Email Author Robb Walsh

Awards

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

  Eating Our Words

• 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"

• 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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2003 Stories by Robb Walsh

• Sparkling Leftovers

  published December 25, 2003

  Tip for Obsessive Holiday DecoratorsChampagne cocktails look great in glasses rimmed with red or green sugar (the kind you put on Christmas... More >>

• Ancient Eggplant

  published December 18, 2003

  Ephesus GrillMeze tabagi$7.99 Iskender kabob$10.99 Patlican kabob$10.99 Mixed... More >>

• Italian Bubba

  published December 11, 2003

  Damian Mandola looked fat and happy at the Texas Book Festival in Austin last month, where he was showing off his new book, Ciao... More >>

• Cosmopolitan Confit

  published December 4, 2003

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• Stinky Food

  published November 27, 2003

  Chicken with basil$6.75 Fried funky bean curd$3.25 Salt-baked pepper shrimp $8.50 Marinated seaweed$1.50 Mussels$9.95 More >>

• Tamale Morning

  published November 20, 2003

  On Saturday morning at 10:30, there are around a dozen people eating tamales and drinking atole in the steamy little restaurant called... More >>

• Slow Down for Crabs

  published November 13, 2003

  Our order of six blue crabs arrives just as King of the Hill starts. My daughter Julia and I are seated at a table out on the porch of... More >>

• Shooting Bambi's Mom

  published November 6, 2003

  About 60 yards away, a fat doe is trying to hide in a cluster of scrub oaks. I can see her through the scope, but with all the leaves in the way,... More >>

• Venison Recipes for Gourmet Environmentalists

  published November 6, 2003

  Venison Stock or Demi-Glace The French base their fabulous sauces on stocks, which are meat broths made from bones. These stocks can be... More >>

• My Pork Belly Future

  published November 6, 2003

  The wooden bowl full of warm milk, poached eggs and white bread comes with a slice of queso fresco on the side. You tear up the cheese and... More >>

• The Best Freedom Restaurant in Town?

  published October 30, 2003

  In a rave review of the new restaurant called Rouge (812 Westheimer, 713-520-7955), Houston Chronicle critic Alison Cook says, "For what I... More >>

• NYBBQ

  published October 23, 2003

  On my way to host the Houston Press Restaurant Radio Show one Friday afternoon, I stopped by Vic's Backyard Bar-B-Q Barn on... More >>

• Cancún Cuisine

  published October 16, 2003

  Cascadas Cantina y Restaurante Nachos frijoles$6 Nachos a Las Cascadas$10 Cheese enchiladas$6 Stuffed avocado... More >>

• Sandwich On Demand

  published October 16, 2003

  Hutchins Street in old Chinatown is one of those thoroughfares that most people drive down only when they're lost. The street was once home to... More >>

• A Tale of Two Critics

  published October 9, 2003

  "The french fries are awful," Alison Cook whispers. I pick one up off her plate and eat it. She's trying the chicken wings and french fries at... More >>

• Frankincense and Popcorn

  published October 2, 2003

  Our hostess spoons frankincense resin over a red-hot charcoal briquette in the ceremonial burner on our table, and a cloud of fragrant smoke... More >>

• Pavlovian Pork Chops

  published September 25, 2003

  Lunch special$5.95 Hamburger$5.95 Catfish sandwich$4.95 Vegetables$1.60 Peach cobbler$2 More >>

• Bordering on Bennigan's

  published September 11, 2003

  At Morgan's on Montrose, the restaurant that has replaced the Redwood Grill, the Asian tuna salad comes on a pale green rectangular plate.... More >>

• Mexico City Tex-Mex

  published September 4, 2003

  Tlacoyos turn out to be fried pielike ovals of masa dough filled with beans and then baked. There are three of them on the plate, covered... More >>

• Only 200 Served

  published August 28, 2003

  You like hamburgers?" plumber Bill Beatty asks me conspiratorially as we stand in line at Guy's Meat Market on Old Spanish Trail. It's not... More >>

• Barbecued Squid

  published August 21, 2003

  The squid was just an afterthought. The bulgogi (marinated rib eye) and bulgalbi (marinated boneless short ribs) would probably have been plenty... More >>

• History's at Steak

  published August 14, 2003

  There is a pleasant aroma inside Brenner's Steakhouse and it isn't my medium-rare New York strip: I sent the steak back. My dining... More >>

• Chaat Room

  published August 7, 2003

  The plump Indian lady at the front counter of Bombay Sweets & Pure Vegetarian Restaurant on Hillcroft is shouting something across the... More >>

• Food Fitness Center

  published July 31, 2003

  There are plenty of dense, chewy Chinese brown mushrooms tossed with the penne pasta. And just as I requested, the tomato sauce is heavily spiked... More >>

• Sausage Delivery Systems

  published July 24, 2003

  The pizza crust was crispy with big yeast bubbles. The tomato sauce was spicy. And the loose Italian sausage spread over the top was kicking up... More >>