Jane Smith-Garcés’s Pecan Pie
A pie that never lasts long enough to be stored in the refrigerator.
Jeff Salamon is an executive editor at Texas Monthly and previously served as an editor at the Village Voice and the Austin American-Statesman. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, Details, and Artforum. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a native of New York City. He lives in Austin with his wife, two children, two dogs, and one cat.
A pie that never lasts long enough to be stored in the refrigerator.
By Jeff Salamon
1. Romo AgonistesYou remember Danny White, don’t you? He had the misfortune to replace Roger Staubach as the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback after the beloved number 12 retired with two Super Bowl victories. Though White broke numerous Cowboys records—for passing yards in a season, for touchdown passes in a season, for
By Jeff Salamon
1. NASHVILLE, TEXAS Even if Kacey Musgraves wins none of the six Country Music Association awards she’ll be vying for on November 6, she’ll still be the Nashville story of the year. No female debut artist has ever before topped the CMA nominations list, and Musgraves achieved that honor with
By Jeff Salamon
1. Craig’s ListingIt doesn’t take anything away from Craig Watkins’s accomplishments as district attorney of Dallas County—since he won election in 2006, his office has exonerated 33 prisoners, some of whom had been incarcerated for decades—to say that he has been very lucky. A Democrat, he was swept into office
By Jeff Salamon
1. I’m Gonna Git You, SoccerThe intense rivalry between the two North American powerhouses of men’s soccer, the United States and Mexico, will be renewed September 10 in Columbus, Ohio, in a crucial qualifying match for next summer’s World Cup. After years of struggle against its more established opponent, the
By Jeff Salamon
After years as an in-demand fiddle payer, Amanda Shires is redefining herself as a boundary-breaking singer-songwriter. Emphasis on “writer.”
By Jeff Salamon
1. Abbott FormingThe moment Rick Perry announced that he was not running for a fourth full term as governor, all eyes turned to Attorney General Greg Abbott, who instantly became the most powerful Republican in the state. The 55-year-old Wichita Falls native has long been viewed as a serious candidate
By Jeff Salamon
The premiere of Slaid Cleaves' "Texas Love Song," a track from his newest album, Still Fighting the War, on sale today.
By Jeff Salamon
1. How Dry We AreWhen the heat has even the grackles lying low, the pleasure of a swimming hole cold enough to knock the breath out of you is limitless. Alas, water is not, a truism sorely evident to the residents of the Hill Country town of Wimberley, where
By Jeff Salamon
According to the Rick Perry camp, sometime this month our governor will announce whether he plans to run for Texas's top office yet again.
By Jeff Salamon
Sorry, but it's not Ted Cruz who's paranoid. It's his critics.
By Jeff Salamon and John Daniel Davidson
The longtime Texas Monthly writer—and novelist and screenwriter and UT professor—discusses his new collection of essays.
By Jeff Salamon and Edward Nawotka
Talking with the Houston-born and -raised musician Josh Mease about his new record—and his new alias.
By Jeff Salamon
An exclusive excerpt from a UT professor's new book on the Juárez drug wars
By Jeff Salamon and Ricardo C. Ainslie
Why we need to get a grip on all this Second Amendment hysteria.
By Jeff Salamon and Harold Cook
How Prince, Justin Timberlake, the Flaming Lips, and a giant Doritos vending machine changed Austin's annual music festival—and how they didn't.
By Jeff Salamon and Jason Cohen
1. The Balking DeadThe Houston Astros’ recent move to the American League, after fifty years in the National League, still stings. They’ll now be forced to play the far superior Texas Rangers during the regular season, and they couldn’t even get Lance Berkman to come back and be their designated
By Jeff Salamon
Talking with the people behind the recent compilation, Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label
By Jeff Salamon and Andy Beta
The former Disney star busts a very R-rated move.
By Jeff Salamon and Christopher Kelly
SXSW managing director Roland Swenson talks about his late friend.
By Jeff Salamon
1. Bills,Bills, BillsThe calendar says that the Eighty-third Legislature began on January 8, but insiders know the real action doesn’t begin until 59 days later. Oh, there are plenty of speeches and resolutions during the first two months, recognizing groups like the Texas Association of Health Underwriters. But the tone changes
By Jeff Salamon
The executive producer of Dallas talks about Larry Hagman's final working weeks.
