Libations
May 17, 2021
The History of the Paloma, Summer’s Simplest Cocktail
At its core, a paloma is just tequila and Squirt, but you wouldn't know that from the elaborate iterations on Texas bar menus.
Tequila
Libations
January 20, 2013
¡Viva Tequila!
How it’s made, the secret of cooking with it, the truth about the worm, and everything else you ever wanted to know about Mexico’s favorite drink—and ours.
Libations
January 20, 2013
That’s the Spirit
Not that you’re looking for an excuse, but these five original cocktails concocted by Texas bartenders using local liquors are a thoroughly acceptable reason to pour yourself a drink. Or three.
State Fare
January 20, 2013
State Fare
Dallas’ Seventeen Seventeen has mastered the art of the catfish taco.
Libations
February 22, 2012
Happy National Margarita Day!
Get your salt shaker and limes ready to celebrate that "frozen concoction that helps you hang on."
Food & Drink
April 1, 1992
Liquor Licker
Larry Peterman is a revisionist where suckers are concerned. His new tequila lollipop con gusano (complete with the worm) is his take on making hard liquor palatable: “We tried using mescal,” he says, “but it tasted so bad—kind of like burned dirt with rubbing alcohol—that nobody would eat it.”
Libations
September 30, 1974
The Man Who Invented the Margarita
The inventor’s wife is named Margarita, but the drink was not named for a woman.