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This Week in Deliciousness

How was your Cinco de Mayo? Ours was great!​ Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we're still looking for a bakery that can fit "Sorry I Never Finished College and Quit Going to Church and Swear Too Much In My Articles and Am Generally a Huge Disappointment to You ... More >>

Where Have All the Sex-With-Animals Videos Gone?

​Remember the good ol' days, when it was perfectly permissible to, you know, allow the family furry friend to lick your peanut-butter-slathered genitalia clean? Okay, okay, easy there, Judge Judy. Before you condemn, it's a good source of protein, no matter from where it originates. You can bet ... More >>

Hong Kong Stocking Stuffers

​Stuffing stockings with candy canes and chocolate bars is boring. So every year I try to come up with some original ideas. One year I stuffed the stockings with drugstore items like toothpaste, dental floss, Q-tips, and Band-Aids. That didn't work out so well. Aggrieved parties are still whin ... More >>

Aftermath: A Lesson In Emotional Violence With Taking Back Sunday at House of Blues

Photos by Groovehouse​ "It's going to be so different without Fred," that's all he kept saying as we entered downtown. "Who?" was the response he got in return. "Fred...I can't pronounce his last name, but he was the lead guitarist, you can totally tell which songs he wrote in comparison to the ot ... More >>

Double Secret Hangover Cure

​The holiday season is upon us. How well are you prepared? Oh, we're not talking about stocking stuffers, travel tips, Christmas sweaters, and place settings. Let's take a minute to consider the oft-overlooked holiday thorn: the hangover. Holidays are for hugs, happiness, and that low-down d ... More >>

Catfish at Wunsche Bros. Cafe

​ Built in 1902 in Old Town Spring as a hotel and saloon for railroad employees, today Wunsche Bros. Café stands emasculated by its current surroundings but holds strong to its heritage. The interior of Wunsche Bros. is still filled with hints of manlier times - of honor bars and prohibition ... More >>

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: What begins as a simple question on Filipino cuisin ... More >>

Top 5 Cheesiest Soft Drink Commercials

Coca-Cola Hilltop Commercial Thirty years ago, Coca-Cola imagined itself as the arbiter of world peace. Let's just buy the world a Coke and everything will be hunky-dory. Today, America is often despised as a "Coca-Cola" culture, and Coke itself is blamed for the skyrocketing rates of obesity and ... More >>

You Can't Be Serious

Our readers debate this year's Best of Houston® winners.

Oh, God: Now It's Our Teeth We Have To Be Self-Conscious About

​What is it with Houston and lists? Fattest city, most polluted city; even when it's a good thing, it's only something like being a cheap place to date. You know, we're guessing Des Moines, Iowa, is a cheap place to date, too. It's just that no one bothers to check.Now it's our teeth.Once again a ... More >>

Health Department Roundup: Downtown Crackdown Edition

In this economy, flat is the new up in the restaurant trade. One can't excuse nasty hygiene just because the chips are down, but this week, we'll throw in some good vibes along with the jibes as we look behind the scenes at health code-breaking restaurants in Houston's ever-revitalizing downtown. ... More >>

Missed Your Free Ice Cream Cone Last Week?

Don't despair: Baskin-Robbins has your back. Today only, the ice cream chain is holding its annual 31 Cent Scoop Night to benefit the National Volunteer Firefighters Council and firefighters across the United States.  A small scoop of one of the 31 ice cream flavors is a mere 31 ... More >>

Things To Look For At The Obama Inaugural

You know where you could be right this moment, which is about 7:30 in the morning Houston time?You could be waiting in FREEZING Washington, DC, getting on line to go through security checks so you could wait for hours and hours to watch Barack Obama's inauguration from a half-mile away.On the one ha ... More >>

Houston Likes Its Caffeine Cold And Bubbly

Houston, you love your caffeine, but only when it comes cold and bubbly.The second annual Caffeinated Cities survey came out today; it's conducted by something called HealthSaver and looks at caffeine use across the country.The Most Caffeinated City in America? Tampa. (Huh?) Followed by Seattle (tha ... More >>

Free DP and Tacos for All!

Houston Turns Back to Tap Water

That stuff flowing from the faucet is safe, cheap and environmental

The Spread: Solid Platinum on West T. C. Jester

Machinist and Truck Drivers

The College Question

Q&A: Porn Stars, Rock Stars and Katie Pell

$13 at Café Montrose on Westheimer

Altar Boyz

This show at Stages is predictable, banal and even a little offensive

The New NHL Uniforms Are Hot. Damn Hot.

Bayou Blow

Coke is the new weed

Cred Sheet

Stuff you need to know to avoid musical ostracism

14:58, 14:57, 14:56...

Gimme a B!

Nate Nicoll's synth sounds are your ticket to the '80s

Sugar Coated

This Baylor medical "expert" cashed in on infomercials. Now he's showing how things go better with Coke.

Right Movie, Wong Time

A romantic drama made in 1991 shows a Chinese director at his finest

Beer Run

Brew up some support at the Shiner Beer B.A.S.H.

Righteous Party

Get some Easter Salvation at the Jungle 13 weekend

Radio Daze

One man, one jambox and four walls. For 24 hours.

Bar Etiquette 101

Our columnist grills a few bartenders and comes up with The Nightfly's Nine Rules for More Effective Boozing

Hot 'n' Heavenly

Have a hell of a time at Club Envy's Halloween Ball

World Party

Dubtex grooves with global drum 'n' bass

Fab Fest

Queer Eye's Jai Rodriguez stirs up some Pride

Well-Dressed Rebels

Revolt of the operagoing socialites

Hell on Earth

Both sides in a Houston fight worship the same god: publicity

Barfin' Green

Hangover planning for St. Patrick's Day

Best Film Series

Angelika Film Center's "Sensational Cinema"

Best Diner with Waitresses to Give You Wholesome Dreams

59 Diner

Best Grocery Store Music

Fiesta

The Big Deal

Vending machines are leaving Texas school cafeterias. But the mother lode of "minimal nutritional value" has hardly gone away.

Main Street Refuge

The Osteria d'Aldo Martini

Best Place for a Free Massage

The Sharper Image

Real Life

Migraine Mills. All-consuming paths converge at Katy's megamall

Carbonated Cash

Drink up, kids. Keep those soda dollars coming.

Static

Poor Boy Riches

At Original New Orleans Po-Boys, the treasures are Southern-fried

Press Picks

Talking (and Talking) Film