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March 7, 2017
Lineup For Aaron Franklin’s Hot Luck Festival Out Now
Tickets on sale for Aaron Franklin's inaugural Hot Luck Festival.
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February 15, 2017
Texas Chefs Claim 19 Spots on James Beard Award Semifinalist List
Check out the Texas chefs who nabbed semifinalist nods for the culinary Oscars.
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December 9, 2016
Home, Home on the Bend
Hudson's on the Bend has long been a sentimental favorite. So, does the recently renovated Austin establishment hold up under new ownership?
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November 1, 2016
Coffee and Chocolate Salami at Oporto’s Portuguese Pop-Up Bakery in Houston
Could these be the best pastries in Texas?
Business
July 14, 2016
The Rosé Revolution
The inaugural Texas Wine Revolution sees the future of the business through rosé glasses.
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June 10, 2016
The Top 10 Texas Rosés
The best pink wines for summer 2016.
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May 20, 2016
Texas Gets Its Eighth Master Sommelier
David Keck, of Camerata wine bar in Houston, joined an elite group when he passed one of the world's hardest exams.
Libations
May 12, 2016
How Mighty Swell Cocktails Is Disrupting the Drink Domain
The wine cooler is back. And better.
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May 3, 2016
Texas Author Toni Tipton-Martin’s Book, ‘The Jemima Code,’ Wins James Beard Award
'The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks'
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May 3, 2016
Justin Yu Wins James Beard Award for Best Southwest Chef
Justin Yu of Oxheart brings a big prize home to Houston.
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April 26, 2016
Mind the Gap: 5 Takeaways From A First-Timer At The Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit
Wine, food, and good company: who could ask for more?
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April 14, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Aarón Sánchez
The Food Network star talks about his Texas roots, where he eats in Austin, and a dream career in a mariachi band.
Texas History
April 12, 2016
A Woman’s Place Is In Kitchen History
What kolaches, African-American cooking, and chili queens can teach us about women’s influence on Texas cuisine.
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April 7, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Thai Changthong
The Thai-Kun chef on childhood flavors, making his father proud, and where he eats in Austin.
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April 4, 2016
Austin Chef Makes The ‘Food & Wine’ Best New Chef List
Kevin Fink of Emmer & Rye furthers Texas's annual presence on the list.
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April 4, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Sonya Cotê
The chef behind Hillside Farmacy and Eden East discusses art, fermentation, and inspiration.
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March 31, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Adam Dorris
Houston's Adam Dorris of Pax Americana talks about the San Francisco restaurant that inspired him, his next project, and Houston's food scene.
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March 28, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Tim Love
The celebrity chef dishes on keeping his cool, life in front of the camera, and the mistreatment of cauliflower.
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March 16, 2016
The Flemish Fox Brewery Looks Back to Move Forward
Pierre Celis helped kickstart the craft brewing movement in Texas. Now it's his daughter's turn to advance the movement.
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March 15, 2016
The James Beard Award Finalists Have Been Announced, & Texas Chefs Cleaned Up
Two Austin chefs made the national categories, and Texas ruled the southwest regional competition.
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February 17, 2016
Texas Chefs and Restaurants Make Impressive Showing in James Beard Award Semifinalists
The Texas chefs and restaurants named as semifinalists.
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February 14, 2016
A Toast to Texas Sparkling Wine
Wineries are experimenting with the style, and it’s paying off.
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February 7, 2016
Texas-Sized Super Bowl Party
Your mouth’s guide to the Super Bowl, fresh from the ’Texas Monthly’ archives.
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January 27, 2016
A First Look at Top Knot, Dallas’s New Restaurant From The Uchi People
A look inside Top Knot, Dallas's new Japanese-Mediterranean-Latin American fusion restaurant.
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January 20, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival 2016 Lineup Announced, Let The Schmoozing Begin
Get ready to drool over the offerings at the Austin Food & Wine Festival 2016.
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December 23, 2015
Spirits to Get in the Holiday Spirit
Six Texas wines, beers, and cocktail recipes.
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December 6, 2015
Los Torres Taqueria, Home to One of Our Top Tacos in Dallas, Has Closed
An ode to the drowned taco, one of the best tacos in Dallas.
