Pat's Pick
January 20, 2013
Tei-An
Dallas
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Recipe
January 20, 2013
Fried Shishito Peppers
Tei-An, Dallas
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
Remembering the Balinese Room
The jewel of Galveston’s Golden Era, the Balinese Room, closed its doors in 1957. One of Texas’s most glamorous dining and entertainment venues for decades, the Balinese finally succumbed to the determination of then-attorney general Will Wilson and his campaign to end the Free State of Galveston forever. The building
Recipe
January 20, 2013
Roasted Quail with Fig Puree and Balsamic-Chocolate Reduction
QUAIL4 Quail, 4 to 6 ounces each 2 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Fine sea salt and ground white pepperMarinate the quail in the parsley, olive oil, salt and pepper for about 30 minutes.STUFFING2 cups cooked wild rice 1 cup small diced toasted French
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
Charlie Rose interviews the Kennedys, the Rules of Basketball, BB King, and Grupo Fantasmo . . .
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
The Cotton Bowl, the Sex Pistols tribute in San Antonio, the Gourds, and the Dallas Safari Club’s Convention & Sporting Expo . . .
Web Exclusive
January 1, 2013
How Millionaires Celebrate End-of-Days
To commemorate the Mayan Apocalypse, video game tycoon Richard Garriott de Cayeux threw a lavish soiree at his 65-acre spread along Lake Austin, complete with various scenes of imagined end-of-the-world scenarios.
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
A "Funeral Party," Dale Watson, and Willie Nelson's New Year's Bash . . .
Web Exclusive
January 1, 2013
Big Rich Texas’s Big Unlikely Success
Despite withering reviews, the Dallas-based reality television show has enjoyed increased ratings and has spawned a franchise.
The Culture
January 1, 2013
The Drop Everything List
Inside the renovated LBJ Presidential Library, a yoga meditation ceremony, Caroyln Wonderland, and Robert Earl Keen . . .
Web Exclusive
January 1, 2013
Fehrenbach response
Food & Drink
January 1, 2013
Butterscotch Pudding With Salted Caramel
From Stampede 66, in Dallas
Art
December 1, 2012
Meet the Man Who is Helping Make Texas an Art Destination
How Gary Tinterow, the new director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is convincing the art world that Texas is a must-stop destination for major exhibitions.
The Culture
December 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Patty Griffin and "Her Driver," Painted Churches Tour, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Masterpieces from the Prado . . .
Politics & Policy
December 1, 2012
Brand Man
Meet Vinny Minchillo, one of the creative forces behind Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.
Travel & Outdoors
December 1, 2012
A Field Guide to the Pearl
Where to eat, shop, and stay at the Pearl complex in San Antonio.
The Culture
December 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Kenny Rogers, Stallion Boots Trunk Show, the Wyeths Across Texas, and Bill Clinton . . .
Music
December 1, 2012
A Holiday Gift Guide for Music Lovers
Gary Clark Jr.'s newest set, Blak and Blu, and five other albums by local artists.
The Culture
December 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Underground Kingz, Sandra Cisneros, Wassailfest, and Phillip Glass . . .
Art
December 1, 2012
The Dallas Arts Scene Is Ready for Its Close-Up
As the fiftieth anniversary of the JFK assassination approaches, the eyes of the world will be upon the city, and its cultural leaders are prepared for the attention.
The Culture
December 1, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Bob “Daddy-O” Wade's new exhibition, the Robisons Family Thanksgiving Show, The Santaland Diaries, and Bob Schneider . . .
Music
December 1, 2012
Dissecting Bobby Keys’ Saxophone Solo on “Brown Sugar”
There's more to the performance than meets the ear.
Web Exclusive
December 1, 2012
Response to Ennis
Music
October 31, 2012
One Man’s Mission to Help Heal Soldiers
Darden Smith finds that music therapy can help soldiers with PTSD.
