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May 24, 2012
2012 Summer Guide
A new minor league baseball team, a new amusement park, the urban wilderness of Buffalo Bayou, food, concerts and plays — Houston, prepare to get your summer on.
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Revising A Classic: Seven-Layer Bars
"Seven layer bars," also known as "magic bars," are one of my favorite baked goods, falling just behind chewy chocolate chip cookies. You may wonder why, then, I would ever mess with the traditional recipe, which calls for butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, coconut, nuts (usually walnuts), sweeten ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
(Possibly) On the Menu: The McGangBang
It was a lovely Sunday afternoon. I was sitting in a room full of friends as we laughed, noshed on fruit cocktail, enjoyed a non-fruit cocktail or two and finished setting out the day's "spread" when it happened. You could smell it before it even hit the door. McDonald's was here. While others brou ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Wine of the Week: Great Value for an Under-$40 Red Wine
Here at Wine Time, we generally try to write about under-$25 bottles readily available in the Houston market. Even though there are many great price-quality-ratio (PQR) wines out there at lower "price points" (as we say in wine-speak), under-$25 represents the current sweet spot in my experience, wh ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
Secret Food Confessions
No matter how well-educated one becomes about food, some cravings never go away. Some are born in childhood. My husband complained for years when Grape Tang was discontinued and gets bizarre cravings for the crime against nature called "circus peanuts." Supposedly, it's a candy; a mind-boggling, rub ... More >>
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April 3, 2012
Wine Time: A Favorite Wine for Easter Lamb
When it comes to pairing wine with food, we live by two maxims at our house. 1. If it grows with it, it goes with it. (Motto attributed to the great New York restaurateur Danny Meyer.) Look to traditional pairings as rules-of-thumb. For example, the inhabitants of the western coast of France famo ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
What I Want In My Easter Basket
In one of his stand-up routines, Jerry Seinfeld has a terrific bit on Halloween, in which he says the "only clear thought" he had in the first 10 years of his life was: "Get candy." Hmm. "Get candy" still dominates my psyche 30 years later...and counting. Which is probably one of the reasons why H ... More >>
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March 30, 2012
Dining Out on Easter, a.k.a. Brunchapalooza
It's a little bit breakfast, a little bit lunch, and it's socially acceptable to drink before noon in public. Yes, my friends: Brunch is a beautiful thing. And Easter Sunday is the mother of all brunch celebrations. When it comes to Easter in Houston these things we know for sure: Easter egg hunts ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
PETA Asks Joel Osteen to Hang a "Go Vegan" Banner in His Church
We guess there's no harm in trying. PETA has written a letter asking Joel Osteen to hang a large "Go Vegan" banner in Lakewood Church, for which in return they will "prepare a delicious Easter Sunday faux-ham meal with all the trimmings for his parishioners." Why Osteen? PETA seems to think he's h ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
This Week in Deliciousness
Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where opinions are like nipples: everybody has four or five weird ones. We started the week off right by not at all clearing up the confusion regarding the difference between fish sauce and nuoc mam. The conclusion: Vietnamese restauran ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
Tops Drop: A Larger-Than-Life Fat Tuesday Playlist
Happy Fat Tuesday, y'all! Rocks Off mentioned in a previous post, about rappers and Houston restaurants, that some of the best artists are "Big" and "Fat": Big Pokey, Fat Pat, Big Moe, etc. Every day is Fat Tuesday for these rappers. They're all about overindulgence and that's why we love th ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
My Favorite Seasonal Candy
As I popped open my first St. Arnold's Spring Bock of the year, my mind turned to the passage of time. Mercurial in nature and impossible to halt, time offers us an ineffable, constant partner in life's dance. Spring becomes summer, summer becomes fall. Winter dawns and is swallowed up by the gre ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Top 5 Food-Inspired Holiday Games
Photo by Neighborhood CentersThese kids wouldn't last a second in our egg hunt.Raise your hand if you are obsessed with holidays. I think I've spent a good $50 on mini pumpkins this month. I like hiding them around the apartment and surprising my fiancé with them; next to the alarm clock whe ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Odd Pair: Boudin Balls and Brunello
Steaming boudin balls, freshly fried by Aunt Pam (who lives just a few doors away), were met with gasps of delight when they magically appeared at our family's Easter gathering last week. I had been waiting for the main attraction -- the spiral-sliced baked ham and all the fixings -- to start ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
West Texas Teardrops: Earmuffs, But No Sellout, In Austin
