Mark Cox

A Review of a Preview of the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

Brennan’s of Houston Gutted by Flames

Chefs Pitch In for Brennan’s Fire Victims

Fundraiser for the Koonce Family

Dish

Sold American

With his eponymous new cafe, Mark Cox sheds his Tony's past

Best Restaurant

Mark's American Cuisine

Sausage Delivery Systems

Find the golden crown of The Sausage King at Candelari's Pizzeria

Memories of Brennan's

A Houston institution burns; will it be back?

The In-Tycer

National honors go to the chef at Aries

In the Garden

Meet Camille Waters, an urban guerrilla armed with lettuce

Best Expense-Account Restaurant

Mark's American Cuisine

Fish Fraud

Passing off cheap fish for expensive red snapper is against the law. But no one enforces the regulations. So Texas restaurants are free to rip you off.

Stirred and Shaken

Mark's Maker's Mark Lemonade

Holy Smoke

Mark's American Cuisine

Salad Daze

A chef and a produce grower get into a pissing match over ten pounds of greens

Iceberg Ahead

Speaking off the toque: Mark Cox

Still Your Father's Tony's

When Tony's gets rid of its outdated attitudes, we'll have some reason to go back

Don't Mess with the Family

Lunch with Michael May

Upcoming Events

​Although it's facing stiff competition from Southern Star lately, Saint Arnold is still our favorite hometown brewery. And this weekend's Foam Raiser at the Orange Show (Saturday, October 24, from 7 to 10 p.m.) is one of many reasons why. The ticket sales for the 2nd annual Foam Ra ... More >>

The Polo Empire

Photo courtesy of Polo's​On a recent trip to Polo's Signature for some drinks at the bar, we were sent out some appetizers from the kitchen from Chef Adam, who previously worked for Mark Cox. We got a platter of crispy calamari slathered in sweet Italian cherry peppers with a meyer lemon aioli ... More >>

Upcoming Events

​Smackdowns, showdowns, throwdowns. There's food violence aplenty coming up for your voyeuristic pleasure. Bread and circuses, served up daily by your Houston food community. This Sunday, of course, is our very own Cupcake Smackdown at Block 7 Wine Company (720 Shepherd) from 4 to 6 p.m. You ... More >>

An Unlikely Winner at the Mushroom Throwdown

Photo by Katharine ShilcuttThrowdown judge Gracie Cavnar prepares to sample an entry.​The big guns were brought out last night for the fourth -- and largest to date -- throwdown organized by Jenny Wang and the Houston Chowhounds: the Mushroom Throwdown at Vic & Anthony's. From the judging pane ... More >>

Raising the Bar at the Bourbon Throwdown

Photos by GroovehouseAdam Bryan finishes up his No Bogey Fizz cocktails.​Last night's Bourbon Throwdown at Branchwater Tavern was the fifth throwdown -- a casual, Iron Chef-style competition between local chefs -- that the Houston Chowhounds have thrown since June 2009. But far from being a re ... More >>

Houston Needs a Brewpub

robtrentIf Salmon Arm, BC has one, why can't we? ​I've never believed in the "if-another-city-in-Texas-is-doing-it-why-doesn't-Houston" train of thought. Even though Houston has lacked a distinct identity at times, we aren't followers here. Like everyone else, I cringed when I read a recent na ... More >>

Baffled by Brennan's

A revived Houston institution proves inconsistent.

Chef Chat, Part 2: John Sheely of Mockingbird Bistro

Tam Vo​Today we continue our discussion with John Sheely to learn about how skiing ties into cooking, his memorable food discoveries and how he's been coping with the down economy. EOW: I understand you love to ski. Do any skiing concepts translate into what you do in the kitchen? Sheely: S ... More >>

The Top 10 Cookbooks of 2011: Texas Edition

​This is neither a list of the all-time best cookbooks of the year, nor is it a list of the best Texan cookbooks of the year. It's a combination of both. Because odds are that if you're giving a cookbook as a gift this year, it's either going to be to a fellow Texan or because you're a Texan l ... More >>