FRONT OF BOOK TEXAS with Kristie Ramirez

Send us Fan Mail Are restaurant influencers changing where Texans eat? Host Kristie Ramirez explores the future of Texas food media, restaurant culture, and the forces shaping dining across the Lone Star State. Influencers can fill a dining room overnight, but can they earn lasting trust? In this episode, Kristie Ramirez and food journalist Courtney E. Smith unpack the changing relationship betwee...

Send us Fan Mail West Texas looks empty on a map. On the road, it is the most vivid part of the state. In this episode of Front of Book Texas, host Kristie Ramirez maps a five-day West Texas road trip she actually drove: from Dallas through Glen Rose, Hico, Llano, Marathon, Terlingua, Big Bend National Park, Cibolo Creek Ranch, and Marfa. These are the real-world details you need to plan it well....

Send us Fan Mail There's a look that's uniquely Texas. Worn in, intentional, quietly expensive. Lauren Owen of Texas built an entire brand around it. Lauren Mahoney and Matt Owen, the married creative duo behind Lauren Owen of Texas, are redefining Austin vintage shopping with their signature late 20th century old Texas money aesthetic that feels nostalgic, intentional, and completely th...

Send us Fan Mail Brand illustrator Rob Wilson, West Texas–born and raised, now creating work for global brands across the U.S. and Europe, went from sketching in Ralls to shaping visual identities for some of the biggest names in media, fashion, and design. His roots have never left his work. In this episode, Rob breaks down what it truly takes to build a sustainable creative career, how a strong...

Send us Fan Mail Photographer and art director Korena Bolding pays attention on purpose — and it shows in everything from her Dallas studio work to assignments that take her to Antarctica. She shares how a graphic design foundation at the University of North Texas shaped her editorial eye, and how a weekly practice of photographing flowers, inspired by Dutch still life at the Rijksmuseum, helped h...

Send us Fan Mail Oscar-nominated musician Abraham Alexander reflects on his journey from Greece to Texas shaped by loss, foster care, and learning English as a second language and how those experiences formed the emotional foundation of his songwriting. In this conversation, Abraham explores grief, identity, and resilience, and how early hardship built the empathy that defines his music. He also t...

Send us Fan Mail Miron Crosby isn't just a boot brand, it's a Texas story rooted in generations of ranch life, real craftsmanship, and a "fewer, finer" philosophy that turns heads from Far West Texas to the streets of New York. Co-founders and sisters Lizzie Means Duplantis and Sarah Means Ward grew up where boots are daily gear and the land itself teaches you to notice color,...

Send us Fan Mail FRONT OF BOOK Texas is where global culture and lifestyle meet Texas roots. Hosted by veteran storytellers and editors Kristie Ramirez and Georgianna Moreland, FRONT OF BOOK Texas is a culture and lifestyle podcast exploring the creatives, tastemakers, founders, and storytellers shaping Texas—and influencing conversations around the world. I’ve spent more than twenty years obsessi...

Send us Fan Mail FRONT OF BOOK Texas is where culture gets loud. This is the official trailer for FRONT OF BOOK Texas, hosted by Kristie Ramirez. Texas isn’t just a place, it’s a creative force shaping music, art, fashion, food, and design on a global scale. This trailer introduces the vision behind the show and the conversations to come: intimate, unfiltered, and rooted in the people defining mod...