Subject: Texas Department of Agriculture

• Month, Week, Daze

  Mark your calendar. October is the month for wining and dining.

  October 10, 2002

• The Dirt Doctor

  July 17, 2008

• High on the Hog

  In Texas, shoot as many feral pigs as you like. Just don't let your dog bite them.

  August 24, 2006

• And Now For The News(letter)

  Haven't signed up for our weekly restaurant newsletter, Hot off the Grill? Well, do it--soon. You'll discover why our writer type person thinks the Texas Department of Agriculture is one really hip organization (something to do with heavy wine drinking) and some details about a new Hawaiian place.Besides, the goons from our marketing department won't stop threatening us...we mean, encouraging us by escorting us home, fixing our apparently over-inflated tires and giving us hard pats near the back

  May 12, 2009

• A Little "Cheese" With Texas Wine

  Last Wednesday, the folks at the Texas Department of Agriculture (an organization that definitely deserves a cooler name) took over Pappas Bros. Steakhouse for a big ol' photo shoot to promote the Go Texan Restaurant Program. Showcasing restaurants serving Texas wine, produce, shrimp and other Lone Star products, the program also hosts an annual Restaurant Round-Up to raise money for food banks across the state. This year's round-up is coming up in September, and in honor of the occasion

  July 1, 2009

• Sips And (Sound)Bites And Almost Fist Fights

  Back to school, with drinking--and threats--allowed: a panel discussion at the drinklocalwines.com conference.​This past Saturday, a sold-out crowd gathered at Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts in North Dallas for the first-ever DrinkLocalWine.com Conference. Hosted by website founders Jeff Siegel and Dave McIntyre and the Texas Department of Agriculture's Go Texan program, the event drew wine makers, wine writers, bloggers and enthusiasts from far and wide for discussions on the topi

  August 17, 2009