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Work up your Thanksgiving appetite with these Texas food tidbits

We’ve been cooking up a special treat: a show all about Texas eats and drinks – the sweet, the savory and everything in between.
The biggest food story in Texas in recent months was the announcement of the first-ever Texas Michelin guide, the creme-de-la-creme.
What Texas Monthly’s barbecue editor learned traveling the country in search of BBQ.
Inside the Atkinson Candy Co., which has been handcrafting classic treats in Lufkin for 92 years.
And: A new podcast about Texas whiskey that you just might think is neat.

Texas Standard: November 8, 2019

It’s been a long time coming, but now that a state takeover of Houston ISD is happening… We’ll look at questions that remain about how it will unfold. Vetting migrants has always been a talking point for President Trump. Now a new facility is giving border agents access to classified information they haven’t had before. Plus Texas voters passed a measure supporting tax money for parks. We’ll look at how that money will be spent. And remembering a Puerto Rican astrologer who crossed borders of all sorts. Also, have you ever felt a song is about you? Taking that to the next level. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard: