Email Author Robb Walsh

Awards

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published June 18, 2009

  "Not So Clear Cut"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 18, 2009

  "Not So Clear Cut"

• 2010 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals

  Eating Our Words

• 2008 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published December 20, 2007

  "Guess Who's Making Your Dinner?"

• 2008 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published December 20, 2007

  "Guess Who's Making Your Dinner?"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published March 10, 2005

  "Mixing It Up"

• 2006 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals, published August 25, 2005

  "Texas Burger Binge"

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2000 Stories by Robb Walsh

• Rapture in a Glass

  published July 20, 2000

  The urge to genuflect comes over me when I enter Mark's [1658 Westheimer, (713)523-3800], the cutting-edge American cuisine restaurant... More >>

• Veg Out

  published July 13, 2000

  Sev potato puri comes in a little red and white paper boat, the kind ballpark nachos are served in. With the chips underneath and the... More >>

• Wake-up Call

  published July 13, 2000

  The LSU pennants and the employee T-shirts emblazoned with giant crawfish and the slogan "Just Suck It" make it clear that you have crossed... More >>

• Utopia, Texas

  published July 6, 2000

  "Buffalo witz cheese, medium rare," slurred the cute twentysomething girl who took my order. Her pierced tongue was decorated with a bluish metal... More >>

• Nutty Rita

  published July 6, 2000

  Forties-era swing music and gleaming dark-wood booths with wine-red leather upholstery greet you at the front door of Truluck's Steak and... More >>

• The Mother Flavor

  published June 29, 2000

  "Super Tortas, Taqueria, Huaraches." These words are painted in bright green letters on the side of La Bamba Meat Market. They catch my eye... More >>

• The Sicilian Freeze-out

  published June 29, 2000

  There's a tree branch sticking out of the wall at Birraporetti's in the River Oaks Shopping Center [1907 West Gray, (713)529-9191]. It's... More >>

• Take Me Out to the Ball Game Cafe

  published June 22, 2000

  On the TV monitor at Ruggles at Enron Field, we were watching Chris Holt put on an amazing performance against the Philadelphia Phillies.... More >>

• Mudbugs: The Dirty Truth

  published June 22, 2000

  They were my first crawfish of the season, and they brought back fond memories of Louisiana love affairs and eating Cajun food in the car. (If you... More >>

• Tropical Breeze

  published June 22, 2000

  Behind the planters of dark green mother-in-law's tongues and the hand-crafted equipale chairs stretches the long, gleaming wooden bar... More >>

• Peter Pan Cuisine

  published June 15, 2000

  When Tony recognizes my celebrity dining partners, he bounds over to our table and starts pumping their hands. Since I am reviewing anonymously,... More >>

• Booze in a Blender

  published June 15, 2000

  Sitting in a white plastic beach chair under a thatched grass palapa, watching the palm trees sway in the tropical breeze with this... More >>

• Multicultural Masala

  published June 8, 2000

  Abdul picks up the Styrofoam bowl and begins eating the spicy pink yogurt with a plastic spoon, so I follow his lead. The cold yogurt soup has... More >>