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Jell-O Desserts

  • News

    March 29, 2012

    In Search of Spring Break

    Looking for booze, babes and beach parties on Galveston Island

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    15 American Foods That Are as Weird to Foreigners as Poisonous Blowfish Is to Us

    "Boiled animal bones and hide, colored with garish chemicals, served with fruit," wrote food blogger Dr. Ricky on Twitter yesterday. "Oh, you like your Jell-O don't you?" When deconstructed in this way, a simple childhood dessert like Jell-O suddenly sounds rather vulgar and disgusting. And that wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Modernist Cuisine: Volume 4 Ingredients and Preparations - Foodie Science Geek Mecca

    Foodie science geeks, take note - this is your volume of Modernist Cuisine: Volume 4 Ingredients and Preparations. Thickeners, Gels, Emulsions, Foams, Wine and Coffee, oh my. Let's start with the easy stuff - we all know how to thicken a liquid; add a starch and stir vigorously. Making a liquid t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Five Years Later: Food Trends That Fizzled Out

    I'm still waiting for Mupcakes to catch on.​It's that time of year again: No, not the time when society's ever-emphasized consumerism is rammed even more forcefully down our gullets, disguised in festive Christmas trimmings and manipulative Coca-Cola commercials. It's the time of year when eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    This Week in Deliciousness

    I'm a little hesitant because it's half IPA. I'm very enthusiastic, however, because it's two things just crammed right the crap together. I love a good mish mash.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we promise never to have a talking anthropomorphic food item as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Happy 31st Birthday, Turducken: 8 Foods Born in 1980

    Thirty-one is officially too old to try to learn how to use Photoshop.​Tomorrow, on 11-11-11, I will turn 31 years old. Last year, for my 30th birthday, my uncle sent me a Facebook message that contained only the following Pink Floyd quote and a "Happy Birthday" at the end: So you run and you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    The Best and Worst Celebrity Endorsements

    What is she... Is she literally pouring herself a glass of wine?​A few weeks back, I saw a Tweet from my friend Melissa, who found herself alternately captivated and horrified by what she'd come across in her local Kroger. It was a sign advertising a line of Pinot Grigio from Ramona Singer (ab ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 28, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Arline Fisch: Creatures from the Deep, Hardbodies, "Liz Hickok: Jiggling Geography", Lynda Benglis: Glass Masks, Marc Swanson: The Second Story, "Mitch Dobrowner: New Work", "Musicians Who Make Art"

    What is she... Is she literally pouring herself a glass of wine?​A few weeks back, I saw a Tweet from my friend Melissa, who found herself alternately captivated and horrified by what she'd come across in her local Kroger. It was a sign advertising a line of Pinot Grigio from Ramona Singer (ab ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 14, 2011

    Capsule Art Reviews: "The Clearing — Joey Fauerso" "Exurb: Input/Output" "George Gittoes: Witness to War" "Jenny Schlief Stock Photography: From the Woman Series" "Liz Hickok: Jiggling Geography" "Mitch Dobrowner: New Work" "Musicians Who Make Ar

    What is she... Is she literally pouring herself a glass of wine?​A few weeks back, I saw a Tweet from my friend Melissa, who found herself alternately captivated and horrified by what she'd come across in her local Kroger. It was a sign advertising a line of Pinot Grigio from Ramona Singer (ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 1: Happy and Mike Tsai of Pepper Tree Veggie Cuisine

    Photo by Mandy OaklanderHappy and Mike Tsai helm Pepper Tree.​Like so many delicious Texas institutions, Pepper Tree Veggie Cuisine is tucked in a cozy little strip mall. But inside, it's a zenned out vegan refuge. We caught up with Happy Tsai, the owner of Pepper Tree, over a glass of de-chl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Fun Moms With Jell-O Shots

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Donna Crites: Probation for Mom Who Gave 200 Jell-O Shots to Teens

    Donna Crites: Jello shots for the kids.​Mom of the year candidate Donna Crites, of the town of Hutto just north of Austin, was sentenced to three years probation on Thursday after pleading guilty last month to five counts of providing alcohol to a minor. One of those minors later crashed her c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Shiftwork Bites: Travel Edition (Sort of)

