Recipes

The chicken fry is for everyone in the Lone Star State. Chicken-fried steak is unabashedly Texan, the kind of dish that unites billionaire oil baron, the average working man and everyone in between at the lunch counter, dinner table or weekend picnic. It is simple. It is tasty. It is Texas wrapped up in one...

Texans love speckled trout, especially the pursuit of true "gator" specimens, those mythical saltwater creatures measuring 30 inches -- or more. The speckled trout has and always will be the prime saltwater angling target in the Lone Star State from Sabine Lake on the Texas-Louisiana border all the way down...

Barbecue is an institution in Texas, with three simple rules forming the equilateral triangle lines of tastiness: low, slow and smoke. And while barbecuing tough cuts of meat such as brisket, skirt steak and anything else that requires patience to enjoy, our current pitmasters of today owe it to those before...

Venison has earned a bad reputation for its "gamey" taste, smell and texture but handled and cooked properly it is among the most delicious and hearty of cuts. Proper care and storage from field to fork is vital to maintaining the integrity of deer meat no matter the cut, and...

Texas deer hunting is legendary for both quality and quantity. We've got the country's largest white-tailed deer population -- numbering more than 4.5 million animals -- and months upon months to pursue and fill a liberal bag limit. This past season, archery hunters got the first shot beginning in October...

I’ve seen them while hunting Rio Grande turkeys in the spring, my back pressed squarely up against an oak tree, hoping that they wouldn’t scare off a mature gobbler. I’ve seen them while hunting whitetails in the fall, raiding deer feeders and devouring all the corn aimed primarily at attracting...

It's a swine time to be a feral hog in the Lone Star State. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the invasive animals prone to causing huge destruction to native habitat and crops can now be found in 253 of Texas' 254 counties. Here's a quick piece of trivia:...