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How Do You Dress Your Dog?

So often while watching Mad Men I am completely gobsmacked by the way things used to be in the olden times. I mean, wow -- smoking while you're pregnant? Referring to pot as grass? Crazy pants. I thought had seen it all until season 6, episode four ("The Collaborators") when Don gets stoned and tel ... More >>

A Musical Celebration of the Oreo Cookie

Do you like cookies? No? Well at least now we know who the hidden aliens are and can send Roddy Piper to deliver fisticuffs and quips about the surplus of ass-kickings inversely proportionate to the scarcity of bubble gum. Seriously, though, cookies are awesome, and it was on this day 101 years ago ... More >>

Top 5 Grocery Products I Wish Existed In Real Life

In a world that contains dulce de leche Cheerios, peppermint patty-flavored coffee creamer and vegan mayonnaise, it's hard to imagine needing, let alone wanting, greater variety in foodstuffs. Yet still I do. Here are my top products I wish actually could be bought in a supermarket. 5. Cashew Butte ... More >>

Weaponized Bacon Unofficial Theme at Rodeo's 2013 Gold Buckle Foodie Awards

Yesterday afternoon, the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo held its annual Gold Buckle Foodie Awards in which the dozens of carnival food vendors enter their yearly over-the-top culinary creations to be judged by a ravenous pit of on-air media personalities and journalists. "I've been doing this five ... More >>

What's Cooking on Pinterest? Gingerbread Truffles

My friends and I always wind up making Oreo balls for anything we go to. Whether it's a birthday party, a social event for our sorority or just because we want to, we always make Oreo balls. For those unfamiliar with Oreo balls, they are super simple. Just mash an entire box of Oreo cookies, mix th ... More >>

60-Second Brownies...In a Mug

Oh my gosh, you guys -- I just discovered the best thing ever. I really don't know how I've gone this long without it. It's fast, it's easy, it's delicious... It's microwaved mug brownies. Yes, I made brownies...in a mug...in the microwave. See also: What's Cooking on Pinterest? Nutella Mug Cake ... More >>

National Cookie Month: Make a "Pizookie"

October is National Cookie Month, so what better way to celebrate than with an at-home pizookie? Thank you BJ's Brewhouse for introducing me to one of the best cookies in a skillet with ice cream dessert. When BJ's came to Waco a few months ago, we all jumped for joy because we finally had access to ... More >>

What's Cooking on Pinterest? Candy Corn Cookie Crunch

I will admit it. I am addicted to candy corn. Stick a bowl of candy corn in front of me and I won't stop eating it. So, naturally, I decided to celebrate this wonderful fall weather and Halloween season by making a candy corn cookie crunch bark dessert. It's simple to make and it has a ton of all o ... More >>

Too Bad It Rained: Top 5 Fried Foods I Wish I Had Tasted at the State Fair of Texas

Unfortunately, it rained literally all day long in Dallas on Saturday. Which just so happened to be the day I planned to attend the State Fair of Texas. There were many things I was looking forward to doing. I wanted to see Big Tex, ride the Ferris Wheel, watch the pig races and enjoy the fireworks ... More >>

$7 or Less: Smashburger Tempts with New Dishes

Just in time for the throes of August, Smashburger is rolling out some new items that just might help finish out the summer with a bang. Best of all, the base price of everything on the menu is $6.99 or less. (Of course, there are plenty of add-ons, so feel free to create that $10 burger if you want ... More >>

Today's National Ice Cream Sandwich Day: Let's Make a Cake

Let's face it, many national food holidays are silly and dumb, but we all get a little bit excited when we find out we have an excuse to indulge. Since today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, you can't help but smile, because what's better than the combination of a soft cookie/cake/whatever that ... More >>

It's National Cheesecake Day: Oreo Cookies & Cream Cheesecakes

Out of all the weird and ridiculous national food holidays our country celebrates (or at least acknowledges), National Cheesecake Day is a day we should all take seriously. With all the varieties and forms of cheesecake, there's a flavor or style out there for everyone to enjoy on this creamy holida ... More >>

Upcoming Events: Cheap Cheesecake and Free Tequila; What Could Be Better?

Hopefully, you're already celebrating National French Fries Day today. But hang on -- we've got two more good ones coming up. What better place to celebrate National Cheesecake Day is there than The Cheesecake Factory itself? The restaurant is known for having more than 30 different flavors of chee ... More >>

When Are Food Knock-offs Distasteful?

