December 1987

Dec 1, 1987 — By luticiaconder

From the look on my doctor’s face, I knew the results of the biopsy. The lump in my breast was cancer.

Dec 1, 1987 — By hortonfoote

Small Texas towns live either in our memory or in our imagination. The ones with the storybook names live in both.

Dec 1, 1987 — By jeromegreerchandler

A ground war at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport is turning innocent passengers into anxious bystanders.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Helen Thompson

Seven outstanding young Texas design students translate their visions of fairy tales, Greek goddesses, and Catholic rituals into fashion statements.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Stephen Harrigan

By turning two tiny dots into two huge hippos, James Marshall made an indelible mark on children’s literature, and little people laughed happily ever after.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Stephen Harrigan

The blackland prairie of the old South meets the wide-open spaces of the wild West at Texas’ great geologic divide.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Paul Burka

From H. Ross Perot to the people who will run Texas in the nineties, from couples with clout to the Brownwood Mafia, we present the most complete guide to power in Texas ever compiled.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Dick Reavis

In the Mesquite Kingdom, where the coyotes howl, the wind blows free at the MacArthur Academy of Freedom, an honest face gets you a phone and immigration throws mariachi parties.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Paul Burka

Halloween handouts for a savings and loan; why the Texaco-Pennzoil decision was predictable; bad news for judicial reform; UT and A&M head south; the King Ranch contemplates a road.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Texas Monthly

Methodist misadventures, political predicaments, utopian unrest.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Wally Stopher

Twenty years ago the Furry Freak Brothers, Dealer McDope, and Oat Willie were Austin’s underground heroes. A mild-mannered ex-hippie reveals how he lived the legend.

Dec 1, 1987 — By W. L. Taitte

The Houston Grand Opera was out to impress, with its new house and three ambitious productions in one week, but what it proved best was just how enjoyable this brand of theater can be.

Dec 1, 1987 — By harryjaffe

Texas developers are snapping up land, putting together deals, and building like crazy—in Washington, D.C.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Gregory Curtis

The World War I theory of law.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Drew Jubera

Dallas’ drive-in film critic Joe Bob Briggs made us laugh at bad movies. When we became the butt of the joke, it wasn’t funny anymore.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Michael Ennis

An exhibit at Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Museum contends that before the cowboy became America’s hero, Indians and mountain men were the icons of a vanishing frontier.

Dec 1, 1987 — By Alison Cook

A black and gamy Monday; Wick Allison as low-profile Buckley; heartthrobs Quaid and Swayze; fine food for feedlots; Augie’s Gringo Lingo.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

For a winter night’s meal, making a pot of roasted acorn squash soup will warm your kitchen and your bones.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

From “What’s Good For the Goose”

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

From “Quick Cuisine: Winter’s Bounty”

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

From “Quick Cuisine: Winter’s Bounty”

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

1 cup sugar 1 cup heavy cream 1 cinnamon stick of dash of ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch 1/4 cup water 1 tablespoon bourbon Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, cream sugar and butter. Mix in eggs, cream,…

Jan 20, 2013 — By Ann Clark

Specialties of the season make for a chil-proof midwinter meal.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

From “What’s Good For the Goose”

Jan 20, 2013 — By Susan Chadwick

Most recipes for game birds amount to long, slow overkill. Only quick, hot cooking ensures that red-meat birds retain their rich flavor.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

A Southern sweet lightens up to become an airy cloud of home confection.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

Bread Pudding Soufflé With Whiskey sauce 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened 5 eggs, beaten 1 pint heavy cream Dash of cinnamon 1 tablespoon vanilla 1/4 cup raisins 12 slices fresh of stale French bread, each 1 inch thick Soufflé 6…