SAN ANTONIO — If you put Tex-Mex food under the microscope, you'll find Mexican and American roots. It's a cuisine caught in the middle. Local chefs consider the savory fare a beacon of unity. KENS 5 ...

Introduction: Tex-Mex: that lovable ugly duckling -- 1: Talking Tex-Mex: terms, tools, and techniques -- 2: Old-fashioned breakfasts: the Spanish missions and the cowboy culture -- 3: Chili con carne: ...

The Original Mexican Eats Cafe, a 94-year-old haven of Tex-Mex history, has applied to build a small restaurant and drive-thru on its former parking lot in west Fort Worth. The Original, one of Texas’ ...

Luckily, his 90-year-old grandmother Eulalia Navarrete has helped him uncover the origins of some of the seminal dishes severed at Rudy Navarrete's Mexican Food. "You almost never see an entomatada (a ...

"The first time I ate Mexican food was at the Mexican Inn in downtown Fort Worth when I was in junior high," he observed. "Cheese enchiladas, rice and beans. I'll never forget it. It was like an ...

Andy Doyle, bishop of the Texas Episcopal Diocese, wrote an open letter gently chiding The New York Times on the history of Tex-Mex cuisine and difference between taco sauce and salsa. The letter was ...

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This story is a part of Texas Monthly’s Taco Week, a series dedicated to proving that Texas is the center of the taco universe. Most Sundays, flour speckled my grandmother’s laminate-wood countertops, ...