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    May 4, 2012

    Cinco de Mayo As Celebrated in Five of America's Whitest Cities

    Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow, meaning restaurants and bars are all going Mexican-themed with their specials and events. The day has grown to be a big deal in the U.S., if not Mexico, where it's not Mexican Independence Day or anything. Everyone's hopping on the Cinco de Mayo bandwagon, including some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Houston's Top 10 Margaritas

    You don't have to wait for Cinco de Mayo to enjoy one of the city's favorite cocktails, but it doesn't hurt to have a few in celebration, either. Just remember to toast the Battle of Puebla (after all, that's what Cinco de Mayo commemorates -- not Mexican Independence Day.) 10. Sorrel Urban Bistro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Openings & Closings: April 2012

    So, while I was gone last week, chef Ryan Hildebrand and his investors announced plans to open yet another restaurant only four short months after Triniti opened on Shepherd. Brande, as the new restaurant will be called when it opens in late 2013, will occupy the old Ruggles space on Lower Westheime ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 3, 2012

    Cucina Italiana con Comfort

    A Houston stalwart resurfaces in an unlikely Shenandoah location.

  • Culture

    May 3, 2012

    Where to Party This Cinco de Mayo

    Salt, tequila and lime

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    A Little Pork Fat and A Little Red Wine - Just What the Heart Needs

    Sunday night, 20 miles south of Houston, two culinary heavy hitters knocked it out of the park at the Revana Wine Dinner at Killen's Steakhouse. Chef Ronnie Killen and Chef Randy Rucker began preparing weeks in advance, tasting wines and developing recipes to pair perfectly with Revana wines. It w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Chef Chat, Part 2: Kaz Edwards of Uchi, on Creating the Perfect Dish

    Kaz Edwards Uchi Houston 904 Westheimer 713-522-4808 uchirestaurants.com/houston This is the second of a three-part Chef Chat with Kaz Edwards of Uchi Houston. Part 1 of our chat ran in this same space yesterday. Yesterday, we chatted with Uchi Houston's Chef de Cuisine, Kaz Edwards, about his ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2012

    Cinco Drinko at Berryhill Baja Grill

    Kaz Edwards Uchi Houston 904 Westheimer 713-522-4808 uchirestaurants.com/houston This is the second of a three-part Chef Chat with Kaz Edwards of Uchi Houston. Part 1 of our chat ran in this same space yesterday. Yesterday, we chatted with Uchi Houston's Chef de Cuisine, Kaz Edwards, about his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Cinco de Mayo Pregame: Homemade Churros with Mexican Chocolate Dipping Sauce

    How do you plan on spending your Cinco de Mayo? I will be celebrating Mexican culture with mucho margaritas by the pool. But first, I'll need something good and greasy to coat my stomach with. I'm thinking churros, the fried street food popular in Latin America and many other parts of the world (eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Texas Wines Are Talk of the Town

    In the wake of Sunday's Texas wine seminar at the Austin Food & Wine Festival, organized and moderated by Houston wine writer Russ Kane, Texas wines seem to be on everyone's minds this week. Eatocracy (CNN): Food & Wine magazine executive wine editor Ray Isle, a Houston native, was a member of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Chef Chat, Part 1: Kaz Edwards of Uchi Houston on Culinary School, Staging at Uchi and Working with Tyson Cole

    Kaz Edwards Uchi Houston 904 Westheimer 713-522-4808 uchirestaurants.com/houston This is the first part of a three-part chef chat series, which will continue over the next two days in this space. People who think that Uchi Houston is just about sushi should think again. The Uchi kitchen turns out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Italian Food in Bloom in The Woodlands

    I appear to have unconsciously started a yearly tradition for myself: Discovering terrific Italian food in or near The Woodlands every spring. Last April, it was Capri Pasta Pizza & More, a wonderful little hole-in-the-wall in Spring run by Italian-born Barbara Coglianese that specializes in beauti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Homemade Chocolate-Dipped Hazelnut Biscotti...'Nuff Said

    Biscotti -- which literally means "twice-baked " -- are slightly sweet and ultra-crumbly Italian biscuits. The cookies' dry, crisp texture is a result of the second baking. They are the perfect accompaniment for a frothy cappuccino, a breakfast tea or even a sweet dessert wine. More importantly, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Green Seed Vegan Finally Puts Down Roots

    On the busy corner of Wheeler and Almeda sits Green Seed Vegan's new restaurant. It's only a few short blocks away from the original cabbage-green food truck where Matti Merrell and her husband Rodney Perry first got their start. This brick-and-mortar location -- repainted from the bright red of it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    2nd Annual Texas Beer Fest a Success

    Check out our photos from the Texas Beer Festival at Discovery Green. This past Saturday, a sun-drenched Discovery Green was converted into a playground for beer-lovers as it played host to the second annual Texas Beer Fest. As I walked into the festival grounds, I opened up the event booklet and r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I love cooking for my fiancé and for myself, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up aimlessly wandering the supermarket and wasting half the ingredients that I've bought (and I HATE food wasters...I'm lookin' at you!). Enter What's Cooking Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Texas Wine Makes the Big Time at Austin Food & Wine Mag Fest

