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Anytime Sweet Potato Bowl
Sweet potatoes made an annual appearance on Rebecca Rather’s dinner table during the holidays when she was growing up. In her mother’s preparation, they were served in casserole form, dotted with...
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Texas First: Killing and Cooking My Own Thanksgiving Turkey
“Whatever you do, don’t let go of the legs.” These words of warning, delivered sternly by a seasoned rancher, didn’t seem necessary at first. I was standing in a sunny patch of pasture at Roam Ranch, a...
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Find Your Moment (or Hours) of Zen at a Japanese Garden
As they are wont to do, gardens grow all across the state despite hostile environments. Consider the botanical wonders of the Chihuahuan Desert, Old Garden Roses that resist drought and disease and...
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Regenerative Ranching Is Better for the Environment, but Can It Be Profitable?
Meredith Ellis harbors no illusions when it comes to the demands of running a cattle ranch. As she offers me a cozy blanket to keep warm during our “buggy” ride on her Kawasaki Mule around her family’s...
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Eleven Cozy Texas Cabins for Your Next Rustic Getaway
The allure of a simple cabin—tucked away far off in the Piney Woods, hidden in the Hill Country, or perched on the edge of some quiet body of water—has, for generations, pulled Texans of every variety...
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Meanwhile, in Texas : A Vacation Suite Overlooking a Giraffe Barn Goes Viral
After a video of a vacation suite overlooking a giraffe barn at a Fredericksburg conservation park went viral on TikTok, visitors completely booked the guesthouse until 2024. The principal at an Austin...
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Inside the Eclectic Home of Hill Country Sculptor Jonas Perkins
Jonas Perkins’s early life wasn’t easy. His dad was a Pullman porter on the railroad lines and his mother was a housekeeper at a mental institution. Jonas attended a parochial school because his...
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Recipes: Smoked Strawberry Jam and Pickled Texas Strawberries
The dead of winter isn’t prime strawberry season in Fredericksburg (or anywhere in Texas, for that matter). So when local farmer Gary Marburger stepped foot in Cabernet Grill one January offering an...
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The Texanist: Does a Texas Musician Need Three Names to Succeed?
Q: With all the catchy three-named Texas musicians like Michael Martin Murphey, Willis Alan Ramsey, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jerry Jeff Walker,and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, how did Willie Nelson or George Strait...
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Go Ahead, Enjoy Truffles and Wine, Says the Doctor Owner of Hill Country...
In the private tasting room of Hill Country Chocolate in Fredericksburg, wineglasses and gray slate plates filled with various chocolates are positioned along a wooden table. My guests and I are...
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The Texanist: Do We Really Want Texas to Be “Wine Country”?
Q: I recently read that Texas has hundreds of wineries, and that the Fredericksburg-area wine trail is one of the most popular in the country. How can this be good for our image as a bunch of...
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White Hats, Episode 5: Bias Toward Action
Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google. Read the transcript below. Subscribe Apple Podcasts — Spotify — Stitcher — Google Podcasts People look to a Ranger to solve the...
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Hill Country Antler Art Uses “Nature’s Most Incredible Sculpture” to Create...
Del Benedict is the craftsman behind Hill Country Antler Art near downtown Fredericksburg. What started as a simple hobby has now become a business with waitlisted clients and elusive trade secrets. In...
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It’s Magnolia Pearl: The Internet Can’t Believe This Consumption-Chic Brand...
I’ve heard of shabby chic and heroin chic, but Magnolia Pearl, a wildly expensive clothing line that has recently blown the internet’s mind, seems to have cornered the market on “consumption chic.” If...
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A Fredericksburg Couple Forges a New Path With Their Cast-Iron Pans
When Jay Mallinckrodt, head of machining manufacturer Heartland Enterprises, brought home a prototype for a cast-iron skillet two years ago, his wife and business partner, Heather, put it to the...
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Where to Watch the 2024 Solar Eclipse in Texas
Do you know what you’ll be doing on April 8, 2024? Perhaps a border jaunt to Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass? A long weekend in Waco that doesn’t involve Baylor sports or Chip and Jo? Or maybe it’s...
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Fredericksburg Students Are Picking Up Trade and Life Skills Through This...
In 2016, Fredericksburg resident Richard Laughlin, the owner of Laughlin Homes and Restoration, created the program Casa Über Alles. It aims to foster a passion for the building trades with a program...
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Swing by Texas’s Smallest State Park to See Three Million Bats Soar From an...
Twenty minutes from downtown Fredericksburg—on a long, winding stretch of Old San Antonio Road that snakes past historic country schools, a vineyard with safari tours, and at least one ghost town—lies...
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After a Summer of Heat Deaths, Texas Parks Debate How to Protect Hikers
It’s a tale as old as Texas summer: A hiker heads out on the trail with too little water, or with too few salty snacks, or without a good map, or when the sun is already beating down from the middle of...
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In Fredericksburg, Vintage Objects Meet a Modern Message
Before she begins a new painting, Sara Drescher first seeks inspiration in the objects people have left behind, scouring vintage stores for a plate, a teacup, or a casserole dish that catches her eye....
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