Ed. Note: This past weekend, Houston alternative/screamo rockers The Last Place You Look opened for Unwritten Law in Lubbock, Odessa, and Austin, and invited Rocks Off's Matthew Keever along. See links for Part 1 and Part 2. credTLPYL give it their all at Emo's.After two nights in a row of s ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
This Week in Deliciousness
The one in the tiara will not be putting up with your crap today, thanks. Probably not tomorrow, either.Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we've constructed a gigantic, hollow Peep with our leftover Easter Peeps and we're trying to come up with a way to lure Ni ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Lamb Cakes and Leprechauns: Holiday Cake Heebie-Jeebies
Please, don't cut me!Many holiday traditions are built around food. One of my family's traditions is lamb cake. As far back as I can remember, lamb cake has been a part of our Easter festivities. It is always plain white cake, with cream-cheese frosting and green-dyed coconut grass. Even aft ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Health Department Roundup
"That ice machine is looking pristine, bro."You know what Jesus was doing around Easter? Getting crucified and coming back from the dead to hang out in the Middle East instead of in paradise with his dad, for some reason. You can learn about the first part of this in Mel Gibson's The Passion ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
How to Use Up Leftover Easter Candy
Flickr user: QfamilyThe Easter bunny has come and gone, taking with him our excuse for consuming candy like a five-year-old and generally overindulging. If, despite your best efforts, you are still left with a huge basket full of candy, here are some unique ways to use up your stash before th ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Robin Lynn Bell: Drags Toddler Through Traffic, Drives Off With Kid Dangling Out Window (Allegedly)
Not to be messed withApparently Robin Lynn Bell is not handling the break-up with her baby's father very well. The 24-year-old northside woman, whom court records list as packing over 300 pounds on her 5' 3" frame, has been charged with apparently related crimes three times this year, most re ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Upcoming Events
Want to see someone carve Prince William's face in this cheese? Of course you do.Yes, it's Easter weekend, which means -- for some of you -- an extra day off and making extravagant dining plans for Sunday which involve uncomfortable clothing and your aunt who wears too much perfume. If you do ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Ethnic and Geopolitical Culinary Stereotypes as Expressed Through Google; Or, Why Do White People Eat Breakfast?
Yes, this exact thing is taking place in Thailand right now. Except not really.The interesting thing about Google is that we ask it the kind of deeply intimate questions that we would never ask another human being, even a friend or loved one. Embarrassing questions; compromising questions; da ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
This Week in Deliciousness
That's not Jesus, that is clearly Rasputin. This pierogi will take ages to destroy.Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where our skin is getting tan and leathery, our forearms like bronze hamhocks, our necks like freshly-stained rawhide, our nipples like crisp yet moi ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
A Sad East Texas Tale
That's not Jesus, that is clearly Rasputin. This pierogi will take ages to destroy.Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where our skin is getting tan and leathery, our forearms like bronze hamhocks, our necks like freshly-stained rawhide, our nipples like crisp yet moi ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
Jesus Is On the Mainline: The Son Of God In Rock & Roll
With Easter Sunday coming up, we delved into all the instances of Jesus Christ in rock and roll. He's been a popular lyrical subject since he was born over 2,000 years ago, and his family enterprise runs neck and neck with sex when it comes to the entire lyrical history of music. Hymns or lov ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Cooking the Easter Bunny
KILL IT WITH FIRE.If your kids haven't already figured out that there's no Easter Bunny, here's an easy way to teach them a valuable lesson while also scarring them for life: Cook and serve rabbit this year for Easter. Decorate with Easter eggs for effect. This is absolutely the kind of thin ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Eating Out on Easter Sunday
Ahhh Easter, a pastel-colored day filled with stale marshmallow candy, uncomfortable clothing, hard-boiled eggs and magical hares. And when the Easter Bunny comes to town, many of us go out to eat. So many, in fact, that Easter Sunday is currently the second most popular day for dining out (M ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Seven Easter Candy Favorites
These days, my Easter candy consumption is less "get up early and hunt for my Easter basket" and more "stay up late stuffing my face with Easter treats." I was at H-E-B the other day, and I spent half an hour browsing the Easter display to see what's going on in the world of Easter candy. Not ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
This Week in Deliciousness
For some reason, this picture of the wine festival at Brenner's makes us very excited about the commencement of filming on The Hobbit.Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where our constant tinkering in God's domain is about to pay off with the imminent discovery of a ... More >>
News
April 14, 2011
Bikes on Easements
North-south cycling trails could be a go!
