March 1989
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Features
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The Second Coming
Twenty-five years ago, Texans hoped JBJ would lead them into the promised land. They have the same hopes for the new president, but George Bush is making no promises.
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The Second Coming
Twenty-five years ago, Texans hoped JBJ would lead them into the promised land. They have the same hopes for the new president, but George Bush is making no promises.
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Songs of Innocence
In Joe Scrugg’s music Everymom evicts under-the-bed monsters, Everykid remembers on Monday morning the fifteen things he needs for school that day, and Everybody delights in Scrugg’s corny but sensitive portrayal of childhood.
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Search and Destroy
An employee’s vandalism by computer might have gone unpunished but for a rookie prosecutor out to test a new law.
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Buddy Maedgen Is Bugged!
The saga of a man and his helpful insects illustrates the age-old battle between visionaries and bureaucrats.
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A Brush With Life
A gallery of nine Texans and their other selves.
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Forgery, Texas Style
As Texans’ pride of place rose with the price of oil, collectors scrambled for the few documents of the Texas Revolution. Suddenly there seemed to be plenty to go around. But no one thought to ask why.
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The Bush League
In George Bush’s Cabinet, Texans are crawling out of the woodwork. Read about their pasts, their pets, their secret passions.
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Back In the Saddle Again
Twenty-five years ago, Texans hoped LBJ would lead them into the promised land. They have the same hopes for the new president, but George H. W. Bush is making no promises.
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Columns
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Remembering the Sabbath
In the fifties a Baptist minister’s daughters were expected to be models of piety—clean, demure, virginal, and impervious to the lure of secular pleasures like makeup and TV.
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The Boys of Spring
You probably think that the main reason to go to the Texas Rangers’ Florida training camp is to watch baseball. You’re probably wrong.
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The Bridge That Went Away.
Beyond Cisneros.
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Days in the Country, Nights on the Town
New fiction takes the reader on forays into Louisiana swamps, excursions into smoke-filled Austin honky-tonks, and down life’s highway with a lady trucker
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Domain Supplement
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Strawberries and Oranges With Raspberry Sauce
Fruit 3 pints fresh strawberries, rinsed, dried, and sliced lengthwise 4 large navel oranges, peeled and cut into pithless sections 1 cup black grapes, cut in half and seeded Sauce 2 ten-ounce packages frozen raspberries or 3 half-pints fresh raspberries 1 to 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, or to taste 2 tablespoons orange liqueur (Cointreau or …
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Galette
Dough 2 envelopes dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water 7 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind 2 large eggs 6 tablespoons sweet unsalted butter 2 tablespoons brandy 3 1/2 cups (or more) all-purpose flour Topping 6 tablespoons sweet unsalted butter 6 tablespoons sugar Sprinkle yeast over warm water in large mixing bowl, and …
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Quick Cuisine: Power Brunch
Brunch: The civilized meal for spring.
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Roulade of Spinach, Crab, and Mushrooms
White Sauce and Roulade Mixture 6 large eggs 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 3 cups whole milk, heated 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon white pepper 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 cup Emmenthaler cheese (or 1/4 cup each Emmenthaler and Parmesan) Filling 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/4 cup minced shallots 1/2 cup minced …
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Picante Salsa Roja
4 plump tomatillos, husks removed 8 to 10 chiles colorados 4 cloves garlic, peeled Salt, to taste 1/2 onion, finely chopped Fresh cilantro, chopped Heat a comal or griddle, and roast tomatillos, turning frequently, until slightly charred and rather soft. Remove. Quickly toast chiles on comal for about 15 seconds on both sides (do not …
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The Kids Are All Right
How every cook can concoct the classic Southwestern flavor of cabrito.
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Cabrito Luckett
A particularly impressive recipe that is easy to prepare in your own kitchen involves slivers of garlic and whole comino seeds. 1/2 cabrito, cut in quarters 4 or more large cloves garlic, peeled and cut into slivers 2 teaspoons whole comino (cumin) seeds New Mexico chile powder Dried oregano Salt, to taste Freshly ground black …
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A Grand Finale
Jackson Hicks elevates the berry.
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Tarte du Paradis
Vanilla Genoise and Berries 6 eggs 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Pinch salt 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour 1/2 cup butter, melted 1/4 cup Grand Marnier Raspberry or currant jam Assorted fresh spring berries Beat first four ingredients together with electric mixer on high until batter falls in ribbon from spoon. Then …
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Reporter
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Captain Homeless
Austin’s homeless find a home sweet home on the lake; Fort Worth’s impresario of white gospel puts on a no-sweat show; Dallas’ Comet crashes; and Houston’s Orange Show marks a decade of—well, orange.
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Miscellany
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State Secrets
Food for thought: agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower may get plowed under; Coastal tries to cut the golden parachute; calling all cars in El Paso.
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Roar of the Crowd
Getting bummed out on 1988; separating church and state; facing difficult decisions.
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