German Food and Cooking

From Tacos to Tikka Masala

Houston's 10 best classic food trucks.

Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to German Cuisine

Modern-day Texans may not see much German influence when they look around, but the indirect effects of decades of German settlement still linger in large pockets of the state. The first waves of German immigration began in the 1830s ahead of the European Revolutions of 1848 that sent floods of Fort ... More >>

Dumplings to Die for at Charivari

The best of continental cuisine all in one beautiful, good mix.

German Food Truck Der Brat Bus Seeks Funding on Kickstarter, Hopes to Make Houston Home

Despite Texas' solidly German heritage, Houston boasts only a handful of restaurants, a fact I've often lamented. If my favorite spot, King's Biergarten, were any closer to town, I would probably spend way too much time there. Though the cuisine might seem a bit antiquated by today's standards, th ... More >>

What's Cooking This Week? Chicken Paprikas, Black Bean Quesadillas & More

I love cooking for my fiancé and me, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredient's I've bought (and I hate wasting food). Enter What's Cooking This Week -- my weekly mea ... More >>

Top 10 Restaurants in Midtown

Although Midtown may be more well-known for its bars and late-night clubs, there isn't a shortage of good food to be found -- even if the neighborhood is steadily losing many of the Vietnamese restaurants that once saturated the area. In keeping with Midtown's current incarnation as the drinking-ou ... More >>

What's Cooking This Week? Bagels, Lox and Schmear More

I love cooking for my fiancé and me, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredients I've bought (and I hate wasting food). Enter What's Cooking This Week -- my weekly meal ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 2: Johan Schuster of Charivari, On Cooking Throughout Europe, What He Would Prepare Each Season, and Who He Would Want to Prepare His Last Meal

Johan Schuster Charivari Restaurant 2521 Bagby 713-521-7231 www.charivarirest.com This is Part 2 in a three part Chef Chat series. You can read Parts 1 here and Part 3 in this same space on Friday. EOW: When did you start cooking? JS: I've been doing this for 34 years. We were three brothers ... More >>

Fit for a King

A Pearland biergarten serves up tasty Austrian-German food and lots of fun.

Celebrate Oktoberfest Like the Germans Do at King's Biergarten -- With Beer

When it comes to German beer on draft, there are two places to beat in Houston -- even if one of them is technically in Pearland. Closer to the heart of the city, Midtown's Bar Munich has an impressive array of taps that includes all six varieties of Hofbräu München (including their Oktoberfest b ... More >>

Where Are We Eating? Clue: Bratwurst and Beer

Sometimes we all have to indulge our inner German and enjoy some Würste mit Bier. And the platter you see below is one of the finest ways to do so, with ample servings of warm German potato salad, sauerkraut, spicy mustard, bread that's served soft and hot and -- of course -- two kinds of sausages. ... More >>

King's Biergarten and Restaurant's 2012 Oktoberfest Kick-Off

Texas Renaissance Festival

In the Middle of Strata

Chuck Cook PhotographyStrata is lovely and beckons attractively, but the lonely corner it sits in does them no favors. ​Strata is an attractive restaurant in Vintage Park near Chasewood Park Drive and 249. While the middle section of this upper-scale shopping center resembles an outdoor restau ... More >>

Oktoberfest 2011: Where to Binge on Beer and Brats

Insert obligatory photo of buxom woman in a dirndl consuming lager from a stein here. (And remember: Lederhosen are Austrian, not Bavarian!)​If there's one thing that we Americans enjoy doing, it's co-opting other countries' holidays and turning them into giant boozefests for no good reason ot ... More >>

Roast Chicken with Bacon Spaetzle and Crispy Brussels Sprouts at Haven

​Chicken is usually the last thing on my mind when I go to a "nice" restaurant. I usually want to try interesting meat dishes I would never be able to replicate at home. I have come to expect, however, that even the most exotic establishments will usually offer a rather plain chicken-centric e ... More >>