Blogs
April 14, 2011
Cadbury Eggs vs. Peeps: The Ultimate Easter Candy Battle
Graphics by Monica FuentesPeeps and Cadbury Eggs might be the two most divisive Easter candies on shelves today. Loving or hating either one can easily be decried as heresy from staunch Peep apologists or Cadbury defenders. People don't seem to be as passionate about things like Reese's Peanu ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
God Is My Friend: Rebecca Black's "Friday" Gets A Holy Overhaul
To sate the born-again masses, Rebecca Black's "Friday" has been given a Christ-filled overhaul courtesy of young singer Sadie B, complete with church-championing lyrics and the handy lesson that Monday comes after church.
Blogs
April 8, 2011
Upcoming Events
As you may have read and seen around the Internet, this Sunday is Linda's Block Party at 1834 Westheimer, a fundraising event to help defray medical costs for Linda Salinas. Salinas, a local bartender and sommelier, was injured in a scooter accident on Sunday night, and the Houston restaurant ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Late Nite Catechism 4: Sister’s Easter Catechism: Will My Bunny Go to Heaven?
As you may have read and seen around the Internet, this Sunday is Linda's Block Party at 1834 Westheimer, a fundraising event to help defray medical costs for Linda Salinas. Salinas, a local bartender and sommelier, was injured in a scooter accident on Sunday night, and the Houston restaurant ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Robin Jeanette Jordan: Sole Arrest So Far in Raid on Fort Bend Cul-de-Sac Cathouse
Hookers in Pecan Grove. Who knew?Apparently, pecans weren't the only nuts hanging in the Richmond, Texas suburb of Pecan Grove. Authorities based both there and here in Houston say that 37-year-old Robin Jeanette Jordan, a.k.a. "Lianna," has been involved in an Internet-based prostitution r ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
NoTsuOh Ultimate Frisbee Team Immortalized in Celluloid
www.facebook.comThe boys from NoTsuOh at Paganello.The Houston-based ultimate team NoTsuOh may not have been a legend around these parts, but mention the name to beach Frisbee players in Rimini, Italy, and you may very well hear somebody utter the word "dynasty." Formed by Sean McCall in 20 ... More >>
News
July 29, 2010
ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling
Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone.
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Win A Pair Of Tickets To Odd Pair
More than half the tickets to our upcoming Odd Pair event at Absolve on July 25 have already been snapped up. Have you bought yours yet? Like its namesake column, Odd Pair will present an array of eight different tasting stations -- each with a food and wine pairing quite unlike anything you' ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2010
I Would Tweet 4 U: What If Prince Were On Twitter?
Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray/ Click image to enlarge (trust us)Sadly, Prince will not be releasing his next album online, despite being one of the first artists to release music exclusively on the Internet. He recently pronounced the Internet as "over," remarking, "All these comput ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2010
Odd Pair: Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs
A peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich. That's the way our wine guru described this week's Odd Pair. You may be scratching your head, thinking, "How can wine and candy taste like a sandwich?" Well, surprisingly, it can. This week, we're pairing leftover Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs with win ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2010
Top 10 Foods to Use to Dye Your Easter Eggs Naturally
This time of year, the stores are inundated with tons of egg coloring kits containing all sorts of artificial dyes and decorations to delight our whimsical fancies. These kits can be tons of fun and often impart great uniform color to the eggs. However, it seems that lately more and more peop ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2010
Top 5 Worst Easter Candies
We've already professed our love for Easter candy. Now we're willing to admit where it falls short. After all, no holiday is complete without its nasty options to complement the greatness. Without further complaint, here are our five all-time most hated Easter candies. 5. Pez In our somet ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Did You Know Houston Has Had the Same Official Song Since 1915? Maybe It's Time for a New One.
We don't know if it's the election or what - actually it's not, but bear with us - but this afternoon Rocks Off got to wondering whether or not Houston had its own official song, lyrics and music officially sanctioned and ratified to embody the Space/Bayou City's hopes and dreams. This being Housto ... More >>
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April 9, 2009
Easter in the Gardens
Web exclusive!
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March 20, 2008
Easter in the Gardens
Kids have a date with the big Bunny
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April 5, 2007
The Passion of the Christ
The River Oaks Theatre offers a dogmatic loophole
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April 13, 2006
This Bunny's Hoppin'
The River Oaks Theatre offers a dogmatic loophole
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April 4, 1996
Press Picks
The River Oaks Theatre offers a dogmatic loophole
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