Sad to report the mall food court Italian place no longer carries baked ziti. We are losing our ancient ways. 😔

If you've done your annual Hatch chile haul at Central Market, this is what to do next. Recipe from @paulaforbes.bsky.social! www.texasmonthly.com/recipe/stove...

While LA is under siege by ICE & receiving the deserved national attention, ICE, DHS & other fed agencies are operating quietly in TX, w/o much statewide or national reporting. The fear is real. I chime in. It's my professional & personal responsibility. I hope you'll take time to read it.

Where the TGI Friday's and Red Lobsters of the world are nearly folding, Chili's is in a financially better place than it has been in years. Part of its recent success is tapping into TikTok and leaning into its Texan-ness. @paulaforbes.bsky.social has the story. www.texasmonthly.com/food/chilis-...

Happy 75th Birthday, Whataburger! To celebrate, you can go on a lil Texas tour of the old A-frame locations. www.texasmonthly.com/food/whatabu...

Make rezzies now for the San Antonio restaurant @paulaforbes.bsky.social calls the "best dinner party I’ve been to in a minute." www.texasmonthly.com/food/petit-c...

Happy National Tequila Day! Celebrate by perusing @texasmonthly.bsky.social's archive of tequila-related stories, making some of our tequila-based recipes, and taking a quiz to find out which margarita you are. 💃🍹https://www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/tequila-forever/

Got questions about the meaty work we did for the top 50 Texas BBQ joints list? 🍖🤠🍗 Join barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn on r/Texas for a Reddit AMA tomorrow at 2pm. See you there: www.reddit.com/r/texas/comm...

Down here, tallow is for tortillas not for moisturizer. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/maha-bee...

❤️ this in @bbqsnob.bsky.social's latest: “When they open their pit and I see all that gooey stuff,” Baines said, referring to the buildup of soot and grease some people call seasoning, he tells them, “If you want me to mentor you, clean it up and call me back.” www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/jbs-barb...

Is the town just north of Seguin spelled Barbarosa or Barbarossa? If you stop by the Barbarossa Trough, you might debate that topic over ice-cold beers.

I'm so glad my colleague Aaron is still here and able to share his family's story. I'm so sorry this happened to him and his family in the first place. 💔 www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

"Pitman has been fielding calls from survivors who have heard about the free meals but are uncomfortable taking what they see as charity. 'They haven’t been in this position before,' she says." Read how Mexican joints are stepping up after the Hill Country floods.

I wasn’t doing much with those 36 minutes anyway.

2-3 times a year, I muster the energy to actually write something. Here's what I think you should bring to a summer potluck thing. www.texasmonthly.com/food/9-summe...

If you do nothing else during the upcoming holiday weekend, make @paulaforbes.bsky.social Margarita Pie. TEQUILA. LIMES. SALTINES. Get to it. www.texasmonthly.com/recipe/marga...

“Everything is very volatile in the peach world—peaches are very vulnerable in general. Luckily, the peaches that go into these wines don’t have to be pretty.” I, too, identify as a peach from time to time. www.texasmonthly.com/food/peach-w...

Texans love to escape to Colorado during summer. @tacotrail.bsky.social makes that sojourn a bit easier with his top taco recs in the Denver area. www.texasmonthly.com/food/best-ta...

Thinking of opening a barbecue joint? This is the guy you need to call. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/nextep-q...

hot dog season is the best season!! www.texasmonthly.com/food/tex-mex...

Had a blast at @texasmonthly.bsky.social’s inaugural Taco Fest in Grand Prairie yesterday! Good news for all who missed it is all the action is coming to Houston next weekend.

come talk salsa with us! this will be fun

So proud of our @texasmonthly.bsky.social Food & Drink team and all we've accomplished over the last year. The goal is always to go bigger, better, and more ambitious. www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/2...

The WBNA season starts in two days, and we have @jessicawluther.com on the boom in viewership, and two new Texas bars that opened this year to serve women's sports fans. www.texasmonthly.com/food/womens-...

I have a 2-year-old cousin named Leo and I'm furiously Googling how to AI photoshop a pope hat on him.

Stained Page News fans already know Paula is a newsletter PROFESH.

The way I could go for an ice-cold root beer right now... www.texasmonthly.com/food/sonora-...

We've got a real treat today over at TM: a @paulaforbes.bsky.social double feature! Her much-anticipated first restaurant review AND a "manifesto" of sorts on how she plans to approach her job in the era of influencers and Resy. www.texasmonthly.com/food/chopnbl...

The job title is mundane, but the job description borders on extraordinary. Whether they work at the Alamo, the Capitol, or at a state park, a tour guides' mission is the same: to tell a story no one would ever want to walk away from.🚶1/ www.texasmonthly.com/travel/meet-...

If you're in the Fort Worth area this Sunday, this is the place you need to be, says @bbqsnob.bsky.social. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/soul-foo...

I have the most talented coworkers on planet earth?? The preview episode I watched made me cry?? www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/n...

Hey, I wrote about beer! And playgrounds, gentrification, community, and what's going on with an industry that seems vast but is going through lots of changes. I talked to lots of interesting folks around the state and was only able to quote a few. Click it! www.texasmonthly.com/food/texas-c...

You may have heard that Lonesome Dove has attracted new audiences as of late. Some of those folks can't stop thinking about the sourdough biscuits Gus McCrae makes on the ranch every morning. www.texasmonthly.com/food/augustu...

Dropping some dining suggestions for folks in San Antonio this weekend for the Final Four! Starting with some classics. www.texasmonthly.com/food/the-san...

wheeeeeee x2

Spring is here and all of @texasmonthly.bsky.social's F&D stories are GREEN! First up, a story about green spaghetti from @tacotrail.bsky.social. www.texasmonthly.com/food/brownsv...

I loved writing this hometown piece for @texasmonthly.bsky.social on the Weikel family who know how to do kolaches right! This is one Texas dynasty I can get behind. Thank you to @kimyanattalie.bsky.social for excellent editing as always!

Big news in the CPG world: this is the Austin soda company PepsiCo wants to buy for $1.95B. (It's a staple in my house—drinking the lemon-lime flavor now!) www.texasmonthly.com/food/poppi-m...

I can’t believe people actually like Paradise. Possibly the worst lighting and coloration I’ve ever seen and the writing is terrible. I’m so sorry they did this to you James Marsden and Sterling K. Brown!

The real takeaway here is the astounding global reach of Aaron Franklin's books and videos and how they have spread the gospel of Texas barbecue around the world. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/spain-is...

Oh my god I finally got my first Uber driver listening to Joe Rogan and I’m trapped for the next 30 minutes. 😫

Stop making TV shows look blue challenge.

You've got your marching orders for the rest of the year, diners of Texas. www.texasmonthly.com/food/best-ne...

Oof could’ve used a trigger warning for the new Severance episode.

Good news alert! www.texasmonthly.com/food/crawfis...

Check out @bbqsnob.bsky.social and @texasmonthly.bsky.social feature prominently in THEE @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

[email protected] thinking deeply on the word "authentic" in food writing. www.texasmonthly.com/food/why-i-d...

Paging @bbqsnob.bsky.social!

Don't sleep on this part: "Schussler spent nearly $400,000 to turn his residential home into a tropical ecosystem ...The electric bill was so high that the Drug Enforcement Administration even raided Schussler’s home, believing that he was growing marijuana." www.texasmonthly.com/food/galvest...

whhhhheeeeeeeeee @tacotrail.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/t...