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Passing the bar (knowledge): New spots to wine, dine, sip & shoot
By Caroline Gallay
Mar 11th, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Now that we've heard the news that drinking might actually be good for you, we're going to have to try out a few of the myriad ...
KITCHEN INEPT
Can't boil an egg? The Food Network wants a few bad chefs
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 11th, 2010 at 3:43 PM
If you or someone you know is always the person asked to bring napkins to a pot luck dinner, you might have a chance at making the second ...
EAT YOUR HEART OUT
Heaven with a side of gravy: Come on, you only live once
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 11th, 2010 at 9:31 AM
According to lore, once upon a time in the Old West, cowboys cooked up less-than-prime cuts of meat by tenderizing them, coating them with flour and water and ...
FOODIE NEWS
Saks Fifth Avenue gets Lucky: Grille 5115 slated for a fashionable makeover
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 9th, 2010 at 7:00 PM
The restaurant at Saks Fifth Avenue is undergoing a fashionable makeover — with a new name to come soon. Tuesday night's Symphony Ball underwriters' dinner was the last ...
FOODIE NEWS
First Taste: The undiscovered Habaneros Mex-Grill
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 9th, 2010 at 1:35 PM
Polo Becerra is well-known as the proprietor of Post Oak Grill and the eponymous Polo's Signature, but his new Habaneros Mex-Grill in Midtown remains largely undiscovered. And ...
RESTAURANT ROUND-UP
Quit that hibernating: New March restos are on the way
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 9th, 2010 at 6:45 AM
After a frenzied fall, the restaurant scene in Houston took a much needed breather from openings — with the exceptions of returning Ike victims Brennan's and Ruggles Grill ...
FOODIE NEWS
What's Brewing at Luby's? How about a coffeehouse
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 8th, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Brush off the wayback machine, kids. The year was 1996: Oasis and the Spice Girls were all over the radio, the Dallas Cowboys were unstoppable, and coffeehouses were ...
CELEB SPOTTING
Night Owl: Hilary Duff hangs at The Owl
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 6th, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Where does a former Gossip Girl go when she's back in her hometown? Well, if she's Hilary Duff and her hometown is Houston, she spends Friday ...
MADE IN THE SHADE
Where are you going to spend this sunny day? Follow our insider ...
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 6th, 2010 at 5:43 AM
With winter weather (finally!) receding, we are more than ready for lunching al fresco. Or just hanging out and wiling away an entire day outdoors - with food and ...
COFFEE GROUND
Guns 'n' Lattes: Packing heat at your neighborhood Starbucks
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 3rd, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Have the Starbucks baristas gotten less passive-aggressive lately? Maybe it's because they know that the customer at the counter ordering a tall half skinny half 1-percent extra ...
FOODIE NEWS
Chef Denis says ciao to Granduca's Ristorante Cavour
By Sarah Rufca
Mar 2nd, 2010 at 10:19 AM
After two years of defining high-end French-accented Italian cuisine at Hotel Granduca's sumptuous Ristorante Cavour, Chef David Denis will be parting ways with the restaurant. But Denis ...
MOBILE MUNCHIES MESS
Unshackle the food trucks: Houston's grub mobiles need more freedom
By Caroline Gallay
Feb 24th, 2010 at 3:55 PM
There's not much I want more after a night out than a late-night snack. Unfortunately, in Houston, that means waiting an eternal half-hour for the pizza guy ...
Food for Thought
Food poisoning followed by oysters: A new twist
By Marene Gustin - March 10th, 2010
Last week started with food poisoning and ended with raw oysters. You’d think that might be the other way around, but no. The two events are actually unrelated. But ...
RAVE & RANT
Oh my! I've found a truck that serves up the best comfort food around
By Janice Schindeler - March 9th, 2010
Food trucks are the hottest trend on the streets of America’s big cities. LA has got ‘em, NYC and Philly, too. Hell, even the teeny remote West Texas town ...
Who needs fancy? Biscuits & Gravy, a country girl's junk food
An old friend from my San Antonio days recently reminded me of our wild ways. She ended by declaring that she tells people about how we would end our evenings ...
Rave & Rant
When food becomes the second language
By Janice Schindeler - March 2nd, 2010
For my small farmer’s market business, I have space in a kitchen where the rest of the work force is Vietnamese, Burmese, Mexican or Guatemalan. I never know what ...
Family-run Huynh is a labor of love
Trying to find Anny Dang in her restaurant at lunchtime is like trying to hit a moving target. She is taking orders. She is darting into the kitchen. She is ...
Food for Thought
It's a (haute) dog fight!
By Marene Gustin - February 24th, 2010
There’s a dog fight on! No, not that kind. It’s not like Stump is about to take down the new Westminster champ Sadie in a canine smackdown. This ...
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