The chef will be signing copies of "Truly Texas Mexican" at 2 p.m. Saturday at River Oaks Barnes & Noble, 2030 W. Gray. 'Truly Texas Mexican' 'A Native Culinary Heritage in Recipes ' By Adán Medrano ...

Many of the recipes in Medrano's book, “Truly Texas Mexican: A Native Culinary Heritage in Recipes,” (Texas Tech University Press, $29.95) are undoubtedly familiar to San Antonio natives.

The Mexican side of town was euphemistically referred to on surveys as ‘Spanish Acres.’ The downtown, the junior high school, the high school and the post office were all on the gringo side.

On April 21, 1836, Houston’s army surprised a Mexican force at San Jacinto, and Santa Anna, leader of the Mexican forces, was captured — bringing an end to Mexico’s effort to subdue Texas.

Corpus Christi, Texas, key site for Mexican-American history By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press writer Nov 9, 2013 3 min to read ...

Adding Mexican-American studies to graduation requirements, Diaz told the board, would go a long way now that more than half of Texas’ students are Hispanic. But a few board members were skeptical.

Mexican-American history is a dominant narrative of Texas history. We can choose to ignore that fact or we can choose to include it, and I firmly believe [we should include it.]” ...

Food is where Adán Medrano's new documentary starts, but the film, " Truly Texas Mexican," which launched on Amazon Prime this week, weaves through history, archaeology, feminism and ...

What this history glosses over, though, is that of Mexican Americans. Sure, it’s mentioned that Texas gained independence from Mexico, but the history of Mexican Americans in Texas since the ...

The real roots of Texas BBQ stretch far and deep into Indigenous earth ovens, Mexican ranchos, and the communal food ...

Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836 and eventually joined the U.S. as a slave state. Mexico lost again in the Mexican-American War, and the Rio Grande became the southern boundary of ...

Barkell asked a loaded question that could take at least one college history course and a semester to answer, but I will try my best to get to the nuts and bolts of the U.S.-Mexico border's ...