    "The Wines Of Texas Are Upon You" may have seemed like a bland seminar title when compared with spicier ones like "Everything You Need To Know About Wine But Were Afraid to Ask" and "Super Star Wines." But the fact that the Austin Food & Wine Festival (which made its debut over the weekend) includ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    A Nice, Quiet Dinner at Fratteli's

    "Red or white?" the server asked. My partner got the white, and I ordered the red. As I sipped the serviceable house Chianti, I considered that sometimes it's nice to be presented with such a simple choice. No fretting over the wine list, just a quick glass to help shunt off the workday. There was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Upcoming Events: Mucho de Mayo

    As May approaches, more Cinco de Mayo events are announced every day. Here are a few of our favorites. La Mexicana in Montrose is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. And while the restaurant doesn't normally host a big Cinco de Mayo bash, it's blowing off the roof on Saturday, May 5, with t ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 26, 2012

    Pena's Is Donut Heaven

    Pena's in Pearland gives Shipley's a run for its money.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Haute Wheels Food Truck Festival Comes Rolling Through Again

    I think it goes without saying that last year's Haute Wheels food truck festival was rather disastrous. It was almost unbearably hot, there was very little shade to be found, some food trucks were running very late and almost all of the trucks had lines that stretched across the blazing parking lot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Date Night at Dolce Vita Pizzeria & Enoteca

    When it comes time for date night, I want two things, and two things only: good food and flowing wine...Wait, and my fiancé, I guess. Okay, three things and three things only... Back home, our usual date night took place at one of the hole-in-the-wall Italian joints that are everywhere in NYC. So ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    The Chill: When Is Wine Too Cold?

    In the wake of the Twitter response to yesterday's post on "The Pour: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?" (in other words, when should waiters refill or wait to refill your wine glass?), I thought I'd post on another issue that wine lovers often face in restaurants: Wine so chilled that its aromas and f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Zucchini Flowers in Season, on the Menu

    Come spring, the farmers' market is abundant with fresh, local fruits and vegetables, but I've got only one thing on my mind at the moment -- zucchini flowers (or squash blossoms, if you prefer). Last year, I wrote about how to stuff and fry the flowers whole, just like my grandmother used to make t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    The Pour: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?

    Let's face it. In restaurants today, most servers are trained to fill your wine glass -- even if it's not empty -- as quickly as possible. There are a number of reasons for this. In all fairness to the servers, they are there to serve and for wine lovers, there's nothing more disappointing than an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Milk Duds Brownies: How to Use That Leftover Easter Candy

    My family spoiled me rotten for Easter: I received no fewer than four solid chocolate bunnies (YES!) and an assortment of Robin Eggs, peanut butter cups and other treats including...a box of Milk Duds. Well, that was a lovely blast-from-the-past surprise. I hadn't had a Milk Dud in about ten years. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I love cooking for my fiancé and for myself, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up aimlessly wandering the supermarket and wasting half the ingredients that I've bought (and I HATE food wasters...I'm lookin' at you!). Enter What's Cooking Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Wine(s) of the Week: Austin Food & Wine Festival Preview

    Anthony Giglio is simply one of the funniest and most fun-to-be-around people I know in the wine writing business today. The New York-born son of Neapolitan immigrants, he loves wine, food, and life with a passion that spans the divide between old world and new. And whether he's guiding a tasting of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Openings & Closings: The Blind Items Gain Vision Edition

    Everyone likes to see a good blind item come to fruition. We have two that gained sight this week. With one of our most recent items, our readers -- as usual -- were spot on in their guesses. Ocean's, the big white house in Montrose that currently serves subpar seafood, will soon become Concepción ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 19, 2012

    East Side Vacation

    Every trip to cheerful Salvadoran spot El Petate is an adventure.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Morimoto Who? Houston has Nobu Kagawa at Uchi

    You've done it, come on, you know you have. Most American sushi eaters have succeeded in bastardizing the whole tradition and delicacy of sushi. We make paste out of soy sauce and wasabi and dip our beautiful piece of o-toro and rice in it till it's dripping and then shove it in our mouths. The wasa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    A Mouth-Watering Good Time at the Houston Press Menu of Menus®

    What do you get when you cross a food sampling event with a live Iron Chef competition, musical entertainment, and an open bar? One hell of an event, otherwise known as the Houston Press Menu of Menus®. Tuesday night, the Houston Press, in conjunction with Stella Artois and Whole Foods, put on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Chef Chat, Part 2: Jose Hernandez of Triniti on His Quest for Perfection

    Yesterday, we chatted with Chef de Cuisine Jose Hernandez of Triniti Restaurant about the pastry skills he acquired from a Viennese pastry master. Today, we chat more about his style and his role at Triniti. EOW: So you said that your background is Viennese pastry, but you've been doing a lot of F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    The Bold and the Blu in Sugarland

    After reading Mai Pham's Chef Chat series with Executive Chef Junnajet "Jett" Hurapan of Blu Restaurant in Sugarland, I knew a trip of my own to Towne Square was in store. I was lucky enough to attend a media tasting at Blu, where I tried delicious and innovative food and fancy cocktails in a trendy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    East Side Vacation at El Petate: A Guide to Salvadoran Cuisine

