As Cypress loses one of the oldest dance halls in the state, we look at what's causing the decline in their popularity.
George P. joins the Red River property fight, fireworks during Paxton’s day in court, and Abbott's Cuba adventure.
Special prosecutors wrapping up Sandra Bland investigation, the Paxton brawl begins, and refugee relief group thumbs its nose at state.
Not all briskets are created equal. That much is obvious to anyone who’s had a great one—or a bad one. Those experiences are easy to contrast, but what about when it’s not a question of good or bad? When it’s a matter of simply being different?I was struck by the variety in
More specifically, Houston might be not be a world-class medical center, Austin might not be the Live Music Capital of the World, and the Aggies might not have that recent Heisman Trophy-winning alum.
State threatens refugee groups with lawsuits, and jail suicide attempts have skyrocketed.
In 2009, Shannon Bankston and Heather Hoff opened a barbecue shack back in the tiny Northeast Texas town of Ladonia, population 612. Before long they sought out a bigger audience and moved Fatboy’s BBQ to the next county over, specifically to a roadside stand in Cooper, Texas, population 1,969. Fatboy’s popularity in the
– A new short film about Central Texas style barbecue:Central Texas Barbecue from Urtext Films on Vimeo.– Midwood Smokehouse in Charlotte, North Carolina has put out a request for a pitmaster from Texas to come work for them.– Thanks to Destination BBQ, it’s
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Clock Boy’s chances in court look slim, Houston Zoo fights back against gun law, and a 'Friday Night Lights' surprise.
Clock Boy’s family demands $15 million, and no one is sure where guns are allowed.
Smoked turkey is now so common that nearly every grocery store deli case in the country carries at least one variety (and more often, many more than one). We now take this protein option for granted, but smoked turkey doesn’t have the same long history as beef and pork barbecue do in this
The famed musicologist’s obsession with history made him one of the great chroniclers of American music.
Citizens on both sides of debate continue to protest Syrian refugees, and Texas prepares high schoolers for oil careers.
Come and Take It Texas marched along the trail wearing longarms to prove a point about safety.
Syrian refugees are the talk of Texas, kids are graduating despite failing tests, and the Church of Wells promises a biblical battle against pastor Joel Osteen.
Back in April, I gave El Paso some tough love. I had tried and failed to find good barbecue there, and I wrote about my futile search in an article called “BBQ in Far West Texas? I’ll Paso.” With a headline like that, it’s no surprise that the piece resulted in
Chicharrón, pork rinds, gratons, cracklins—call them what you like, but fried hog fat with the skin on is a wonderful thing. I recently attended a Louisiana boucherie (what is essentially a communal gathering where a whole hog is butchered and broken down; read more about it here), and I was
It was an hour after the gunshot and parts of the hog—which was being rapidly dismantled—were being passed and carried in every direction. Hams hit the smoker; shoulders were tossed in pots of boiling water; fatback was diced; stomach and intestines were getting a good rinse before they became casings for sausage and boudin,
Perry's legal woes hang in the balance, another increase in migrant children, and the return of Bluebell’s Texas plant.
– A whole new meaning to cow tipping: Chopper 5 is in Mesquite- a truck transporting 86 cows tipped over on the ramp from U.S. 80 to Interstate 635. https://t.co/DCPLBco23y — Samantha Davies (@SDaviesNBC5) November 12, 2015 – Texas Monthly’s list of the
So Texans, it turns out, really like barbecue. Last month’s article on “The Top 25 New and Improved BBQ Joints in Texas” drew a lot of attention—and a fair amount of, ahem, heat. On Facebook the story quickly tallied more than one thousand likes, shares, and comments,
In Africa Texas Special Forces unit are trying to help win the War on Terror, teaching one lesson at a time.
New details about self-induced abortions in Texas, Abbott doubles down on Syrian refugees, and the investigation into last year's bus crash that killed four concludes.
Abbott promises to reject Syrian refugees, another Texas school opts out of campus carry, and a horror story comes to life.
A border taco run that finds there is more to the city than Chico’s Tacos.
HERO vote skewered on 'SNL,' Texas abortion fight makes it to the Supreme Court, and the AG is asked to weigh in on fantasy football.
Are You Ready for the 120 Tacos You Must Eat Before You Die?
A look at women's health service sans state Planned Parenthood funding, and the famous Austin cobra death has been ruled a suicide.
Until relatively recently, when I heard (and sometimes gave) barbecue recommendations for places located along the edges of Texas, often the tip came with a qualifier: “It’s good for ___.” Fill in the blank with East Texas, The Panhandle, or the Valley. Even our Top 50 BBQ lists had a
Romeo Rose has returned with a documentary (sorta), and anti-HERO activists are really upset over an old law.
– The Washington Post’s Tom Sietsema traveled to Houston during his tour of ten great American food cities. Texas barbecue makes a big appearance including a discussion of the jiggle factor at Killen’s Barbecue.– A recent study linked barbecue consumption to kidney cancer, but one publication wonders how
Mass indictments issued in Waco shootout case, and Port Neches-Groves ISD fights off ”leftist extremists.”
I recently posted the photo below on Twitter, and the reaction was swift and severe (read it all here). I said it was some of the worst barbecue I’d ever eaten. One commenter was sympathetic, saying, “Sorry you had to eat it!” But I didn’t really
The Fifth Circuit puts the president's immigration plan on hold.
Ben Carson gets the Alamo treatment and professors prepare legal action against campus carry.
Jack Mason competes in "Uncorked," Esquire TV's new show about the quest to become a Master Somm.
A $136 hot dog, the weirdest (but still adorable) proposal ever, and Ms. Lauryn Hill were just a few of the things we saw at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015.
The power and the glory of Texas’s energy market, and a biracial girl is cut from cheer team because of her curly hair.
I ate a lot of lamb around the state a few months back, but it’s a protein I had never cooked in my own smoker. Given that the most common cut found at Texas barbecue joints is the bone-in lamb breast, that’s what I went searching for. While the cut isn’t easy to
Closing arguments set for the SXSW killer's trial, Texas to overhaul process for screening law enforcement applicants, and a terminally ill 'Star Wars' fan gets a final wish.
If you’ve traveled down I-35 between Waco and Austin, you’ve probably wondered about Schoepf’s. Red billboards in either direction beckon. The name is noticeable if only for its phonetically challenging spelling (they say it “shuffs”). It might also be in your consciousness if you’re a longtime reader of Texas Monthly, which included
HERO post-mortems roll in, Paxton OKs "In God We Trust" for police vehicles, and the fight over sanctuary cities gets serious.
– Barbecue competitor and television personality Myron Mixon ran for mayor in his hometown of Unadilla, Georgia, and won by twenty votes.– The Houston Chronicle provides this historical profile of Houston pitmaster Lenoa Ginn.– Sunday’s Texas Monthly TMBBQ Fest in Austin was a success:
HERO is zero in Houston, Dallas Zoo fights to keep guns banned, and Jeb! gets owned by an Austinite.
Standing at the counter at Kreuz Market in Lockhart last week, I was asked, “Bread or crackers?” I thought about it for a moment, but all I wanted to say was, “How about some tortillas?”Instead, the large group I was with opted for a half sleeve of saltines (filling up on
Paxton continues fighting his charges, H-E-B goes all Oprah on its employees, and the Dez Bryant monkey business is settled.
Thanks to everyone for making this year’s Texas Monthly Barbecue Festival a success. Here are a few of our favorite shots from the day. Don’t scroll down if you’re hungry.[View the story “TMBBQ Fest 2015” on Storify]