By Jeff Salamon
The Texas actor pays tribute to a fellow Hill Country native.
By Jeff Salamon
Why has almost nobody had a chance to appreciate the UT alum's Oscar-worthy turn in the delightful domestic farce "If I Were You"?
By Jeff Salamon and Christopher Kelly
The long-lost Dallas gospel-funk group release their first studio album more than thirty years after they broke up
By Jeff Salamon
The sometime Butthole Surfer teams up with the former White Stripes frontman for a new single.
By Jeff Salamon and Andy Langer
Josh Kinser, a fellow soldier who knew the late SEAL, talks about guns, PTSD, and what his friend meant to veterans.
By Jeff Salamon and Paul Knight
There were lots of Lone Star nominees at the music world's biggest night—and lots of winners, including one that R&B fans probably didn't expect.
By Jeff Salamon
The East Texas rookie country artist's career is about to take off.
By Jeff Salamon
How is the new 'Dallas' handling Larry Hagman's mid-season death?
By Jeff Salamon
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's 1983 debut album gets the a classy-rerelease for a new generation of listeners
By Jeff Salamon and Andy Langer
Willie Nelson is set to release a new album in April, just two weeks shy of his eightieth birthday.
By Jeff Salamon
Modern Texas, as told through the archives of Texas Monthly.
By Jeff Salamon
Including books from Dallas resident Ben Fountain, UT-Michener Center alum Kevin Powers, South Texas native Domingo Martinez, and the legendary LBJ biographer Robert Caro.
By Jeff Salamon
1. For George Strait, the road doesn’t go on foreverI was tooling around Austin in 1981, enjoying the free-love vibe and listening to the radio, when I first heard George Strait. His voice came out of my little dashboard speaker so strong and clear I ran two lights and a stop sign.
By Jeff Salamon
Over the past year, state photographer Wyman Meinzer has roamed the Big Empty, documenting the drought’s toll. Will he ever take another pretty picture?
By Jeff Salamon
The author of Cronkite answers the question: What’s the most surprising thing you learned about Walter Cronkite?
By Jeff Salamon
Six interesting facts about the retired CBS news anchorman found in his new book, Rather Outspoken.
By Jeff Salamon
The acclaimed author is publishing his first novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. And some of his neighbors may not be happy.
By Jeff Salamon
In the forthcoming Ron Paul’s rEVOLution, journalist Brian Doherty takes an up-close look at the libertarian Texas congressman.
By Jeff Salamon
Bizarre similes pour forth from debut novelist Jonathan Woods’s fingers like wine from a bottomless bottle that is also missing its cork.
By Jeff Salamon
On their new album, Rockpango, and more.
By Jeff Salamon
What’s the deal with the border fence? Are green cards really green? How many undocumented immigrants live in Texas? Any more questions?
By Jeff Salamon
On his new album, Trill O.G.; his late partner, Pimp C; and more.
By Jeff Salamon
The former Pantera drummer on the twentieth anniversary of Cowboys From Hell and more.
By Jeff Salamon
– 1 –Gus and Call’s friendship may be at the heart of Lonesome Dove, but the book’s ending points in another direction. When Call returns to Lonesome Dove after burying Gus, he encounters the town’s barber, Dillard Brawley. “What happened to the saloon?” Call asks, having noticed that the local
By Jeff Salamon
1. When Tea Parties Attack! Article III, Section 9, of the constitution of the state of Texas tells us that when a new session of the House of Representatives is seated, its first order of business is to elect a Speaker. What the constitution doesn’t tell us is that the Speaker’s election
By Jeff Salamon
The Austin-based writer's love of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows inspired her to write a sequel to the 1908 classic.
By Jeff Salamon
1. Dear Houston, Back in February, Jeremy Lin was the king of my hometown, and the Knicks were vowing to do whatever it took to keep him around a long, long time. And then, boom, five months later he was headed to the Rockets. The Knicks? They never even made
By Jeff Salamon
1. Third Time’s the Charm! Right?For the third straight year, the Texas Rangers head into the postseason with hopes that are high and realistic. Led by perennial MVP candidate Josh Hamilton, they’re the best-hitting team in baseball. They’ve got a lights-out closer in Joe Nathan and, despite some devastating injuries,
By Jeff Salamon