April 1995

Apr 1, 1995 — By Patricia Sharpe

Meet the hip young chefs at two Texas restaurants that everyone’s buzzing about.

Apr 1, 1995 — By bradholland

They crack wise while bulls charge them, and fans eat it up. A look at rodeo’s real ring leaders.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Helen Thorpe

How a small Houston biotech company and a giant California-based rival are battling over who developed what may be a revolutionary cure for asthma and allergies.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Paul Burka

Phil Gramm is a world-class fundraiser, but it will take more than money to carry him to the White House in 1996.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Anne Dingus

Led by an owner of a roofing company, a group of novice sleuths solves gruesome crimes in San Antonio. It sounds like a TV show—and it may soon be one.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Mimi Swartz

A year after Robert James Waller left Iowa for the quieter climes of Big Bend, the best-selling author is discovering that it’s one thing to live like Texan and quite another to be one.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Carol Chapman

Now is the time to visit New Mexico, where the A-bomb exploded on the scene half a century ago.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Gregory Curtis

More criminals are condemned to death in the Harris County courthouse than anywhere else in the world.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Gary Chapman

When Susan Hadden was murdered, the country lost a visionary thinker on the information highway and the Internet.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Helen Thompson

For sixty years, Austinite Raymond Daum befriended Hollywood’s biggest stars. Now he’s selling off his memories.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Helen Thorpe

Shawn Colvin, the latest pop émigré to land in Austin, sets the record straight on her long and difficult road to stardom.

Apr 1, 1995 — By John Morthland

Son of a gun, you’ll have big fun—and terrific fresh crawfish—at these seven Louisiana seafood joints.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Skip Hollandsworth and Jan Jarboe Russell

Apr 1, 1995 — By Texas Monthly

Apr 1, 1995 — By Texas Monthly

Jan 20, 2013 — By Patricia Sharpe

Tacos go uptown in the hands of Dean Fearing. All it takes is a little lobster, jalapeño-spiked cheese, fresh spinach, and Fearing’s snappy yellow-tomato salsa. This new, beautifully photographed compendium by Arlene Feltman-Sailhac focuses on nine masters of Southwestern cuisine. Other Texas chefs spotlighted are Robert Del Grande of…

Apr 1, 1995 — By Jason Cohen

Never mind the bullocks, here’s Sincola: An Austin band tries to live up to the hype.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Robert Bryce

Pollution from Mexico is already plaguing West Texas—and it's only going to get worse.

Apr 1, 1995 — By Skip Hollandsworth

The Humane Society wants to rein in Beltex of Fort Worth, one of the nation’s largest slaughterhouses.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

Recipe from Dean Fearing, Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas. Yellow-Tomato Salsa 1 pound yellow tomatoes or yellow cherry tomatoes, chopped 1 large shallot, minced 1 large clove garlic, minced 2 tablespoons finely minced cilantro 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar 2 serrano chiles,…