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The dark side of doing business in Saudi Arabia; an endangered mountain in El Paso; and big profits with small airplanes.

A Call to Farms

The Rockefellers are coming, and J.C. Lewis thinks they’re after the American farmer.

It’s a Small World

Don’t laugh at a model railroader or call his little train a toy.

Polk Salad Days

Music to live in Austin for.

The Inside Story

Take cover.

Celluloid Circus

The New York Film Festival is a movie addict’s biggest fix.

So You Want to Be Chairman of Exxon?

How the world’s largest corporation decides who will make it to the top—and who won’t.

The Graining of America

If Jesus had tried to feed the multitudes with today’s bread, he would have been drummed out of the miracle business.

Sacred Cows

Cows are dumb, they eat a lot, and they cost more to raise than they’re worth. Still, you can’t help loving ’em.

Bella Norma

Now you like it, now you don’t, now you like it again—Houston Grand Opera’s Norma.

Behind the Lines

A funny thing happened on the way to the governor’s office.

Days of the Hocus

Sleazy Holly inspires a book that is sleazier.

The World on an Easel

The modern realist’s motto is what you see is what you paint.

A Country Christmas

Holiday gift ideas with a true rustic flavor.

Touts

A Hole in the Hip Pocket

Hip Pocket Theater keeps taking on challenges it can’t meet.

State Secrets

Some tidbits and outrages under our very nose.

Roar of the Crowd

Honorable pension.

Texas Monthly Reporter

Fighting the foolproof crime, playing games you can’t win, building an ice cream empire, and raising hell in Baylor.

The Sons of Buddy Holly

Wide-open spaces and prairie madness make the special music of Lubbock.

Stop the Presses

That’s exactly what the Mexican government tries to do when journalists get out of hand.

Bird Lives!

Once a year the ghost of Charlie Parker reigns in a Dallas lounge.

The Inside Story

Laser Eyes.

Pomp and Happenstance

Custom wedding photography by Robert Altman.

The End of the Trail

At the Fort Worth stockyards, cattlemen buy and sell amid the last vestiges of the Old West.

The Chew Road to Knowledge

Perhaps, after all, girls should go with boys who chew.

The Birds of Death

Cockfighting is probably cruel and certainly illegal, which are only two reasons that attract its aficionados.

Bad Jobs

If working hard builds character, these people must be saints.

I Still Hate Chili

Fess up now. In your heart of hearts, don’t you hate it, too?

Old Folks at Home

We will all grow old; but, as Maurice Chevalier says, “That’s not so bad when you consider the alternative.”

Waiter, There’s a Tortilla in My Soup

Of course there is. It’s real Mexican food, not Tex-Mex.

Contest

All’s well that ends well.

Symphony of Errors

Music from the Dallas Symphony not to read Shakespeare by.

Behind the Lines

Good-bye to Main Street.

Down on the Delta

Emma Blue spins lovely wheels in muddy issues.

I Can’t Do It!

Some kids may fail at school and it’s not their fault.

A Season in Hell

A few years ago guards ran the Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane. Now sociopathic criminals rule the wards.

The Last of the Great Ladies

Oveta Culp Hobby has gone from a country town to a position of power and wealth. What she hasn’t done will also be her legacy.

Working the Rigs

Show us the hardest working man in Texas and we’ll show you a roughneck.

Touts

Sweets to the Suite.

The Taming of the Bard

A little touch of Shakespeare in the heat.

State Secrets

Some tidbits and outrages under our very noses.

Roar of the Crowd

Sex and violence.

Texas Monthly Reporter

Bucking the U.S. Air Force, breeding horses for royalty, and hightailing it out of town before the Corps of Engineers gets you.

Spanokopita

Lettuce Entertain You Menu 3 Houmos Cream of Raw and Cooked Mushroom Soup Spanokopita Bavarian Crème au Café2 pounds fresh spinach or 2 12-ounce packages frozen spinach 1 pound filo dough (or strudel dough, available at most specialty stores) 1 Tbsp butter 1 Tbsp olive oil

Cream of Raw and Cooked Mushroom Soup

Lettuce Entertain You Menu 3 Houmos Cream of Raw and Cooked Mushroom Soup Spanokopita Bavarian Crème au Café7 cups vegetable stock 1 1/2 pounds fresh mushrooms 3 Tbsp butter 1/4 cup finely minced onion 3 Tbsp unbleached white or whole wheat pastry flour 2 cups milk

Houmos

Lettuce Entertain You Menu 3 Houmos Cream of Raw and Cooked Mushroom Soup Spanokopita Bavarian Crème au Café2 cups cooked garbanzos 1/3 cup sesame tahini 2 cloves garlic 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup olive oil salt to tastePuree all ingredients in a blender and salt

Oranges Grand Marnier

Lettuce Entertain You Menu 4Garlic Soup Black Bean Enchiladas Oranges Grand Marnier4 oranges, peeled and sliced crosswise and membranes removed 1/4 to 1/2 cup Grand Marnier 2 to 3 Tbsp slivered almonds 3 to 4 Tbsp chopped fresh mintToss the orange slices with the mint and Grand

Black Bean Enchiladas

Lettuce Entertain You Menu 4Garlic Soup Black Bean Enchiladas Oranges Grand MarnierBeans 2 Tbsp safflower or vegetable oil 1 onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 cups black beans 6 cups water 1 Tbsp salt 2 Tbsp cilantro 1 Tbsp cumin 1 Tbsp chili powderWash the beans

Garlic Soup

Lettuce Entertain You Menu 4Garlic Soup Black Bean Enchiladas Oranges Grand Marnier2 heads garlic 2 quarts water or stock 2 tsp salt 2 whole cloves 1/4 tsp sage 1/4 tsp thyme 4 sprigs parsley 1 bay leaf 2 Tbsp olive oil black pepper to taste 3 egg