Texas Highways Magazine

Root to Stem, Nose to Tail

DISTANT RELATIVES 3901 Promontory Point Drive, Austin. Open Wed-Sun noon-8 p.m. or until sold out. distantrelatives atx.com

When Damien Brockway launched his food truck, Distant Relatives, early last year in the parking lot of an East Austin tire shop, it was a radical departure from his fine-dining background. Brockway had garnered accolades at Austin restaurants like popular sushi spot Uchiko and the now-closed tasting menu restaurant, Counter 3. Five. VII, which left many diners eager for his next act.

No one—including

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Texas Highways Magazine

Texas Highways Magazine3 min read
Pod Bless Texas
Malty, nutty. chocolatey, spicy, or even akin to the scent of a campfire—mesquite is a notoriously tricky flavor to describe. But it’s one worth getting to know, especially if you are one of the many Texans who consider it a “trash” tree. Native to T
Texas Highways Magazine12 min read
A Notch above
As we hike through desert scrub, the soft, light purple of a madrone tree catches my eye. Its boughs twist out with sculpted elegance. If I were to imagine a unicorn’s horn, the limb of a freshly peeled madrone would do the trick. The last time I was
Texas Highways Magazine4 min read
HISTORY & EDUCATIONAL
The Texas State Railroad carries passengers on a leisurely round trip between the East Texas towns of Palestine and Rusk. The rail line was built in the early 1900s to transport iron from the Rusk state penitentiary’s foundry, but since the 1970s the

Related Books & Audiobooks