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The Texanist: Is It Real Tex-Mex if It’s Served With Black Beans?
Q: I’m perplexed about the recent black bean craze. Growing up, we had refried, pinto, or ranch beans with our Mexican food, but now it seems everyone is flocking to the black bean. Maybe it’s my...
View ArticleTwo Burials
For Grandmother, it was always, “Next year, we’ll move him to Laredo.”When my abuelo Leonides Lopez died, in July 1935, his expeditious summer burial in Tío Jose’s family plot in Cotulla was meant to...
View ArticleThree Chords and A Station Wagon
On February 9, 1964, Paul McCartney counted off “All My Loving” on the Ed Sullivan Show and the whole free world freaked out. That night 73 million people watched the Beatles, four spectacularly young,...
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