    ​When I was in Annapolis last week, I found the time to drink some beer, and work up a Brew Blog. I did not, however, manage to work in a road edition of Shiftwork Bites. I gave it some serious consideration, even worked up a few concepts, but never found the time to put a plan into action. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Spring Break Overnight Kits: Women's vs. Men's

    Ready for any and all eventualities​Spring Break, whether it's in Galveston, South Padre, Florida or even one of the alternatives we suggested earlier, always brings with it the enticing possibility of a hook-up. You never know when that magical combination of Jell-O shots, beer bongs and Jay ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Is All Hospital Food Bad?

    A meal from Vall Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain: consomme, vol-au-vent of shellfish with prawns and a filet with mushrooms and potatoes.​That's the question posed by a Tumblr page called merely "Hospital Food," where patients are invited to submit photos of their hospital meals from acros ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Top Five Medical Center Restaurants

    Trevisio.​Food and medical procedures may not exactly go hand in hand, but there are plenty of reasons why it's good to know where to grab a bite going to and from the doctor. Because, hey, there's nothing like getting a blood cholesterol test and then scarfing down a burger during that glorio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Odd Pair: Jell-o and Shiraz

    ​Jell-O in and of itself is somewhat odd. It's simply a mound of gelatinous sugar that jiggles when poked. From time to time, I'll get a craving for it and decide to make some. While I usually stick to basics with this treat, last week I felt experimental and decided to add some fresh rosem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Unfortunate-Looking Dessert Proves Quite Tasty

    They're delicious; I promise.​"I'm not eating that. It looks disgusting." My boyfriend shoved the Styrofoam bowl back across the table at me, its contents jiggling slightly as he did. Inside the bowl were five spheres coated in a fine peanut dust. One of them was oozing a dark, black substanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Spike Your Holiday Party with Whipped Lightning

    thehollywoodgossip.com We predict Whipahol will be topping more than pies. Ali Larter in Varsity Blues (1999) ​"I imagine this is what alcoholics think clouds taste like." -- avclub.com taste test Move over, Four Loko. Meet Whipped Lighting. It's nitrous oxide-propelled alcohol (a.k.a. Whip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    What The Hell is That? Thanksgiving Edition

    All photos from daniellespencer.com Flesh colored Jell-O is never (*ever*) okay. ​New York artist Danielle Spencer (a.k.a. Mrs. Russell Crowe) crafted her first faux Thanksgiving spread in 2005 using a Cornish game hen form, peach Jell-O, and evaporated milk. That initial flesh-colored mass ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Vegetarian Pâté: Why? Just...Why?

    ​I am sympathetic to the plight of vegetarians, whether it's a lifestyle chosen for religious, health or ethical reasons. "Plight? What plight?" you may ask. The plight of often being overlooked or ignored by restaurant menus, for one. And the plight of not being able to enjoy life's simple pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    This Week in Deliciousness

    Sexy Pancakes would be a terrific name for a funk band.​ Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where man cook meat with fire. This includes cooking froggie with fire, which, while delicious, look disturbingly like a bunch of little naked half-people on the grill there. Y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    La Casa Bakery and Cafe

    ​I stopped into newish restaurant La Casa Bakery and Cafe (1002 Hogan) today. It is bright-yellow, with chain-link fencing wrapped around the building. Maybe that is what attracted me to it. I bellied up to bar and ordered a Tecate michelada and the plato de barbacoa, which comes with beans, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Top Five Food-Related Idiomatic Expressions

    A. Drauglis Furnituremaker​Of the activities that provide me with endless entertainment, eating is high up on the list (shocking, I know), as is analyzing literature, speech, dialogue...you know, words. It came to my attention once when I was teaching ESL how much of our day-to-day slang invol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    The 5 Most Comforting Funeral Foods

    Photo by chotdaHard-boiled eggs are traditionally eaten after Jewish funerals, at the Seudat Havra'ah.​My sweet aunt passed away last week, with the funeral held this past Monday at my childhood church. Like at every proper Texas funeral, there was a spread of food laid out afterward that woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    The 5 Greatest Discontinued Desserts

