If You Love Queso, Try Queso Fundido, Its Equally Delectable Mexican Ancestor
Texas chefs are putting a fresh spin on the dish, which often comes loaded with toppings—or even lit on fire.
Texas chefs are putting a fresh spin on the dish, which often comes loaded with toppings—or even lit on fire.
Taysha hopes to commercialize UT Southwestern’s groundbreaking gene therapies to benefit its shareholders—and desperately ill children.
Ladies, start your engines.
As Texas Monthly’s new energy editor, Russell Gold will dig deep into one of our state’s most crucial industries.
Reader letters published in our October 2021 issue.
A searingly feminist 1925 memoir of life in small-town Texas rises from the dustbin of patriarchy.
Rarely does a museum’s restaurant rival its galleries, but this addition to Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts is poised to take its place among the masters.
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
A new book explores the recent work and landscape-driven philosophy of the esteemed San Antonio architecture firm.
Texas start-ups are harnessing know-how born of the shale boom in pursuit of a greener future.
For almost eighty years, the name “Fletcher’s” has drawn state fair visitors. After a dramatic feud—and a pandemic—the family’s banner will fly again.
Plus, home security footage captured a deer hoof-fight over corn feed.
Where to stay, eat, shop, and play in this borderland city that’s rich in architectural wonders and divine dining.
Texas was once a model of how to safely and economically move away from mass incarceration. Now the old politics of “law and order” are back.
She now runs her family business, but Joella Gammage Torres of Texas Hatters still enjoys the craft she learned as a teen.
Reader letters published in our September 2021 issue.
And he got there with help from family, some encouragement from Anthony Bourdain, and a fortuitous ride on the New York subway.
Plus, a boy flushed his grandmother’s wedding ring down the toilet, and a 72-year old trained for his 787th marathon.
How Dallas-raised Basinski’s life of trauma and creation prepared him to compose ‘The Disintegration Loops’ and console a grieving nation.
One hundred years ago this month, a natural disaster devastated the city's poorest neighborhoods—and then transformed its politics.
Kathryn Paige Harden’s new book says social scientists must acknowledge how DNA shapes our lives. Critics call that dangerous.
The prickly invasive weeds are cropping up all over Etsy and eBay.
These Olympians are worth the midnight coffee.
Mike Hall was recently honored for his incisive coverage of the Texas legal system, while Casey Gerald brought a singular voice to our cover story on Fort Worth singer-songwriter Leon Bridges.
After seven decades behind the mic, the Conroe deejay still spins the sort of country records they just don’t make anymore—for a town that barely resembles the one she grew up in.
Reader letters published in our August 2021 issue.
Mobile City was incorporated in the early nineties to facilitate alcohol sales in a dry county. Now residents—especially its devoted mayor—fear for the fate of their accidental utopia.
Plus, a thirty-year-old woman in El Paso County posed as her thirteen-year-old daughter to attend middle school.
The Hill Country offers fast-flowing streams and some nice bass. But for solitude and diversity of species, the creeks and bayous east of I-45 can’t be beat.
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas cuisine is at your fingertips online!Below are a few highlights from the new restaurants reviewed in our
With a lush setting and a vegetable-forward menu, the showcase restaurant of the Commodore Perry Estate, Texas’s only Auberge Resort, has Austinites crashing the garden gates.
If you’re trying to buy a home, then you’re probably a grown-up. You deserve a grown-up city—the city of Houston.
Apparently, children did not find him creepy in the 1950s.
Early in his career, Woody Harrelson couldn’t shake his reputation as the country rube from ‘Cheers.’ Here’s how that changed, starting 25 years ago.
These standout bottles make the most of what Texas has to offer, including local ingredients like pecan and lavender.
J. K. Nickell, features director for ‘Texas Monthly,’ was instrumental in bringing this month's cover story to life.
Reader letters published in our July 2021 issue.
Crispy beef tacos or duck leg confit? The menu at Tony Luhrman’s taqueria is full of surprises.
A conversation with the author of the moving and assured ‘God Spare the Girls.’
Houston-based Luminare’s software analyzes patient records to detect sepsis.
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
Plus, an elementary school was evacuated after a 10-year-old lit a toilet paper dispenser on fire.
Because of our sole connection around the longtime San Antonio company, I am apparently on trend.
Hoof it to these parks with your steed (or someone else's).
Equestrians can ride their own steeds, or in a few cases rent them, on public lands across the state.
Find happiness on a stick at these five Texas paleterías.
What to order for takeout at restaurants around the state, plus some pro tips.
Fifty years ago this month, the Dallas-based carrier first took flight. It’s reflecting on its past as it confronts a pandemic-shaped future.
Adriene Mishler’s blue heeler, Benji, is one of the most famous canines in the country, but he hasn’t let it go to his sweet, soft little head.
The state's energy business has long counted on tax breaks and other largesse. Whether renewables or fossil fuels get more depends on how you do the math.