Ethnic Cuisines

$7 at Laredo Taqueria

Photo by Brittanie SheyWhere: Laredo Taqueria, 915 Snover, 713-861-7279. Open Monday through Saturday 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. What $7 gets you: Almost anything on the menu. Tacos are $1.50 or $2, breakfast and dinner plates cost $5.50 to $7.50. The most expensive item is $8. We had an asada de puerco t ... More >>

Grab Some Kielbasa

photo by Robb WalshAnytime I find myself anywhere near the Polish food store next to Polonia restaurant at 1900 Blalock, I stop in and buy six or eight kabonosy sausage. I am guessing the long skinny Eastern European pork sausages were the inspiration for Slim Jims--both varieties of dried sausage a ... More >>

The King of Tex-Mex Is Dead

photo by Will van OverbeekThird-generation Tex-Mex legend Matt Martinez, Jr. died last Friday at the age of 63. With his family, he owned Matt's Rancho Martinez and Matt's No Place restaurants in Dallas. He also had an interest in Matt's El Rancho, the legendary Austin Tex-Mex restaurant founded by ... More >>

Find your Irish side at this year's festivities

Adios Otilia's? Not So Fast.

Strict dress code at Otilia's. Word hit the streets this week that Otilia's, the venerable restaurant on Long Point which has served old-fashioned interior Mexican cuisine for almost twenty years, was on the auction block.  Restaurant, employees and recipes -- all reportedly for sale.&n ... More >>

Ra Sushi Scrambles Menu, Adds to Happy Hours

Shrimp Shumai We started with the kind of sake most people use to drink shooters and beer. It was warm, clear in color, dryly medicinal in flavor and called Hananomai Katana. Okay, adventures in drinking phase one. Actually, it wasn't that bad at all and as it made its way down, it created a warm an ... More >>

Fish Story: Zen Tuna Roll

The two kinds of tuna in the Toro Crunch at Soma give the elegant sushi roll a huge tuna flavor. The presentation is a Zen composition of symmetrical shapes and restrained colors. Chopped fatty toro tuna and chives are the soft center while a strip of bluefin tuna strides the crest of the rice cyl ... More >>

Sultan's Mediterranean Grill

Baba Ghanoush at Cafe Rita

George Sarikhanian, the Armenian-Lebanese owner of Cafe Rita (along with his eponymous wife, Rita), doesn't act remotely surprised when I tell him that his baba ghanoush is the best I've ever had.  "Of course it is," he exclaims good-naturedly in his thick Lebanese accent.  "Why ... More >>

Your Holiday Season Tamale Making: Recipe for Masa

When I was helping test recipes for The Tex-Mex Cookbook we tried to come up with a manageable recipe for two dozen tamales at a time. With Christmas just around the corner, here is a recipe for the masa you'll need. For this recipe you will need 1 ½ tsp of salt, 4 cups Maseca, 1 tsp of baking ... More >>

Homemade Tamales R Us

The question around town is: "Where can I get some homemade tamales?" For a great many Texans, tamales are a necessity of the holiday season. But the tamales you buy in the grocery store are usually disappointing. And while we all love the giant dollar a piece tamales at Doña Tere, they aren't th ... More >>

History of Texas Chili--Without Beans

Chili con carne was introduced to America by the "Chili Queens," women who served food in San Antonio's Military Plaza as early as the 1860s. Chili stands were also common in Galveston and Houston; they were the taco trucks of the 1800s. Tamales with chili was the most common order--beans were oft ... More >>

Baked Eggs Over Creamed Spinach

Got any leftover creamed spinach from the steakhouse or saag paneer from the Indian restaurant in the fridge? You can use them to make yourself a decadent breakfast. Baked eggs over creamed spinach is like an easy version of eggs Florentine. Heres’s the recipe. Butter a small baking dish, sprea ... More >>

Hunger for Hybridity at JJ Ichiban Steak & Sushi

Shubhra’s Texas Peach Lassi

SPECIAL TORTILLA CONTEST EDITION

Deconstructing Falafel Sandwiches

Now Open: Capriccio Tapas in the ‘Burbs

Texas Food at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.

Tripping Down Tex-Mex Memory Lane

Tex-Mex Temples: Combo Platters of Hopes and Dreams

Fantastic Naan at Kaiser Lashkari's Himalaya Restaurant

Pancho Villa Wants You, Gringo!

Bombay Brasserie Opens New Location on West Loop

Felix Mexican Restaurant Closes After 60 Years in Business

$13 at Zake Sushi Lounge

$13 at Sabor! on Bellaire

The Carniceria Connoisseur: El Tiempo Marches On

$13 at D’Amico’s Italian Lunch Market Café

Mexican White Cheese, American Yellow Cheese and Brown Lawyers

The Carnicería Connoisseur: HEB’s Mi Tienda in Pasadena

The Carnicería Connoisseur: Tierra Caliente Meat Market & Taqueria

$13 at Fish City Grill on Buffalo Speedway

Robb Walsh Visits the First Taco Bell in Monterrey

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Hot Tamales at Gerardo’s on Patton

Hot Tamales at Gerardo’s on Patton

Robb’s Review: Tamale Time at Doña Tere

Robb’s Review: Tamale Time at Doña Tere

$13 at Tony's Mexican Restaurant and Cantina

$13 at Tony's Mexican Restaurant and Cantina

$13 at Goldenroom Thai Restaurant

$13 at Goldenroom Thai Restaurant

$13 at La Carreta Mexican Restaurant

$13 at La Carreta Mexican Restaurant

Robb's Review: On the Menu

Robb's Review: On the Menu

Brit-Indi is the New Tex-Mex

Brit-Indi is the New Tex-Mex

Taking the Family to Pico's