Texas Monthly Wins Two Awards
Congratulations to Sandi Villarreal and Texas Monthly Studio on these achievements.
Congratulations to Sandi Villarreal and Texas Monthly Studio on these achievements.
From Egypt to Australia, the native Italian has spread the gospel—and the techniques—of Texas’s smoked meats.
The Austin-based, better-for-you soda brand has become a hit over the last four years, especially for the millennial and Gen Z set.
“Spirit in a Bottle” highlights the Austin brand’s history and rise to prominence alongside cocktail and infusion recipes.
After her children were diagnosed with a rare metabolic disorder, Alice McConnell founded a company to find a treatment. Despite the many setbacks, she persists in her mission.
The “Texas Miracle” loses some of its magic as Oracle announces it’s moving its new HQ out of Austin and Tesla lays off nearly 2,700 workers.
Students protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza say they were demonstrating peacefully at the University of Texas at Austin when police tackled and arrested them.
A mild winter has unleashed zillions of hungry woolly bear caterpillars this spring. (And no, they can't predict the weather.)
John Bates of InterStellar BBQ is offering Polish-style sausages on his menu this spring, kicking off a year-long project.
Here’s how to prepare for tornado season, which is still relatively low-risk.
The Earth-obsessed antiques dealer has orbs dating back to the 1700s.
The wood blewit has a lovely lavender hue and, oddly enough, is said to smell like frozen orange juice. It also tastes great in a breakfast taco.
Yuji Kikuchi, a gearbox specialist with the Honda LCR team, brings us inside the engineers’ paddock before the Grand Prix of the Americas, in Austin.
With their anything-goes approach to ingredients—and deep-pocketed investors—Torchy's Tacos and Velvet Taco have ambitious plans to expand nationally.
At El Paso Flauta, in Austin, Arturo Reyes recreates—and even surpasses—Sun City's famous dishes, such as the chile relleno burrito and tacos ahogados.
There's been a spate of closures of old joints over the last few years due to tiny profit margins, costly repairs, and retiring owners.
Fortune’s new collection, ‘Hardtack,’ showcases a stripped-down approach that brings audiences closer to his subjects’ emotions.
The Munday Library at St. Edward's University in Austin, that is, where the Texas Craft Brewing Collections keeps artifacts from the state's illustrious craft beer history for the public to view.
After seven years of running a successful food truck, Evan LeRoy and Sawyer Lewis now have the space to get even more creative.
A Texan college basketball fan’s ultimate guide to all eleven Texas teams competing in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments.
Sean O’Neal explores the Texas roots of an actor increasingly in demand in Hollywood.
The viral sensation on best friendship, “fairycore” style, and when they’ll know they’ve truly made it.
With a wide-ranging television showcase at SXSW, Mark Duplass shared how he plans to bring the offbeat creative freedom of independent film to the small screen.
Eighty-plus acts have dropped out of SXSW over the festival’s ties to the U.S. Army and defense contractors. Boycott organizers quickly stepped in to book a weekend’s worth of protest concerts.
Many bands are boycotting, more of the brands are square, and attitudes have soured toward big tech. Where is the festival going?
The film on the Houston piano prodigy and so-called “fifth Beatle” honors Preston’s career but strays when it depicts his personal life.
Long wait times for driver’s licenses can be frustrating, but there are ways to work within the system (including—shh!—under-the-radar offices with no waits).
‘Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience’ pays homage to the longtime KUT radio host and the city that embraced him.
While the dish might have reached its peak several decades ago, it's going through a resurgence, with restaurants putting the classic on their menus.
The Capital City is overflowing with great places to grab some ’cue, from classic trays to more unconventional meats and sides.
Amazon’s remake, which premiered at SXSW, swaps Patrick Swayze’s soulfulness for a more coherent script—but is that a good thing?
At former Green Beret Alan Shebaro's North Texas gym, U.S. military veterans create community and find support through jiujitsu.
Amanda Stronza pulls over to document coyotes, deer, and squirrels killed along highways.
The music fest brought Grupo Frontera, Bobby Pulido, and El Tri onto one jaw-dropping bill. Despite organizational hiccups, the day was “historic.”
After his self-published “textbook” and cookbook won a James Beard Award two years ago, the Austin chef’s follow-up effort makes the case for hunting and harvesting the once endangered native bird.
The HarperCollins imprint, curated by Cynthia Leitich Smith, is on a mission to ensure that Native kids “see themselves as heroes of their own life stories.”
Our twenty-third edition of Where to Eat Now finds that dining out can be loud, pricey—and as worthwhile as ever.
The composer worked with Texas scientists to draw attention to both the beauty of arthropods and the threats they face.
Found in waterways across Texas, the invasive rodents destroy an estimated $1 million worth of U.S. crops per year.
Mudbugs are going to be more expensive and harder to find this year due to extreme weather in Louisiana, which supplies 90 percent of crawfish in the U.S.
Overwhelmed by motherhood and running her restaurant, Épicerie, chef Sarah McIntosh sparked a friendship with Aaron and Stacy Franklin, leading to the creation of one of the tastiest pastries in town.
On Thursday, schools across Texas will learn what districts they’ll play in for the next two years. Then, the scheduling madness begins.
Since taking over the American-Statesman in 2019, Gannett has steadily slashed staffing and budgets. Sensing opportunity, new media players are expanding into the market.
When Forrest Wilder isn’t hanging out at the state capitol, he’s often clinging to a cliff face.
“Texas has no cultural tradition of trolls,” wrote one.
Two years ago Texas Monthly published a story about a group of young men growing up fatherless in East Austin. In October, one of them was killed.
Deploying “DeWi” technology, Really Wireless will offer hosts cash, plus free service for transmitting their broadband to nearby cellphones via rooftop radios.
No longer a niche subculture, climbing has attracted converts across the state. Senior editor Forrest Wilder explores the sport—from El Paso’s Hueco Tanks to the cliffs over Lake Marble Falls—and tries to tackle his own white whale.
A brief and highly selective look at what just happened, from a centenarian plummeting to earth on purpose to a hot-air ballooner who did so against his will.
An ode to Petticoat Fair, which has been keeping Texans perky—a surprisingly challenging feat—for sixty years.