Gordon Ramsay

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

With acclaimed British restaurant Feast closing in August, now's the time to acquaint yourself with its excellent English menu before it's too late. Luckily, chef Richard Knight will be opening another restaurant in the Heights within a year, and there are plenty of other British restaurants in Hous ... More >>

5 Food Network Shows That Need To Go

If you give me the remote and tell me to choose a show to watch, nine times out 10 I will turn to the Food Network. I'm addicted to the Food Network...which is probably why I'm so hungry all the time. I love watching chefs battle it out on Chopped. I love watching Bobby Flay surprise regular cooks ... More >>

Layered Cakes: Not Exactly a Piece of Cake

This Christmas I took on a task I have never attempted before. That task was making a layered cake. Four layers of chocolate cake with two layers of a cream and ganache between each cake round. Why would I take on such a daunting project, you ask? Well, I have a problem. I see a recipe and if it lo ... More >>

Top 5 Cooking Shows to Watch in 2013

The New Year brings new series and the return of some of the best cooking shows on television. With today being the first day of 2013, we ranked our top five cooking shows for this year. Some are new and some are veterans, but all of them are enjoyable (or at least predicted to be) to watch. Here a ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain: Not Quite Evil but Still a Badass

We last saw Anthony Bourdain in Houston back in 2010 right after the release of his book, Medium Raw. It was a sold out show befitting of a rock star, and those that came looking for his usual offensive language and utter disdain for Food Network stars and all things celebrity chefs weren't disappoi ... More >>

Christine Ha Talks MasterChef, Masochism, and Multi-tasking with Eating Our Words

If you are like us, you are in a serious post-MasterChef funk of depression right now. Aside from the fact that it's a bummer anytime a great show ends its season run, we had extra incentive to tune in -- and celebrate -- as we watched Houstonian (and former EOW contributor) Christine Ha knock out t ... More >>

The 5 Most Common Risotto Mistakes

Risotto is one of the most difficult dishes to master. The first attempt is not perfect, unless you're Gordon Ramsay, of course, but these five common mistakes people make while cooking a risotto dish may help you become a master, or at least not screw up one completely. 5. Texture can make or brea ... More >>

13 Celebrity Chef Doppelgangers

I didn't know Rocco DiSpirito was a Jonas Brother! And was that really Gordon Ramsay starring opposite Will Ferrell in Step Brothers? Who knew! Check out these and more Celebrity Chef Doppelgangers: 13. Rocco DiSpirito vs. Nick Jonas Renowned chef, cookbook author and the fifth Jonas Brother.

Gordon Ramsay Delivers Three Delicious Shows for Our Summer Viewing Enjoyment

When regular networks like NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX put their shows on hiatus, they line up mind-numbing, inexpensive-to-produce fare for us to consume while Mark Harmon, Alec Baldwin and Patrick Dempsey (and their expensive hair, wardrobes and sets) get a well-deserved vacation. CBS will bring back t ... More >>

MasterMinds 2012

This year's winners have art, passion and history on their side. And now they'll also each have a check for $2,000.

Chef Chat, Part 1: Terrence Gallivan of Pilot Light Restaurant Group

Photo by Mai PhamPilot Light Restaurant Group's Chef and Co-Owner, Terrence Gallivan​If you haven't tried Terrence Gallivan's cuisine yet, it's probably because the somewhat elusive chef has only been cooking in Houston for short bursts of time. He did a one-month stint as part of the sold-out ... More >>

Need A Band Name? Let A Random Gawker Headline Help You!

Gawker is one of the most fun and informative sites on the innerwebs. Where else can you hear about the awful and sexy things that humans do to each other? Each day brings a new bounty of curiousness, like the one about the midget porn star Gordon Ramsay-lookalike that ended up being a hoax. It wasn ... More >>

How The Simpsons Makes Foodies Look Like Smug, Elitist Schmucks

There must be a kitchen sink that we can get to do a cameo too, guys...​I didn't want to watch the latest episode of The Simpsons, the one in which Marge inexplicably becomes a food blogger. Yes, the foodie backlash has officially begun. I haven't wanted to watch an episode of The Simpsons in ... More >>

Gordon Ramsay Is Really F&*king Excited About the New Season of Kitchen Nightmares

​Where there are bad restaurants, there are bad kitchens. With the new season of Kitchen Nightmares (premiering Friday, September 23, at 8 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. CST on FOX), master chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay seeks to transform another series of train-wreck eating establishments, starting ... More >>

TV Dinner: This Week in Food TV

​With so many food-related shows on television, it's hard to keep up -- it's not just the Food Network anymore. I don't know what I'd do without my DVR. This week gave us premieres, finales and Liza Minelli. Here's a roundup of some of the shows this week. Spoiler alert! The Great Food Truck ... More >>

Prometheus Unbound: Young Chefs Set Their Sights on Houston as the New Culinary Frontier

Photo by Adrienne ByardSeth Siegel-Gardner, left, and Terrence Gallivan in the kitchen at Revival Market.​The living room at Seth and Hannah Siegel-Gardner's tidy blue house in the Heights is packed: two chefs and their wives, a journalist, three dogs, a massive cookbook collection and a flat- ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 2: Renato De Pirro of Ristorante Cavour

Photo by Matthew DresdenRenato De Pirro outside Ristorante Cavour.​Yesterday, Ristorante Cavour executive chef Renato De Pirro told us how he came to Houston from Las Vegas. Today we'll hear about working with a Hell's Kitchen winner, Chef De Pirro's love for the Cowboys, and the new summer me ... More >>

Idol Beat: My Faith In A Just Universe Is Restored

You're paying for that suit now, kid.​60 million votes. That's how many it took to ensure karmic balance in the universe and send Jacob Lusk to the American Idol equivalent of hell... which is probably an alternate dimension where Simon Cowell never existed. Last night was so chock-full of en ... More >>

Your Worst Kitchen Nightmare: Gordon Ramsay Coming to Houston

​The more tolerable (but only by a sliver) of Gordon Ramsay's "reality" television shows, Kitchen Nightmares, is coming to town. Get your earplugs ready now. A casting call went out this week from Jen Apploff, casting producer for the show, in search of Houston restaurants that are in dire ne ... More >>

Comment of the Day

​When we found out that Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is coming to town and casting for Houston restaurants this week, we wanted to know which restaurant you'd nominate for a good walloping. While a few more serious nominations were proposed, commenter Matthew suggested a Houston 'cue in ... More >>

"Stamping Your Vegetarian Passport" at Backstreet Cafe

The tomato cocktail.​The "Stamping Your Vegetarian Passport" event hosted by Sommelier Sean Beck at Backstreet Café on Wednesday night was an all-vegetarian food event, a rare find in meat-hungry Houston that I, a recently converted vegetarian, greatly enjoyed. Passed appetizers included gre ... More >>

Meet the Chef Who Made Gordon Ramsay Cry

​When chef Albert Roux stopped by our table at his restaurant, Chez Roux in Conroe, I shook his hand. The food was stellar. But it was also a real treat to talk to the legendary chef, since he only visits a few weeks out the year. "I've always wanted to meet the man who made Gordon Ramsay cry, ... More >>

Former Houston Press Writer Appears on Kitchen Nightmares

​Brian McManus used to write about food and music for the Houston Press. And just about every time he wrote something for us, he got a reaction. Once, he received a bouquet of black roses, wrapped up with a package of assorted fried foods. It was from the people at Montrose Diner, who didn't t ... More >>

Tornado Burger

No Reservations

No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam

An Aging French Romantic

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

Chefs Rule!

If you can't stand the sight of lopped-off digits and the smell of your own flesh burning, get out of the kitchen