Galveston.
Working Girls
Associate editor Katy Vine on prostitution in Odessa and writing about sex.
The Funnies
Illustrator Tim Bower, who worked on this month’s cover story, talks about drawing, humor, and his favorite Bum Steer.
Rounding Up the Steers
Senior editor Anne Dingus on the Bum Steers traditions and mocking those other Simpsons.
“Just Hit It”
Contributing editor Turk Pipkin on his new book, The Old Man and the Tee.
The Great Debate
Senior editor Gary Cartwright on Norma McCorvey (a.k.a. Jane Roe) and how abortion has divided the country.
Texas Tidbits
Hockey’s popularity is growing among pint-size Texans with the help of Stomp, Fang, and friends.
Texas History 101
Houston-based Continental Airlines has survived the deregulation of commercial flights, two bankruptcy stints, and 9/11.
Texas History 101
While it can boast about the more than 6,300 ships that passed through its waters last year, the Port of Houston started out as a mere loading point for cotton on the way to the Port of Galveston.
She’s a Lady
Executive editor Mimi Swartz, who wrote this month’s cover story, “The Good Wife,” on biographers’ failure to capture Laura Bush.
Drawing on Politics
Illustrator Steve Brodner discusses political satire and his new book, Freedom Fries.
Heard the Buzz?
Writer John Bloom, who wrote this month’s “They Came. They Sawed,” talks about slasher flicks and horror-movie audiences.
Texas Tidbits
Throughout its 112-year history, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has been known for its tendency to overturn the rulings of lower courts on technicalities.
Books That Cook
Recipes From Historic Texas: A Restaurant Guide and Cookbook (Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003)