If your Girl Scout Cookie of choice is the Samoa, then you might be happy to know that these goodies are NOT only available through green-uniformed girl children and for $3-4 a pop. Keebler offers a nearly identical version called "Coconut Dreams," which are available year-round and often on sale ( ... More >>

7 Insane Foods We'd Like to See At the Rodeo

Every year at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, it seems like the food just keeps getting crazier and crazier. Fried Oreos? Pizza on a stick? Zany! And yet somehow it just doesn't go far enough. We thought up some ideas to truly shatter the border between flavor and insanity. With any luck, some ... More >>

Oreo Turns 100 Years Old: Our Favorite Flavors Through the Years

If you thought the 500th episode of The Simpsons made you feel old, consider this: The Oreo cookie has been around since before TV even existed -- and back then, it was made with lard. In the 100 years since its invention, Oreo has become the representative cookie of modern American culture. Everyo ... More >>

Super Bowl Snack For a Crowd: Oreo Truffle Footballs

Earlier, we brought you a Super Bowl Buffalo Chicken Dip big enough to feed a game day crowd. Now for the sweets (I mean, you need something to counteract all of the spicy wing dip and beer, right?). With only four ingredients, these Oreo Truffle Footballs are delicious, so simple to make and even e ... More >>

Top 5 Food Maneuvers That Only Work On Television

On TV, even a small French child is good at separating Oreos. As a little kid, I liked to eat my cereal in a clear bowl with bright-white milk with the box placed next to my bowl facing outward toward an imaginary audience. Just like in the commercials. For whatever reason, I found replicating tho ... More >>

Top 5 Seasonal Commercial Halloween Snacks

Photo by Joanna O'LearyBoo! I'm orange.​Since Halloween is my favorite holiday, I'm more than thrilled that what was once a one-day celebration has now become a whole season in its own right. Despite my usual aversion to processed food, I'm also tickled pink (orange?) by the plethora of Hallow ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, wherefdkosa[GNOWri'r Excuse me. "Where ragweed season is now in full effect," I was about to say. We started the week off right with a look at some of the best moments in TV food. A solid list, although somewhat incomplete without includi ... More >>

The Ever Expanding World of Oreos

With temperatures falling and pumpkins filling the parking lot of Whole Foods, it's hard not to get excited for autumn and its accompanying pleasures. For me, that's Halloween Oreos. I've always been a fan of "milk's favorite cookie" and look forward to the time when the lard filling is tinged a br ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Japanese Kit Kat

​Here on Eating Our Words, the commenters absolutely make the blog, and our Comment of the Day honors the best of the bunch. Every day, we read you guys and pick the commenter, or commenters, who made us laugh, cry, salivate over something delicious, or think about things in a new way. In re ... More >>

Top Ten: Stoner Foods

ny.eater.com​So the word on the street is that food tastes better when you're stoned. I'm just guessin' though -- I would never engage in anything illegal like smoking The Pot! Swearsies. I hit up the Internet -- and a few of my favorite potheads -- to bring you this list of Top Ten Stoner Foo ... More >>

Pimped Out S'mores

Joanna O'LearyI don't think I could fit a whole one of these in my mouth.​Since the beginning of summer I've consumed an inordinate amount of chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers, most often in the form of Campfire Bars. And I since I so worship this glorious trifecta, I can't believ ... More >>

Food Fight: Fried Rodeo Fare

​ Fried delicacies abound at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, so what better place to do a little food fighting? To locate the stands we visited, click here. Battle Corndogs (Yoakum Packing Co. vs. Cajun Unlimited) What rodeo trip would be complete without scarfing down a corndog--or ... More >>

The OMG Cookies & Cream Cupcake at Rice Epicurean Market

​Move over, Crave. I adore your cupcakes for their salty-sweet buttery icing and inventive flavors, but you have some competition in a chain grocery store. Rice Epicurean Market's OMG ("Oh My God") series of cupcakes ($2.99 each) are sizeable, moist, and topped with the densest, creamiest fr ... More >>

Recipe: "Winter Edition" Oreo Fudge

​Ever fascinated by seasonal products, I picked up a package of "Winter Edition" Oreos ($2.99) at the supermarket. It seems Nabisco has become sufficiently PC as not to call them "Christmas" Oreos, though they don't exactly scream Hanukkah. Like other seasonal Oreos, this variety is similar t ... More >>

Your Handy Thanksgiving Flow Chart, Plus Bonus Recipe for Creamy White Deliciousness