    If you're anything like me, pupusas are the first thing that spring to mind when thinking of Salvadoran food. And why not: The fat, round pockets of cheese, beans, meat (and sometimes all three) are like the divine offspring of Mexican quesadillas and gorditas. They're portable and easy to consume, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Chef Chat, Part 1: Jose Hernandez of Triniti on Learning to Cook Viennese Pastries in Mexico City

    I fell in love with Chef Jose Hernandez's pastries from the very first moment I tasted this oh-so-delicate, and perfectly constructed off-menu dessert special -- a peanut, caramel, chocolate and banana work of art -- during his brief stint at Philippe Restaurant Lounge early last year. Thinking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    First Look at L'Olivier Restaurant and Bar

    I am a bit of a Francophile. My brother lived in France for a year and when I visited him in the small town of Vichy I was hooked. The language, the laissez-faire attitude and in particular the food drew me in. I even took eight years of French, but please don't ask me to say anything. So for someo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Eat Like an Argentine at These 5 Houston Restaurants

    The International Festival (iFest) is upon us once again. And this year, the multi-weekend festival has chosen Argentina as its spotlighted country. That means that much of the music, art and -- most importantly -- food that will be showcased will be Argentinean. And for meat-loving Texans, that's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    MFAH Fine Art Food Trucks Perk Up Lunch in the Museum District

    When I first heard about the MFAH Fine Art Food Trucks program, I was extremely excited. As much as I love living in the Museum District, one of the huge drawbacks is the lack of variety when it comes to food choices. Sure, I can hop on a train and head downtown when the urge strikes, but there is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    What's the Deal with Sushi Rice in Houston?

    Eating sushi after watching -- no, experiencing -- Jiro Dreams of Sushi on Friday night was clearly a fool's errand. But watching Jiro Ono make piece after magical piece of nigirizushi with gentle and practiced hands gave me a sushi jones the likes I've which I've never before experienced. I headed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I've promised my fiancé latkes, so this week, I'll be making potato pancakes with a twist. My sweet potato pancakes will balance perfectly with some of the other meals I have planned. Here's what I'm making: Sundried Tomato Chicken Sausage & Peppers Spiced Pork Loin w/ Sweet Potato Pancakes S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Romanesque Roots with an American Family: Giada De Laurentiis

    Her lineage destined her for culinary aspirations, but education and hard work put her on your television screen, on the covers of books and magazines and, most deliciously, on your dinner plate. Giada De Laurentiis was in Houston April 3 to publicize her new cookbook, Weeknights with Giada and drew ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    You Have to Love Your Job: Jiro Dreams of Sushi

    Before you go to see Jiro Dreams of Sushi -- which you absolutely should, and at your earliest convenience before it leaves town on April 22 -- know one thing: This is not a movie about sushi. One could be forgiven for thinking that it is. After all, there are roughly 100 shots -- many of them verg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Eat More Sushi: My Night with Top Chef Texas Winner Paul Qui

    Surreal, sublime and sensual: the definition of the food at Uchi. We all agree that Tyson Cole is a master, and we are lucky he brought us Uchi. Thursday night he gave us one more gift - Paul Qui. You may know him as the Executive Chef at Uchiko in Austin, but most Texans know him as the winner of T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Openings & Closings: Manly Cupcakes and Tiff's Treats

    This week finds two new bakeries coming to town, which couldn't be more different from one another, as well as two extremely interesting pieces of gossip from our ever-reliable sources. Ranch Bakery (5431 Barker Cypress, Suite 500), which describes itself as "Houston's first manly bakery," is havin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Here's a List of All the Restaurants You'll Get to Taste at Menu of Menus 2012

    In my years of covering and attending our yearly Menu of Menus event, I've never been quite as excited for the grand tasting as I am this year. Why? In addition to the first annual Iron Fork competition -- which pits two of Houston's best young chefs against each other, Iron Chef-style, while chef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Vegan Cooking 101: Chef Sabali Mpozi Shows How It's Done

    Sabali Mpozi is one of Houston's growing number of vegan gatekeepers. She makes it easy for anyone to adopt a plant-based diet with her series of basic, advanced and master vegan cooking classes and demonstrations. As the chef scooped avocados, chopped carrots and sautéed them in sunflower oil a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Is This the Ugliest Food Truck In Town?

    C'mon now. Of course it's not. The H-Town StrEATs truck may not have a fancy wrap like Happy Endings or a slick paint job like the Rice Box Truck. But it's still far from "ugly." That doesn't stop some folks from thinking so, however (and -- hey -- beauty is subjective by its very nature). Owners M ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2012

    Menu of Menus Extravaganza

    C'mon now. Of course it's not. The H-Town StrEATs truck may not have a fancy wrap like Happy Endings or a slick paint job like the Rice Box Truck. But it's still far from "ugly." That doesn't stop some folks from thinking so, however (and -- hey -- beauty is subjective by its very nature). Owners M ... More >>

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