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The Houston presidential candidate shootout, more conspiratorial Scalia details, and the great breakfast taco war of 2016.
If so, there are over fifty schools that need new names.
Rick Perry’s legal troubles end, and the city of Dallas’s just begin.
– On the disappearance of black–owned BBQ joints in the South: South toward home. Black barbecue and a journey down Legacy Road. https://t.co/S5nROLGYhw — Jim Shahin (@jimshahin) February 22, 2016 – The World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Cookoff is happening this weekend at the Houston Stock
Robert and Louise Collins left Louisiana for the West Coast in 1944 and eventually opened what is now Seattle’s oldest barbecue joint: R & L Home of Good Bar-B-Q. They’re celebrating 64 years in business in a small, stone-faced storefront east of downtown, and even if Robert and Louise have
Why the pope's visit to Juárez resonated so deeply.
CEO of the sex expo files lawsuit against Dallas, the border made safe, and the affluenza judge gets the tabloid treatment.
Cruz is fighting Rubio, sex lovers are fighting Dallas, and McAllen is fighting Hidalgo.
For years, I’ve been on a quest to definitively answer a question that has plagued me since I began researching the history of barbecue: what was the first barbecue joint in Texas?Loyal readers of TMBBQ will remember that in August 2013, I wrote about the post-Civil War wave of butcher shops
After South Carolina, the race for the Republican nomination is down to three.
More problems for Crystal City, the latest in Texas’s water fight, and a presidential endorsement.
From a thought-provoking conversation about alcohol and blackouts to a contextual look at the era of grunge.
How do you depict the "new Austin" on a magazine cover? By painting a mural on South Congress and photographing it, of course.
The Racing Commission blocks historical racing, Texas is a hate state, and a controversial state health researcher resigns.
Mike Anderson Jr. runs one of the most popular barbecue lunch spots in Dallas, but when he opened it with his dad back in 1982, they really didn’t know what they’d gotten into. “We started it together the week after I got out of high school,” he told me while
The Mavericks' head coach has a bizarre relationship with his players, but it seems to be working.
Crystal City just keeps getting more embarrassing, and UT finally issues guidelines on campus carry.
– John Lewis is close to opening his Charleston barbecue joint: John Lewis Is Bringing Texas BBQ To Charleston, South Carolina, For Good https://t.co/06xYwEgwxl #CHSWFF pic.twitter.com/NiL5kVq2kG — Food Republic (@foodrepublic) February 17, 2016 – Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos chastises people who’ll stand
The Texas chefs and restaurants named as semifinalists.
Sign gets hacked in best way possible, major event bans open carry, and another development in the trial of Chris Kyle's killer.
The Mel-Man sandwich is the product of a barbecue epiphany. The East Texas specialty, which consists of brisket and sausage chopped together instead of layered on top of each other, is named after a man who once hated barbecue. It’s big, hard to eat, and best with plenty of barbecue
The Texas details of Justice Scalia’s death, and a look at a less Affluenza-prone teen convict.
Southside Market in Elgin opened its doors in 1886, making it Texas’s oldest barbecue joint. Predictably, it has transformed considerably in its 130-year history. The original ownership, location, menu—even the famous sausage recipe—have all changed over that time. But this is not a story about eroding traditions. Southside Market stands as
The iconic Texas burger chain’s oldest franchisee claims grocery store sales are part of plan to make its restaurants obsolete.
Jeb!
A commission pulls the teeth out of bite mark evidence, and Crystal City starts the reform process.
A tattered banner hangs on the side of the small building that houses Tons of Fun BBQ. The restaurant sits on a gravel lot along the main drag of Bartlett, a town of just over 2,000 residents that’s midway between Temple and Taylor. Inside there’s just a counter and a cash register. Takeout
Sports economist say not as much as you’d think.
– A couple was married in the line at Franklin Barbecue in Austin: Congrats to our first couple #marriedatfranklinbbq. A
Paxton faces yet another legal issue, presidential politics comes to Texas, Dallas prepares for lawsuit after banning porn expo.
In the 56 years since Irene Garza's murder, there has only been one suspect: John Feit, the priest who heard her last confession.
Historic betting survives another day, modern-day slavery, and another wild student art project.
Hans Muller is a second-generation baker in Fort Worth, but he’s no stranger to smoking meat. His lunch menu at the Swiss Pastry Shop includes a smoked cuban sandwich, the Fort Worth Cheese Steak made with smoked prime rib, and he’s now working on a recipe for homemade
Judge strikes down effort to block refugees, disbarment of Anthony Grave’s prosecutor upheld, and the Dallas porn fight.
The unofficial history of Texas’s oldest barbecue joint.
Tragic shootings, the latest on the affluenza teen, and the repeal of sex offender ordinances.
Capturing the aroma of sweet wood smoke isn’t a challenge to pitmasters. Similarly, backyard cooks know how the smell can permeate your clothes and linger hours after the ribs are done. But thanks to Vanilla Smoke, a scent from the all-natural Aftelier Perfumes, you can get that fragrance without the prep work.Mandy
Your mouth’s guide to the Super Bowl, fresh from the ’Texas Monthly’ archives.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. And experts say it'll make him less focused, too.
Where can you take that hunk of metal?
Top official of Crystal City arrested, and national politics starts revving up in Texas.
It was six in the morning on Sunday, January 31, 1993, and Karl Kuby Sr. had just started cooking a couple of bison over an open fire in a Tom Thumb grocery store parking lot. Later that evening, after OJ Simpson flipped the coin and Michael Jackson entertained at halftime, the Dallas Cowboys would
It's never too early (or too late) to plan your escape.
A terrible rally was cancelled, and the abortion battles continue.
– A film about Patillo’s Bar-B-Que in Beaumont is in the works: .@potlikker‘s producing a documentary about Beaumont BBQ spot Patillo’s & the 100+ yr old East TX juicy link. https://t.co/d7BrdDEnPs #txbbq — Beth Rankin (@Beth_Rankin) February 2, 2016 – The Southern Foodways Alliance
Plus other news from Texas teams on one of college football's most anticipated days.
Texas small business shrinks, no David Bowie Street arrests, and construction begins on the world’s largest cross.
Let me drop a hard truth-bomb on you: as an indicator of well-cooked barbecue, the smoke ring is useless. Narcissus was less attached to his reflection than some barbecue cooks and critics are to that thin red line along the perimeter of smoked meats, but as with that Greek myth, worship of
How the recent SAG Lifetime Achievement Award winner and San Antonio native captured Southern life through her work.
