Milanesa Napolitana
Recipe from El Arbol, AustinCutlets1 cup panko bread crumbs 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 cup all-purpose flour 4 seven-ounce sirloin cutlets, pounded thin 2 cups whole milkMix panko,...
View ArticleSpin Doctors
Sliding his fingers under the flap of an envelope, Bo Carter opens his royalty check. Sure, his voice earned him a nomination for the Texas Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year, but it’s not Carter’s...
View ArticleMojo Glazed Salmon With Spanish Chorizo, Baby Spinach, and Toasted Pine Nuts
Recipe from Chef Jason Dady, Restaurant Insignia, San Antonio / Featured Chef at the 2010 New World Wine & Food FestivalMojo1 ounce garlic 2 tablespoons smoked paprika 2 tablespoons cumin powder 1...
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Saving the Llano
When you sat down and read our recent cover story on Texas rivers—and you have, haven’t you?—you probably noticed that, in between the many paeans to our state’s natural beauty, I slipped in a few...
View ArticleThe State Board of Ed’s Final Exam
The State Board of Education— the fifteen-member elected body that decides the curriculum standards known as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS—has been no stranger to controversy in...
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Kirk Franklin’s Carry-on Luggage
Gospel sensation Kirk Franklin doesn’t like to travel. He would much rather be at home in Arlington with his wife, Tammy, and their four children. But the seven-time Grammy Award winner, who has sold...
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East Main Street, Fredericksburg
1. SOMETHING DIFFERENT IICowhides and lassos may be de rigueur in other local home-decor shops but not this one. Just inside the bright-red front door (there’s no signage), you’ll find furnishings and...
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The Comeback Kid
It’s hard to pinpoint the moment when Woody Harrelson first became an on-screen punch line, a persona instead of a performer, the guy whose mere presence in a movie signals that you probably shouldn’t...
View ArticleThe Cardturner
LOUIS SACHAR’S young-adult novel Holes spent more than 175 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, which sets a daunting commercial benchmark for the Austin author’s new effort, THE CARDTURNER....
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The Marrowbone Marble Company
Loyal Ledford of Huntington, West Virginia, is the unassuming central figure of THE MARROWBONE MARBLE COMPANY, the lyrical second novel from Texas State grad GLENN TAYLOR, whose debut, The Ballad of...
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Anna Mitchael
Just Don’t Call Me Ma’am’s subtitle—How I Ditched the South for the Big City, Forgot My Manners, and Managed to Survive My Twenties With (Most of) My Dignity Still Intact—might be unwieldy, but it...
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Court Yard Hounds
Divide and conquer? That was the hope of Dixie Chick siblings Martie Maguire and Emily Robison when singer Natalie Maines’s extended hiatus made the prospect of the band’s relaunch an if-and-when...
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Americano
San Antonio’s KRAYOLAS arrived on the scene with matching suits and catchy Kinks-like material that already seemed retro in the new-wave eighties era. After some regional success, they hung it up, and...
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Country Music
On paper, the pairing of WILLIE NELSON and producer T Bone Burnett seems like a potential train wreck. Though both can get amazing results, their working methods couldn’t be more different. Burnett’s a...
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Carrie Rodriguez
The Austin-born, Oberlin-trained musician—and daughter of the hard-living Texas songwriter-activist David Rodriguez—at one time aspired to be a great fiddler. Then she went on tour with Chip Taylor...
View ArticleEnroncore!
A little over halfway through the new play Enron, the character based on Jeff Skilling declares, “I hate government because I know these guys . . . and let me tell you, the weakest, most ignorant, most...
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The Great Pretender
Before the local district attorney dubbed him “the biggest con man in the history of Nueces County,” Mauricio Celis led the life of a high-powered plaintiff’s lawyer. At the time of his arrest, in...
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Liliana Quevedo, Realtor
Quevedo grew up in Juárez and has been a realtor in El Paso for six years. She is an agent for One Realty El Paso.</emAs a bilingual realtor in El Paso, with roots in Juárez, I have a lot of...
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Alamo Heights
Over breakfast recently, San Antonio mayor Julián Castro, only 35 years old, struggled to place himself and his generation in the long, storied history of Mexican American politics in Texas. “I’m...
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How to Smoke the Perfect Brisket
The sacred cow of Texas barbecue is brisket, but smoking one to perfection can be tough. So what’s the secret? “Keep it simple,” says Wayne Mueller, the third-generation owner of Louie Mueller...
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