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Lyle Lovett, a trip to the King Ranch, and a talk about "ancient Rome’s equivalent of a celebrity sex tape" . . .
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Tesla v. Edison, the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, Nick Curran's posthumous CD release party, and the Ferrari Festival . . .
Politics & Policy
October 31, 2012
Election Plight
In which Joshua Treviño and Harold Cook swap emails (and opinions) about the 2012 election, political trends, and what happens next in Texas.
Sports
October 31, 2012
Why Mack Brown Won’t Lose His Job
Because DeLoss Dodds, the University of Texas's athletic director, has a long memory.
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Dobie Dichos, Marfa Architecture and Design Symposium, the World Championship Wild Hog Cook-Off, and Farm Fest . . .
Art
October 31, 2012
The Artist’s Transformation
How Trenton Doyle Hancock is reinventing his work.
Books
October 31, 2012
Jacqueline Kelly Returns to the Willows
The Austin-based writer's love of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows inspired her to write a sequel to the 1908 classic.
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
A Victorian sèance in Galveston, the Spurs v. the Thunder, Roky Erickson, and the Texas Custom Bicycle Show . . .
The Culture
October 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Cryptopalooza, the Rothko Chapel Poem, Norah Jones, and the Chocolate & Wine Festival . . .
Texas History
October 31, 2012
Reign of Thought
Contrary to our self-mythology, ideas—and the people who wrote them down—have always been central to Texas history.
Recipe
October 31, 2012
Roasted Beets With Goat Cheese and Pistachio Vinaigrette
From the Salty Sow, in Austin.
Books
September 30, 2012
Tackling the Cowboys
Joe Nick Patoski takes on America's most storied football franchise in his new book, The Dallas Cowboys.
The Culture
September 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
The One O'Clock Lab Band, Cuero's Turkey Trot, Kenny Rogers, and the Scarecrow Festival . . .
Art
September 30, 2012
The Kimbell Is Looking Better Than Ever at 40
The man ushering the Kimbell Art Museum into a grand new era: Eric M. Lee.
The Culture
September 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
La Follia, Zine Fest, Love This Giant, and the Master Model Builder competition . . .
Web Exclusive
September 30, 2012
Celebrating Denton Cooley and Old Houston
How the 50th anniversary party for the Texas Heart Institute was really a glimpse into the Houston that once was.
Music
September 30, 2012
Making an Austin City Limits Debut
Terry Lickona, the television show's executive producer, talks about some of the acts that will step on the Austin City Limits stage for the first time, including Radiohead and Kat Edmonson.
The Culture
September 30, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Learning Butchery, the Dragonfly & Damselfly Workshop, "The Price Is Right Live," and Boogie, Blues & Brews . . .
Web Exclusive
August 31, 2012
How to Successfully Release a Conservative Film
Movie distributors of 2016: Obama's America, which is on track to be one of the five highest-grossing documentaries of all time, focused their initial marketing strategy on a Houston release. Why?
The Culture
August 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Bison Celebration Days, Shawn Colvin, Schützenfest, and Bill Callahan . . .
Music
August 31, 2012
Ryan Bingham Strikes Out on His Own
Starting a new label is a dicey proposition, but the country star who co-wrote the Oscar-winning song "The Weary Kind" thinks the time is right.
The Culture
August 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Gustavo Arellano, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," Kolache Festival, and the Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza . . .
Style & Design
August 31, 2012
Making Something Out of Nothing
How McAllen turned a vacant Walmart into one of the most architecturally imaginative libraries in the country.
The Culture
August 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Aggie Football, Great Recession Orchestra, Marfa Dialogues, and Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body . . .
The Culture
August 31, 2012
The Drop Everything List
Robert Rodriguez, the Fort Worth Symphony's American Festival, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, and the 16th Annual Grape Stomp . . .
Books
August 31, 2012
Andrew Porter’s Novel Has a Houston Problem
The San Antonio writer's novel, In Between Days, doesn't get its Houston setting quite right.