    ​For people who have an unhealthy relationship with food, dessert is an extremely important part of the meal. It's the sweet reward for struggling through all the harsh, bitter flavors of entrees like chicken fried steak, pizza, prime rib, hamburgers, stuffed pork chops, and other disgusting s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Beef Tendon with Green Onions by Tam Vo

    ​One of my favorite dishes at one of my favorite Chinese restaurants is the beef tendon with green onions at Fu Fu Cafe (9889 Bellaire, Suite 105). In all honesty, Fu Fu's take on the stewed sinew is a complete mystery to me. The tendons are sautéed in a sweetly salty sauce with caramelized w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    5 Things Other Than Chinese Food Found at a Chinese Buffet

    Drunken Monkey​ Guilty pleasure or disgusting habit, visiting even the best Chinese buffets will leave you full and full of regret - best, of course, being a relative term in the world of Chinese food and buffets. Those costing more than $12 -- Todai in the Marqu*E Center, for one -- are exclu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Tan Tan's Thousand-Year Egg

    ​I recently tried congee with "thousand-year-old" egg and minced pork from Tan Tan (6816 Ranchester, 77036). Congee is a porridge. It's made by cooking which rice in much more water than necessary for merely cooking rice. The grains break down and the starch acts as a thickening agent. When ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 22, 2010

    The Meeting Place

    FotoFest sifts through thousands of images to find gold.

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    The Weirdest Astros Videos On The Net, Starring A Drunk Charlie Kerfield And Phil Garner Hawking Burger King

    As Houstonians, we have all grown accustomed to encountering each new Astros season with a slight cringe, all the while keeping our fingers crossed behind our back. There is always a chance that this could be "our" year, but we know better than to put all our chips in with the boys at this point. It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Pound Cake From a Box?

    Photos by Katharine ShilcuttIt looks good...but how does it taste?​True pound cake is a decadent delicacy. A pound each of butter, eggs, sugar and flour -- with an underlying hint of citrus, vanilla or even almond, depending on the recipe you use -- blended heavily together to create a cake th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Aftermath: Snoop Dogg Smokes Out House Of Blues

    Photos by Marc Brubaker / Click here for a slideshow​Snoop Dogg is one of a handful of artists who have carte blanche when it comes to drug use, if you still wanna call the green business "drugs" in the sense that heroin or crack cocaine are drugs. Keith Richards can still rep coke when he w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Monkeys Eating Jell-O: The 5 Cutest Animal Mealtime Videos

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 8, 2009

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Black Comedy, A Fertle Holiday

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 25, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: A Christmas Carol, A Fertle Holiday, The Nutcracker, Panto Cinderella, Santaland Diaries, Twelve Ways of Christmas

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 18, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: But Not Goodbye, A Fertle Holiday, The Gifts of Christmas, The Nutcracker, Panto Cinderella, Santaland Diaries, Spirits to Enforce, Twelve Ways of Christmas

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 11, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: But Not Goodbye, A Fertle Holiday, The Nutcracker, The Receptionist, Sunshine Boys

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 4, 2008

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Beauty and the Beast, A Fertle Holiday, The Nutcracker, Sunshine Boys

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    Other Ways NASA Could Have Fixed Their New Moon Rocket

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2007

    Last Night: The Gourds at Warehouse Live

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 29, 2005

    Grubby Grub

    The Art Guys make works from real food -- and things get rank

  • Dining

    March 10, 2005

    Mixing It Up

    The world's best chefs have turned their attention to cocktails, with surprising results

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Mexican Bakery

    The world's best chefs have turned their attention to cocktails, with surprising results

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2004

    Wax Fantastic

    Electro-phenom DJ Keoki spins by Numbers

  • Dining

    May 23, 2002

    Stirred and Shaken

    Brain Freeze

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    June 1, 2000

    Art: The Third Dimension

    Crocheted, stitched or etched in Sheetrock, sculpture assumes new identities in current shows

  • Dining

    December 16, 1999

    True Grits

    Local Restaurant News

  • Dining

    November 25, 1999

    Thanks for Nothing

    The Chronicle's annual parade of prepackaged Thanksgiving recipes needs to be canned

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