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Alison Cook

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    5 Things Not to Do If a Food Critic Is Eating at Your Restaurant

    In this week's cafe review of Liberty Kitchen, I had a difficult time pegging the restaurant and what it's trying to be. Oyster bar with killer burgers and cocktails? Upscale dinner destination? Casual lunching spot with confusing prices? I ended up drawing my own conclusions -- which you can read i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Everybody Loves Raymond Peña's Donut Heaven & Grill

    Well, at least Alison Cook and I seem to. In a funny bit of overlap, the Houston Chronicle's food critic visited Peña's Donut Heaven & Grill during the same general time frame last week -- she for one of her Burger Friday posts, and I for this week's cafe review -- and we both came away very impres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

    The Loop Scoop: TLS has some choice words for D'Amico's, which recently invited the Chronicle's Alison Cook to eat in the restaurant with a chalkboard sign meant as a counterpoint to a sign banning the critic at Liberty Kitchen. Dude, You Going to Eat That?: Just because the whole city is in love w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Eat a Burger, Fight Hunger at Little Bitty Burger Barn

    ​If I were asked to create my own burger to be featured on a menu, it would contain blue cheese and bacon -- and would preferably be served on a locally-baked bun; none of this soggy Sunbeam business. So imagine my surprise when I heard that Little Bitty Burger Barn owner Ricardo Luna had not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Blue Jean Gourmet: Former EOW blogger Nishta Mehra's first post of 2011 on her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    The Most Disappointing Restaurant Openings of 2010

    Gnashing of teeth and rending of clothes accompanied news that we'd no longer be able to enjoy Sabetta's homemade sausage and peppers.​This week, we start our countdown of 2010 restaurant openings and closings, counting down the restaurants that opened in 2010 after great advance buzz only to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Robb Walsh: Walsh has been documenting a variety of very interesting, very time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. The Mighty Rib: Kevin's been on the road lately and reviewing restaurant far ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Dude, You Going To Eat That?: In the midst of all the hubbub about the high-fru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Aghastronome: Former contributor to the now-defunct Houstonist, Mary Jane Poorm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Cook's Tour: After many years of being a holdout despite her long-term Texas ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Silent Auction To Benefit Gulf Fishermen: Foodie Goodies For Sale

    ​Even if you aren't attending the upcoming Ceviche Throwdown, you can still help with the Houston Chowhounds' goal of raising $15,000 to support local Gulf fishermen in the wake of the BP oil spill and ensuing environmental disaster. An online silent auction, organized by head 'Hound Jenny Wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Fork and Cork: Greg Morago reports on the rumors swirling around Textile lately ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Top Five Twitter Food Fights

    ​As Craig Hlavaty briefly discusses in this week's feature on the Twitterverse, the food community has become one of the largest on Twitter. At first, it may seem unusual for members of a a non-tech-oriented community to have become such early adopters of the technology and to have built such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Whole Fish: Wondering what that funny yellow fruit is that's been popping up on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Cook's Tour: Here's an idea whose time has come... Alison Cook is doing a weekl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    The Yelp Effect

    ​Although there was no shortage of food-related panels at the Interactive portion of South by Southwest (SXSWi) this year, none were as insightful or as incendiary as The Yelp Effect, a frank discussion on the effect that online reviews and criticisms have on the restaurant industry. Led by A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Foodie Houston: We can't disagree with Jodie's statement that "Chris Shepherd R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Ten Jinxed Houston Restaurant Locations

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Foodie Houston: We can't disagree with Jodie's statement that "Chris Shepherd R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2007

    Shrimp Wars: Calling Bullshit

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Foodie Houston: We can't disagree with Jodie's statement that "Chris Shepherd R ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 7, 2002

    Inside Baseball at the Bistro

    Chef John Sheely's Mockingbird Bistro could end up as an inside-the-park home run

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Letters

    Chef John Sheely's Mockingbird Bistro could end up as an inside-the-park home run

  • News

    January 16, 1997

    Letters

    Chef John Sheely's Mockingbird Bistro could end up as an inside-the-park home run

  • Dining

    July 27, 1995

    Diner's Notebook

    Traction Report

  • Dining

    July 13, 1995

    Diner's Notebook

    The Empire Strikes Back

  • Dining

    June 22, 1995

    Diner's Notebook

    Slippage Report

  • News

    June 8, 1995

    Letters

    Slippage Report

  • Dining

    June 1, 1995

    Diner's Notebook

    Top of the Morning

  • Dining

    May 25, 1995

    Diner's Notebook

    Restaurant Stew

  • News

    May 18, 1995

    Letters

    Restaurant Stew

  • News

    May 11, 1995

    Cook Gets Two Beards

    Restaurant Stew

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    Cook Is Beard Finalist

    Restaurant Stew

  • Dining

    April 13, 1995

    Annals of Downtown

    Restaurant Stew

  • Dining

    January 26, 1995

    Hot Plate

    Restaurant Stew

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    Letters

    Restaurant Stew

  • News

    January 19, 1995

    Letters

    Restaurant Stew

  • Dining

    January 12, 1995

    Bombay Buffet

    Restaurant Stew

  • News

    December 15, 1994

    Letters

    Restaurant Stew

  • Dining

    December 8, 1994

    Soup Weather

    Restaurant Stew

  • News

    November 3, 1994

    Press Wins Awards

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • Dining

    October 20, 1994

    Simply Fondon't

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • Dining

    August 25, 1994

    Hot Plate

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • Dining

    August 18, 1994

    Hot Plate

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • Dining

    July 21, 1994

    Hot Plate

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • Dining

    June 16, 1994

    Louisiana Lunch

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • News

    April 28, 1994

    Letters

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • Dining

    April 7, 1994

    Seoul Food

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • News

    March 3, 1994

    Letters

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • News

    February 17, 1994

    Letters

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

  • Dining

    January 27, 1994

    Behold the Modern Kolache

    A Katie for the Katy and kudos to Cook

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