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Ari's: The Sequel

Grade A

At the University of Houston, Barron's makes college food like you've never seen

Hot Plate

At the University of Houston, Barron's makes college food like you've never seen

Ten Years of Provence

After a decade, Chez Georges still offers the city's best French food

Dish

After a decade, Chez Georges still offers the city's best French food

Best Restaurant to Impress a Date

La Colombe d'Or

Bon Appétit, Y’all

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On a Budget at Bistro des Amis

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Flea Market French

Georges Guy is back in a big way with La Brocante Cafe.

Stew Weather: Bistro Don Camillo

Georges Guy is back in a big way with La Brocante Cafe.

Mooyah Burgers and Fries and La Torretta Del Lago

Georges Guy is back in a big way with La Brocante Cafe.

Brain Food

You may puzzle over the menu at Robert Gadsby's Noé, but you'll love the clever chow

La Nouvelle Recession Cuisine at Au Petit Paris

Your dollar buys a little less at this new French restaurant on Colquitt

Bistro Provence

The second generation of the Guy family has taken over at the popular French bistro on Memorial

Brasserie Max and Julie

We love to see classic French food in Houston, but we complain bitterly if it isn't just like what we had in Paris

Salento

Say Cheese

Boil and Reduce

Bistro Moderne

An Aging French Romantic

Sometimes filet mignon with foie gras, truffles and a second-rate Bordeaux is just what the doctor ordered

Un-French Frites

Mussels and fries, monk beers and Belgian pride abound at Cafe Montrose

It's Le Bombe

A new restaurant has Republican bigwigs dancing on the grave of the French boycott

French Food Sans Frenchmen

Lazy lunching in a River Oaks hideaway

Cupid Plays the Odds

Does Restaurant Ronit/Café Beignet pass Valentine's Day muster?

A Tale of Two Critics

The coffee is strong and the pastries are excellent, but Le Bec Fin isn't your typical French cafe

Master Baker

Auchan Hypermarket

Best Pre- or Post-Theater Restaurant

Papillon Bistro Français

Paris Matched

Laurier Café is turning out Parisian bistro food at Paris, Texas, prices

French for Beginners

Le Mistral offers culture in a suburban strip shopping mall

La Bonne Vie Outside the Loop

Bistro Le Cep offers up some very nice French cuisine in the Houston countryside.

Folk Art on Bread

Yes, we visited that Original New Orleans Po' Boy

Seriously French

Yes, we visited that Original New Orleans Po' Boy

Cuisine des Beaux Arts

Cafe Artiste offers culinary masterpieces within a Cajun aesthetic

Top Chef

In praise of the Julia half of Julie & Julia.

Lunch at Le Mistral

Photos by J.C. Reid​Houstonians have a peculiar relationship with French restaurants. Many Houstonians (and many Texans and Americans) cast a suspicious glance toward anything French. During the 2004 Presidential election, an anonymous source in the George W. Bush campaign remarked that oppone ... More >>

Burgers and Hash

Lola, a modern diner in the Heights is dishing up some top-notch Texas short-order cooking.

Pot au Pho

This funky trailer in South Houston is worth the drive for Vietnamese breakfast.

Top 9 Houston Restaurant Closings of the Decade

Photo by emmiegrnThe Pig Stand, one of Houston's lost restaurants. Read about nine more of the most important restaurant closings of the decade below.​1. Maxim's Maxim's closed in January 2001. It was possibly the most influential restaurant in Houston's culinary history. It was the only upsca ... More >>

The Basics: Cookbooks

​We recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal on Alton Brown's top five favorite cookbooks. You remember Brown. He's the quirky chemistry geek on Good Eats and one of the commentators on Iron Chef. If you're one of the few non-Food Network junkies, you might recognize him from Welch' ... More >>

10 Deceptively Easy Dishes

​Boeuf bourguignon. Coq au vin. Molten chocolate cake. Fancy-sounding dishes for fancy-sounding meals, right? Whether you're impressing a date or an entire dinner party, there are certain items you can serve that will have the room applauding your culinary skills -- and have you taking it easy ... More >>

Recipe: Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon

​After Julie Powell's online rendezvous with Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, everyone started talking about Child's Beef Bourguignon. Before Powell, and then Meryl Streep, breathed life back into this traditional French beef stew, only professional chefs and skilled cooks ha ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part I: Andrew Klarman of Jeannine's Bistro

​Tucked away in an unlikely strip center on the corner of Westheimer and Bagby is where you'll find Jeannine's Bistro. The name may be familiar to some, since it was at the center of lots of restaurant gossip for most of last year. But, we're not here for gossip. We're here for the food. Je ... More >>

Belgian Dinner Delight

​Last week, we interviewed Chef Andrew Klarman of Jeannine's Bistro. Then we tried his traditional Belgian cuisine for ourselves. When we arrived, we were greeted by an elderly gentleman playing the accordion. The accordion is not something you expect as house music, but it was a nice surpri ... More >>

Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #14 Cassoulet at Feast

​Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations i ... More >>

The Great Food Truck Race, Episode 2: Recap

The Ragin' Cajun team. ​8:00 - Recap of last week's episode. Damn, this is a long recap! 8:01 - Here we are in Santa Fe with six trucks remaining: Crepes Bonaparte, Grill 'Em All, Austin Daily Press, Nom Nom Truck, Rajin' Cajun, and Spencer on the Go. Tyler is still wearing a hideous outfit. ... More >>

Shiftwork Bites: Cassoulet

​Shiftwork Bites is all about flexibility. Sometimes, that just means altering a cooking method to suit my circumstances. Occasionally, it means taking liberties with the specifics of a recipe. Such was the case over the weekend when I decided to make a batch of cassoulet for my coworkers. T ... More >>

Beef Bourguignon Crepes

​For my birthday my college boyfriend took me to adorable French restaurant Beau Monde in Philadelphia, where I had the best crepes I've ever tasted. Ever since then I have been dreaming about that savory, buckwheat crepe filled with the most wonderful beef bourguignon. Then recently, while I ... More >>

Yoga Fuel: Salade Max & Julie at Brasserie Max & Julie

​I was excited about my recent visit to Brasserie Max & Julie for two reasons. First, my husband and I visited Paris for the first time last winter, and I've been missing the food. Second, Katharine Shilcutt's piece on Houston's best "vacation patios" had me in the mood to dine al fresco. Wh ... More >>

Whatever Happened to Baked Alaska? Five Out-of-Style Dishes

The meringue makes it extra fancy.​In the course of researching Turkducken's real age last week, I turned to one of my favorite food resources on the Internet: the Food Timeline. If you're a food nerd, prepare to lose dozens of hours to the fascinating depths of the Food Timeline and its entri ... More >>

All About Schmit

The French Cowboy's Philippe is both elegant and playful.

Chef Philippe Schmit Receives Prestigious Maîtres Cuisiniers de France Title

Photo by Nancy Kerschen​When he first moved to the United States from his home country of France in 1990, Philippe Schmit worked as a sous chef under famous chef Eric Ripert -- a fellow Frenchman -- in the New York kitchens of Le Bernadin, eventually moving on to become executive chef at La Go ... More >>