Fabi & Rosi in Austin

​As a high school exchange student in Europe about hundred years ago, I developed a fondness for schnitzel, bratwurst, and sautéed cabbage. Germanic cuisine does not always offer the most sophisticated flavors, but it certainly sticks to your bones in a way that is particuarly satisfying whe ... More >>

Ingredient of the Week: Red Cabbage

​What is it? Red cabbage is exactly what it sounds like. While it isn't as exotic as a lychee or Chinese broccoli, it wasn't something I ever ate growing up in Southeast Texas, so it is exotic to me. Until later in life when I experienced some tart, sweet and savory red kraut at a German rest ... More >>

Under the Volcano: Oktoberfest

Anybody wanna polka?

Saint Arnold’s Oktoberfest 2010

Break out your lederhosen

A Cooler Coke: Almdudler

​Each Tuesday and Thursday for the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at alternatives to cokes for the sticky Houston summer that lays ahead. Through the course of drinking various soft drinks and reporting back to you on them, I'll occasionally discover beverages like Vimto: something I ... More >>

A Wunderbar Feast at "Lunch With The Germans"

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​More and more, organizers are mixing music with food at the industry parties that permeate the scene during the daylight hours of SXSW. This morning, I quelled my angry stomach with a full English breakfast of grilled tomatoes, Heinz beans, egg butties and tea at t ... More >>

The 10 Best Places to Eat in Westchase

Unlike neighboring Memorial, the Westchase district of Houston -- which runs roughly down the spine of Westheimer from Gessner to Dairy Ashford -- is brimming with some of the city's best and (happily) least expensive ethnic restaurants. Although you could eat at a place like J. Alexander's or Le Pe ... More >>

Oktoberfest

Texas Traveler: Food in Frederickburg

Photos by Robb WalshJames DeWolf and rabbit sausageThe Hill Country town of Frederickburg is the capital of the Texas German Belt. You can pretty much tour the whole town by driving up and down Main Street. The coolest restaurant in town is Rebecca's Table next door to the Rather Sweet Bakery and Ca ... More >>

Rodeo Food: Wurst Kabob and Deep-Fried Oreos

Sure, I love all the cowboy junk inside the exhibit halls and the wicked-ass carnival rides at the carnival. I don't even mind teenaged FFA members screaming at me to buy a program. But by far, the best thing at our Houston rodeo is the food. All the heaping, awful, death-defying foodstuffs that h ... More >>

Opa Dog

I Love CFS: 25 Lovable Chicken-Fried Steaks

Who invented the CFS? There are a lot of competing theories. Whose do you love? Better try them all to be sure.

Reuben Redo

Kahn's Deli

Brunch in the Alps

Take a ride out to Richmond and discover the wonders of old-fashioned Swiss cooking

Letters

Wurst-Case Scenario

Alfredo's serves up excellent German sausage and a lot of conversation

Bang This

The Red Lion Pub

Best Transylvanian Restaurant

Charivari

Best German Restaurant

AnneMarie's Bistro

My Finny Valentine

Getting misty-eyed over creamed herring and sweet German beer at AnneMarie's Bistro

Who Stollen Christmas?

Joe Mannke gives us the dish on German food

Danke Schön

Brenner's

For the Love of Sauerkraut

Somehow a restaurant from the Black Forest finds its way to Midtown

Chicken-Fried Honor

George's civic slur

Best Microbrewery

Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Expect the Wurst

Schadenfreude

Everything Old Is New Again

Darby's flashes back to a gentler time

Schmatz Move

A restaurant aims to conquerHouston with Austrian open-faced sandwiches

Dish

Roll Out the Barrel

Hackemack's is a barrel of fun

Heavy Mettle

There's nothing delicate to be found in Old Heidelberg's deliciously Teutonic soul

Into the West

Cafe European is a suburban surprise that's worth the drive