A Father-Son Duo Become Weekend Barbecue Warriors
When Josh Jennings was planning his high school graduation party, in 2017, he asked his dad, Gary, to cook some barbecue for the crowd. Gary had dabbled in smoking meat with an offset he bought from a...
Roar of the Crowd: February 2025
Massively Endearing MissiveI lived in Dallas for a fat minute in the early aughts. I picked up Texas Monthly and subscribed so I could try to understand this massive, quirky, and endearing place. But...
What Land Does to Texans
By way of introduction as Texas Monthly’s new editor in chief, I’d like to tell you about a tattoo, and it’s not even mine. My grandfather’s left shoulder was covered by a Longhorn’s head bu...
Delivery Tacos That Are Actually Fantastic
Photo: Courtesy of Barbaco Tio
In Mexico, barbacoa typically cooks overnight in wood-burning pits so that it’s ready in time for breakfast on weekend mornings. In New York, the hu...