Mexican and Indigenous Women Deserve Credit for Creating Tex-Mex
While Anglo businessmen are often lauded for contributions such as Eagle Chili Powder, it’s important to remember the originators behind the cuisine.
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While Anglo businessmen are often lauded for contributions such as Eagle Chili Powder, it’s important to remember the originators behind the cuisine.
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Because of our sole connection around the longtime San Antonio company, I am apparently on trend.
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In reporting how Candy Montgomery came to murder her lover’s wife, the authors recall trying to capture a “time and place in Texas history.”
Katy Vine has been a staff writer since 2002.
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The once modest coming-out parties have had a coming-out of their own.
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These magical towns all offer something special, from outdoor excursions to artisan goods.
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Plus, porch pirates spread manure on a home after getting pranked, a teen swallowed part of a dog toy, and more.
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Plus, a man broke into an animal shelter and released more than 150 dogs, and a police officer completed an arrested driver’s food delivery.
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While Anglo businessmen are often lauded for contributions such as Eagle Chili Powder, it’s important to remember the originators behind the cuisine.
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Meet three independent fragrance makers that create distinctive scents you won’t find in large department stores.
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Plus, Rice University engineers turned a dead spider into a gripping tool and a man ate 52 spring rolls in ten minutes.
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The exhibit makes a nuanced argument about colonialism in Latin America. But Texans without roots in the region may not have the tools to understand it.
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Plus, a man stole $10,000 worth of bleachers, and landscapers discovered human remains in a backyard barbecue pit.
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Plus, a man broke ancient Greek vessels at the Dallas Museum of Art, and a mysterious figure walked near the fence of the Amarillo Zoo.
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Haydee Alonso’s diverse influences include Mexican cookies, strong women, and the Rio Grande.
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Following the lead of farm animals, heat-weary humans have embraced the budget joy of cooling off in these shallow metal tubs.
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Plus, a man robbing a Port Arthur home stopped first to mow its yard, and a 77-year-old man went for his first skydive in decades.
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The Mathis native and 2022 Guggenheim fellow ruminates on masculinity in his debut memoir.
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Plus, a teacher resigned after she reportedly lit a student’s hands on fire, and a Dallas resident ran her thousandth marathon.
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These inspired collections from three Austin-based brands include everything from bluebonnets to Prada Marfa.
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Plus, authorities seized 31 pets from an animal hoarder, and two MMA fighters wrested away a shooter's weapon.
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Plus, José Altuve pays a fan a visit, and a woman tries to smuggle four spider monkeys into the U.S. in a duffel bag.
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Nosheen Iqbal incorporates her Pakistani heritage into the embroidery and wood pieces that she crafts in her home studio near Dallas.
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Plus, a woman finds unidentified ashes in a Goodwill urn, and a Houston driver leaves a barbecue grill unattended in his truck bed.
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Plus, a homeowner sets a Christmas light show to Lil Jon and fishers get rescued from a Lake Amistad sandbar.
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Plus, a woman in Temple threw her soup at a restaurant employee.
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Plus, a Lubbock couple found their chihuahua hidden in their suitcase at the airport, and other head-turning stories.
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Jenny Nemlekar, who makes custom leather bags from her suburban home studio, learned to knit as a way to communicate with her Vietnamese grandmother.
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Plus, a man sued a restaurant for allowing him to get “too drunk.”
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Plus, home security footage captured a deer hoof-fight over corn feed.
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With an Elle Woods–inspired application video, Lindsay Perry bested the competition for a paid position living, learning, and drinking on a California winery.
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Plus, a boy flushed his grandmother’s wedding ring down the toilet, and a 72-year old trained for his 787th marathon.
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Plus, a thirty-year-old woman in El Paso County posed as her thirteen-year-old daughter to attend middle school.
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Orion Jean has also donated 100,984 meals and 619 toys, making the rest of us look lazy.
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Plus, an elementary school was evacuated after a 10-year-old lit a toilet paper dispenser on fire.
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Because of our sole connection around the longtime San Antonio company, I am apparently on trend.
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Plus, a Houston woman went to Fort Worth to cut off 24 feet of fingernails.
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Plus, a man pretends to be conducting a CIA investigation at a Longview children's museum.
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¿Cuánto amamos a la Reina de la Música Tejana? Contemos las formas.
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How do we love the Queen of Tejano? Let us count the ways.
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Plus, the Stinnett police chief allegedly faked a document demonstrating an annulment of his marriage.
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The nurse and activist helped secure the country’s first federal family-planning grant, which became a national model.
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The West Texas city was spared the worst effects of this week’s storms, thanks to its preparations in the wake of a devastating 2011 deep freeze.
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A list of some of those from the Lone Star State who gathered in Washington, D.C., on January 6.
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Plus, Post Malone donates thousands of pairs of custom-made Crocs to students.
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