By opening day, Bayou Place's new Samba Grille was already nearly an old haunt to many well-connected foodies.
Between the well-connected quartet of managing partners Estella Erdman ...
We all thought fries were pretty much the best thing ever — until someone brilliant ran out of russets one day and sliced up some sweet potatoes instead. Crunchy ...
The deep-frying competition at the Texas State Fair is fierce — they've got fried snickers, fried frito pie and even fried butter.
It was the fried butter (that ...
Editor's note: During the now month-long extravaganza that Houston Restaurant Week has become, CultureMap's resident foodie — associate editor Sarah Rufca — is writing a diary of her ...
When it comes to burger raptures, Houstonians tend to favor the hole in the wall joints — Lankford Grocery & Market, Christian's Tailgate, Sparkle's Hamburger Spot.
But when ...
Usually when someone offers us lunch, it's a well-packed, pre-made box affair. (Not that we love it any less, mind you.)
So the CultureMap office was pleasantly ...
No one knows Houston restaurants better than the people who run them, own them, and work in the kitchens. In this continuing series, CultureMap is asking our favorite ...
Steve Scalice wants his neighbs to know that it's still him behind the The Fairview (and behind the bar) at the old Dean's Credit Clothing location ...
When we put out a call for Houstonians to nominate their favorite chefs for Nightline's national People's Platelist contest, readers apparently responded. Out of 1,000 ...
If Big “D” is for Dallas, then the little “a” that comes next is definitely for the “arts.” Or so it seemed on a quick weekend getaway to Houston’s ...
A lamb lollipop is, and isn’t, what you think. At Hotel ZaZa’s Monarch it is simply a perfectly cooked little lamp chop on a frenched bone. They come ...
Everyone knows what it’s like to feel hungry — temporarily.
Whether the result of a packed schedule, poor planning, unexpected incidents or complicated daily routines, most have experienced the aftermath ...
Had lunch recently at Caffe Bello with longtime pals Jenny Olin and Dayna Steele (yep, that Dayna Steele).
Chef Michael Dei Maggi came out, probably to see what table was ...
We love to live in blissful ignorance and I have to remind myself that for some, this is the preferred modus operandi.
Truth, in general, can be so overwhelming and ...
I’ve been thinking a lot about chile peppers lately, two in particular.
One, has its own local festival, the other, well, we’ll get to that little devil in ...