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November 23, 2015
Five Texas Wines For Thanksgiving
Pairings that play nice with all the flavors on your plate.
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November 18, 2015
Cultivating the Future Grape Growers of Texas
Mason ISD launched a high school viticulture program to help create the next crop of Texas's grape growers.
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November 13, 2015
Are You Ready for the 120 Tacos You Must Eat Before You Die?
Are You Ready for the 120 Tacos You Must Eat Before You Die?
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October 21, 2015
Wines to Toast the End of Warm Weather
Six wines to celebrate cooler days ahead.
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October 6, 2015
Feast Forward
How much does Feast Portland tell us about the food festival Aaron Franklin will be starting in Austin next year?
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September 30, 2015
Texas Wine of the Month: McPherson Cellars Tre Colore 2014
A red-wine blend that stands up well to barbecue and Tex-Mex.
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September 24, 2015
Treaty Oak Refines the Distillery Trend
The Dripping Springs-based distillery is set to open full-scale operation that will serve as a blueprint for what we can expect from Texas' spirits scene.
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August 31, 2015
So Many Tacos, So Little Time: The Making Of Our ‘Texas Monthly’ Best Tacos List
The poor 'Texas Monthly' taco team had to eat soooo many tacos.
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August 19, 2015
A Brief History of Black Market Brisket
There has been a recent uptick in the number of meat thefts, but it's nothing new.
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August 4, 2015
Bon Appétit Names Austin and Dallas Restaurants to Its 2015 Favorite Fifty List but Snubs Houston
Four Texas restaurants are in the running for the magazine’s best restaurants list.
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July 16, 2015
Meet the Winemaker
How Wes Mickel, a trained chef and hobbyist beer brewer found his way to being one of the first cider makers in Texas is a question he still asks himself on a regular basis. The Arkansas native took on the challenge of making cider from Texas-grown apples purely by happenstance.
Recipes
July 1, 2015
Cheers to the Fourth of July
Looking for a festive way to celebrate Independence Day? We've got a roundup of summer sippers perfect for any patriot party.
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June 29, 2015
Texas Wine of the Month: Duchman Family Winery Sangiovese, 2012
Tuscan in style, with bright red fruits, aromas of smoke, earth, and herbs.
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June 8, 2015
McPherson Cellars Launches One of the First Nationally-Distributed Texas Wines
Kim McPherson of McPherson Cellars launches one of the first nationally-distributed Texas wines in collaboration with California Winemaker, Dave Phinney’s Locations brand, with the simple name that says it all: TX.
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May 19, 2015
Bawk! Bawk! Fried Chicken Throwdown Coming Up June 14
Feathers will be ruffled.
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May 14, 2015
Shake Shack Comes to Austin
Danny Meyer discusses his love of Texas ingredients, barbecue, and opening the first Texas location of Shake Shack.
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April 27, 2015
Where Does Hugo Ortega Eat When He Visits Austin?
Hugo Ortega of Hugo’s, Backstreet Café and Caracol, in Houston discusses his love for traveling, his James Beard Foundation Award nomination, and his favorite Austin restaurants.
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April 26, 2015
A Q&A With Justin Yu
Below, Justin Yu of Oxheart in Houston discusses his recent James Beard Foundation Award nomination, his favorite Austin restaurants, the progression of Oxheart and a dreamy Taylor Swift-themed restaurant.
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April 22, 2015
Requiem for a Restaurant
I covered the opening of Fino, in Austin. It’s only fitting to cover the day it shut its doors.
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March 31, 2015
Olamaie Chef-Owners Make Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs List
Michael Fojtasek and Grae Nonas join the ranks of Chris Shepherd, Tyson Cole, David Bull and seventeen other Texas chefs previously honored with the same recognition.
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March 24, 2015
Four Texas Chefs Make It to the Finals For “Best Chef: Southwest” in James Beard Awards
Including Aaron Franklin, Gilmore, Hugo Ortega, and Justin Yu.
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February 18, 2015
Texans Among Semifinalists For James Beard Foundation’s 2015 Restaurant and Chef Awards
More than a dozen restaurants represent the state.