Jason Bargas Click here to view the chart full-size.​If you have to attend a Thanksgiving meal, then you have to make a Creamy White Deliciousness Pie - at least according to this handy flow chart, which we've assembled to help you navigate the holiday. Fill your quota of Kickass Points (Coo ... More >>

Araya Artisan Chocolates: Halloween Chocolates for Grown-Ups

​For kids, Halloween is mostly about dressing up, trick or treating, and getting CANDY. As we get older, many of us continue with the dressing up, but the trick or treating switches to parties, and the candy switches to booze. Now don't get me wrong, this is a pretty decent trade, but what if ... More >>

Sundae Sundays: Baskin-Robbins

Baskin-Robbins hot fudge sundae​After my disappointing Ben & Jerry's Sundae Sunday, I was curious if any other national chain ice cream vendor offered a better alternative. Next at bat: Baskin-Robbins. I could create my own fantabulous ice cream sundae at home pretty much ensuring a terrific ... More >>

DQ Blizzard Creme Oreos

​Given the long-standing partnership between Nabisco and Dairy Queen, I wasn't terribly surprised to see that the two brands had joined forces to create DQ Blizzard Creme Oreos. The Blizzard of the Month at Dairy Queen right now is, in fact, the "Brownie Earthquake" (funny how we're now linki ... More >>

Oreos v. Newman-O's

​What's better, organic Newman-O's, or non-organic Oreos? They look exactly the same -- you have to get really close to see whether you're eating a Newman-O or an Oreo. And I really can't taste the difference, either. If you like to split your Oreos in half and lick the center out first, it st ... More >>

Pretzel M&M's

​I am generally not the biggest fan of standard packaged and/or processed foods, but I am nevertheless inexplicably drawn to specialty versions of such products. When affixed to a package of cookies, crackers or even creamed corn, the words "new," "limited edition" and "seasonal flavor" mesmer ... More >>

Strange Snacks

​If you were ever a fan of Sex and the City, you may recall the episode from season four in which the women recount their "secret single behavior" -- the things each of them did when their boyfriends, lovers or husbands weren't around. Carrie admitted that her "SSS" was standing around in the ... More >>

iFest: Eat This. Don't Eat That.

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​This year's International Festival is a whirlwind of sights, smells and sounds, most of those emanating from the massive food court that's sprung up on the lawn around the reflecting pool at City Hall. As iFest grows, so -- it seems -- does the variety of food offe ... More >>

Late Night Scene: TCBY

​We were riding our bikes home late one tepid Houston spring night when we noticed the neon open sign was still lit up at TCBY on Rice Blvd. in the Village. Realizing we hadn't eaten in like two hours, so we popped in to see what they had, asking the teeny bopper behind the counter if she had ... More >>

Shameless Chef: Dirt Pudding

This should provide you with a lifetime's supply of vegetable shortening.​ Don't touch that. Leave it the hell alone. Hi, this is the Shameless Chef, and you'll have to pardon my irregular typing and somewhat cranky demeanor. I'm hung over as hell this morning, and my sister thought it would b ... More >>

Late Night Scene: Saint Dane's

Fried Oreos​We could probably tell you every bar inside the loop that serves Miller High Life, the champagne of beers. We're happy to report that Saint Dane's (502 Elgin) is one of these bars. But it also serves shots in plastic cups, which is a personal peeve of ours. We mean, is this a frat ... More >>

Top 5 Sweets of Sugar Land

Wrong, but right: Oreo Pizookie​Imperial Sugar may not actually produce sugar in Sugar Land anymore, but even as dust collects on the factory smokestacks and the museum leads tours through the old warehouse, there are still a number of bakeries, breweries and cafes making Sugar Land's namesake ... More >>

Australian Cookie Ignites Debate Over "Creole," To The Bafflement Of Houston Creoles

​It's a never-ending debate around these parts. What is Creole? Is it the same as Cajun? If not, why not? And let's say you were an Australian supermarket chain and were looking for a name for your in-house generic rip-off of the Oreo, and you decided to call it the "Creole Cream." Should you exp ... More >>

Australian Oreo Cookie Ripoff Ignites Debate Over "Creole," To The Bafflement Of Houston Creoles

​It's a never-ending debate around these parts. What is Creole? Is it the same as Cajun? If not, why not? And let's say you were an Australian supermarket chain and were looking for a name for your in-house generic rip-off of the Oreo, and you decided to call it the "Creole Cream." Should you ex ... 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 >>

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