Been planning to try making a logo like this for a while but needed to learn some stuff, like how to make 3D text, drop an image onto text and erase the background of semi-transparent flames, since you can't separate the red channel in Photoshop Elements (I used settings of Contiguous and tolerance 13%). This... Continue Reading →
Lady Bird Johnson’s recipe for King Ranch Chicken
If it is good enough for the Bird, it is good enough for me. This is also kind of a classic example of the mid-20th-century "open four cans of Campbell's" school of cooking. (Bonus: Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for scones.)
Texas dancehall music in Czech: The Shiner Song
Ran across this piece of history by Western swing man Adolph Hofner. To quote a Texas Monthly story from 2000 about him: Here's the true sound of the South and Central Texas dance hall. Adolph Hofner, born in 1916 in the predominantly Czech community of Moulton and based mainly in San Antonio since the thirties,... Continue Reading →