Texas Monthly has a new BBQ Top 50 list, a new 'cue website, and a traveling BBQ bus tour. Find out which Austin spots made the cut. [ more › ]
There’s a new map and website on the Internet showing the best 50 BBQ joints. And they’re all in Texas. Of course, the list was compiled by a Lone Star publication, Texas Monthly. Editor Jake Silverstein told Yahoo News that he’s ready to “declare war” on all famous BBQ regions, including Kansas City, North Carolina [...]
A chat with the Texas Monthly barbecue critic and author of the recently released barbecue opus The Prophets of Smoked Meat: A Journey Through Texas Barbecue.
Washingtonian, D Magazine and Honolulu Magazine won the General Excellence Awards at last night’s 28th Annual National City and Regional Magazine Awards competition. Atlanta Magazine and Texas Monthly were the top winners, each receiving four awards. Los Angeles Magazine and Washingtonian won three prizes. The Writer of the Year Award went to Texas Monthly’s Pamela … Read More
A couple of followups to Texas Monthly's 2013 top 50 barbecue list in which Franklin Barbecue was named the best in Texas. 1. Barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn responds to all the "barbecusations." And 2. Esquire's JIm Shahin dissects the list...
I think it's official: Daniel Vaughn has the coolest job in the U.S. As the recently-named barbecue editor at Texas Monthly magazine, he explores the Lone Star state, in search of the best brisket, ribs, and BBQ joints. What started...
Surprise: as predicted, Texas Monthly magazine named Aaron Franklin's Austin barbecue-trailer-turned-long-line-magnet Franklin Barbecue "The best BBQ joint in the world." (Does their authority reach past Texas?) Anyway, rounding out the top four are Louie Mueller (Taylor), Pecan Lodge (Dallas)...
Texas Monthly magazine will update its famous Top 50 Texas BBQ restaurants list in their June issue, and today they revealed the restaurants that made it on Twitter. This is a big deal: the list only gets updated every five...
L to R: Daniel Vaughn, Ecco Editor Dan Halpern, Anthony Bourdain Last night, Parts Unknown host Anthony Bourdain joined Texas Monthly's barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn in a talk at a Barnes & Noble in New York City. The event...
Is Austin's Franklin Barbecue about to get the highest honor in Texan smoked meats? Every five years Texas Monthly releases a list of the 50 best barbecue restaurants in the state, and every five years it causes a Texas-sized...
Today’s Ghastly Little Fascist award goes to one Nicholas Jackson, the “digital director of Pacific Standard.” This afternoon, Jackson, who “has also worked for The Atlantic, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Texas Monthly, Slate, and otherShow More Summary
Kathy Geier has an excellent YouTube-rich roundup that’s a good complement to Erik’s. See also Wayne White, Jon Pareles, and of course Roy Edroso. Texas Monthly has put Nick Tosches’s classic Jones profile — a slightly different version of which appeared in the Nick Tosches Reader, after having been spiked by the New Yorker in [...]
Amazon had Anthony Bourdain interview Daniel Vaughn, the new barbecue editor for Texas Monthly. Vaughn on the "warning signs" of "sub-optimal" barbecue: "If you don't see a stick of wood around the property, there's really no need to get out...
The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has announced the nominations for their annual awards. Among them: Bon Appétit, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur and Texas Monthly are nominated for Lifestyle Magazine; Chow is nominated for Digital Media; Bon Appétit is...
(Garry Miller, for Texas Monthly). Texas Monthly has an exclusive interview with foxy grampaw Willie Nelson: TM: But to be clear, you think everybody should be able to get married? WN: Absolutely. I never thought of marriage as something only for men and women. But I’d never marry a guy I didn’t like. “Images [...]
There's nothing really new here, but let's just take a moment to bask in Willie Nelson's great interview with Texas Monthly about gay marriage. Texas Monthly: You're closely following the Supreme Court's consideration of gay rights and same-sex marriage. Willie Nelson: I am. Show More Summary
“I’ve known straight and gay people all my life. I can’t tell the difference. People are people where I came from.” Texas Monthly recently interviewed music legend Willie Nelson who voiced his support for same sex marriage. After the interview, he was photographed with personalized pink equality signs designed by Christian Helms of Austin-based design [...]
Willie Nelson, age 79, is so fucking untouchably cool. From giving musicians "Willie Weed" every year at SXSW, to speaking out for marriage equality, in Texas Monthly, he is an 100% American gem. Read more about Willie's take on same sex marriage here.
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The country singer, who once covered 'Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other,' tells 'Texas Monthly' his thoughts on same-sex marriage
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In an interview with Texas Monthly country music legend Willie Nelson displayed the above take on this week's marriage equality meme and restated his well-known support for LGBT rights. TM: For better or worse, you've also grown into a reputation as something of an authority on marriage itself. Show More Summary