Recipe
January 21, 2013
Banana Flan
From Chef Darren McGrady.
Web
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Pamela Colloff
The executive editor, who wrote this month's story about the East Texas church fires, on getting subjects to talk, interviewing people behind bars, and defining turning points.
Sports
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Bryan Curtis
On watching ballgames at the old Arlington Stadium; writing about the Texas Rangers, America’s new favorite team; and comparing notes on morality with C. J. Wilson.
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
A Q&A With Katy Vine
The senior editor on embracing enthusiasm, going birding with Victor Emanuel, and wading through tall grass.
True Crime
January 21, 2013
A Closer Look at One of Dean Corll’s Victims
Dorothy Hilligiest's son David disappeared one day in 1971. She spent her days and nights searching for him, following leads, and eagerly awaiting his return. And then she found out about Dean Corll, one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history.
True Crime
January 21, 2013
Latest News on the Corll Investigation
Researchers have discovered a mistaken identity and another possible victim.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Kitchen Confidential
Josh Watkins, the chef at the Carillon, in Austin, on Dana Cowin, doughnut holes, and what makes a perfect dish.
Recipe
January 21, 2013
Crisp Pork Belly With Diablo Glaze, Fried Mint, and Asian Pear Salad
From Chef Josh Watkins of the Carillon, in Austin.
Recipe
January 21, 2013
Bacon Chipotle Popcorn
From Shawn Cirkiel of Parkside, in Austin.
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Kitchen Confidential
Shawn Cirkiel, the chef-owner of Parkside, in Austin, on hot dogs, skinny chefs, and Paula Deen.
True Crime
January 21, 2013
The Houston Mass Murders: What Really Happened
A Q&A with Skip Hollandsworth, author of “The Lost Boys.”
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Taste of Texas
Read a Q&A with Patricia Sharpe.
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
Talking Trash
More anecdotes from the "Don’t Mess With Texas” campaign.
Web Exclusive
January 21, 2013
A Q & A With Ray Charles
Assistant Editor Katy Vine tells us what he said.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Straus of Representatives
The likely Speaker of the House promises no retaliation, an end to the acrimony, and tells his fellow Republicans to “wake up!”
The Culture
January 20, 2013
151–175
From the construction of the state’s first public university in College Station to the swearing in of Governor Rick Perry for a third full term in Austin
The Culture
January 20, 2013
126–150
From Buzz Bissinger arriving in Odessa—with a notepad—to Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen writing songs in College Station
The Culture
January 20, 2013
101–125
From John Warne Gates peddling barbed wire in San Antonio to a group of cowboys and ranchers holding the first rodeo in Pecos
The Culture
January 20, 2013
76–100
From the Great Storm washing ashore in Galveston to Charles Elmer Doolin cooking up the frito in San Antonio
The Culture
January 20, 2013
51–75
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
The Culture
January 20, 2013
26–50
From Candy Montgomery and Allan Gore beginning their affair in Richardson to Robert Rauschenberg, Janis Joplin, and Jimmy Johnson graduating from high school in Port Arthur
The Culture
January 20, 2013
1–25
From dinosaurs roaming the Paluxy in Glen Rose to Lance Armstrong joining his first cycling team in Richardson
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
Courtroom Drama
Read a Q&A with Mimi Swartz.
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Chow Hound
Read a Q&A with Patricia Sharpe.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Tea Time
Read a Q&A with Nate Blakeslee.
Recipe
January 20, 2013
Golden Beet Salad
From Uchiko, in Austin.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
The Last Squirrel Camp
Read a Q&A with Philipp Meyer.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Win, Lose, or Draw
Read a Q&A with Patricia Kilday Hart.
Books
January 20, 2013
David E. Hilton
On his new novel, Kings of Colorado, and more.
Books
January 20, 2013
Kings of Colorado
Read an excerpt from the new novel.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
TRANSCRIPT: “Very Few People Get off of Texas Death Row Alive”
Michael Hall’s exclusive interview with Ernest Willis.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
An Interview With George W. Bush (Transcript)
October 26, 2010, Dallas.
Music
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With Michael Hall
Michael Hall, who spent months trying to piece together the life of one of the best slide guitarists ever, talks about tracking down leads, writing about musicians, and really listening to the music of Blind Willie Johnson.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With Sterry Butcher
Sterry Butcher talks about her experience watching Teryn Lee Muench break a wild mustang in less than one hundred days.
Books
January 20, 2013
Bill Broyles and Mark Haynes
On their new book, Desert Duty: On the Line With the U.S. Border Patrol.
Books
January 20, 2013
Desert Duty: On the Line With the U.S. Border Patrol
Read an excerpt from the new book by Bill Broyles and Mark Haynes.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With Katy Vine
Jacob Isom went from being an obscure skateboarder living in Amarillo to being a worldwide celebrity about as fast as you can say “Dude, you have no Quran!” Katy Vine talks about YouTube, entertainment news, and being thrust into the limelight.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Dollars and Sense
When the Legislature meets in January, lawmakers know they won’t be able to cut their way to a balanced budget. Instead, they should do what a certain Republican governor did more than twenty years ago: raise taxes.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With Nate Blakeslee
The Democrats will most certainly fight the Republicans over immigration reform legislation this session, but the Republican’s biggest opponents are powerful interests within their own party. Nate Blakeslee talks about grassroot efforts, tea party champions, and why immigration has become one of the most important issues facing our state.
Border & Immigration
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With David Dorado Romo
Not everyone can claim to be related to a certified saint, but David Dorado Romo can. The author and El Paso native traveled to a tiny town in the Mexican state of Jalisco to learn more about his father’s second cousin, Santo Toribio Romo, and discovered some interesting things about
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With Mimi Swartz
After her mother’s death, Mimi Swartz found herself getting to know her father all over again.
Books
January 20, 2013
Join Texas Monthly at the Texas Book Festival
TEXAS MONTHLY is proud to be a sponsor of the Texas Book Festival, which is held in Austin on October 16 and 17. For a complete listing of events, check out the official schedule. To see which sessions TEXAS MONTHLY editors and writers are participating in, see the schedule
Sports
January 20, 2013
Snap Decisions
Your unofficial playbook for watching college football in Texas during the weekend of October 9.
Sports
January 20, 2013
Snap Decisions
Your unofficial playbook for watching college football in Texas this weekend.
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Beans and Corn Bread
Two recipes for this classic dish, excerpted from "Texas Home Cooking" by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison.
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
Talk Rodeo
From the cowgirls racing around barrels to the cowboys hanging on for their lives atop bucking bulls, there’s nothing quite as exciting as watching the rodeo at the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Happy Trails
January 20, 2013
Happy Trails
On a recent trip to Waco, I discovered that this Central Texas town isn't anything like I thought it would be. It was better.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Show Me the Money
Paul Burka talks about cutting $18 billion from the Texas budget, separating the essential from the nonessential, and spending money on bricks and mortar.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
Good Friday Night
John Spong talks about unearthing the history of TV’s portrayal of Texas through the ages and how Friday Night Lights changed it all.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
Lesson Learned
William Martin talks about how charter schools could fundamentally change the Texas education system.