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Pastry

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Make a Gourmet Meal in Half the Time with Our Tips and Tricks

    Don't call it cheating; call it a shortcut. Very few of us these days have the time or energy to make phyllo dough from scratch or even to simply chop vegetables. And if you're trying to host a nice dinner for friends or cook a good meal for your loved ones, there's absolutely nothing wrong with us ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    Easter was wonderful (as were the week of home cooked meals I enjoyed leading up to the celebration). One of my favorite parts about Easter are the leftovers, or remaking the leftovers. So I'm using up some leftover ham and making some other Spring treats. Here's what I'm making: Scrambled Eggs w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Fast Times: Kentucky Fried Chicken 'Chunky Chicken' Pot Pie

    A $4, fast food pot pie -- who could resist? Certainly not me, and as soon as I saw an advert for the Chunky Chicken Pot Pie at KFC I was pulling up to the drive-thru window. Chicken pot pie is a total throwback to my childhood, when my brother and I would turn up our noses at the delicious, homemad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Quality "Waffles" at Northwest-side Eatery

    First off, let's get something out of the way. There is no evidence that I could find that chicken and waffles originated in New Orleans, or that the town even has a particularly strong claim on the dish. Chicken and waffles is a dish that has soul food roots that may have originated in Jefferson's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Whatever Happened to Baked Alaska? Five Out-of-Style Dishes

    The meringue makes it extra fancy.​In the course of researching Turkducken's real age last week, I turned to one of my favorite food resources on the Internet: the Food Timeline. If you're a food nerd, prepare to lose dozens of hours to the fascinating depths of the Food Timeline and its entri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    First Look at The Bird & The Bear

    Fried green tomatoes and bacon on brioche...these are a few of my favorite things.​The corner restaurant on the end of a River Oaks strip mall at 2810 Westheimer has been a lot of things. It's been Rickshaw, it's been Fins, it was even temporarily home to Tony Mandola's Gulf Coast Kitchen whil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    How To: Bake Lattice Cookies for Fall

    I came across this tutorial the other day on NotMartha.org and had to give it a shot. It's the easiest recipe because...well...you don't actually cook anything. The dough for the cookies is just ready-made pie crust, and I love warm, flaky pie crust topped with butter, cinnamon and sugar. It's an ea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2011

    Crystal Cook and Sandy Pollock: The Casserole Queens Cookbook

    I came across this tutorial the other day on NotMartha.org and had to give it a shot. It's the easiest recipe because...well...you don't actually cook anything. The dough for the cookies is just ready-made pie crust, and I love warm, flaky pie crust topped with butter, cinnamon and sugar. It's an ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Pâte à Choux and Pilfered Sou(bise)

    SO EASY​Some weeks ago, my wife and I were lucky enough to attend a vegetable-focused dinner prepared by Chef Justin Yu. It stands easily as one of the best meals I've had this year, and featured many moments during which either my wife or I would lament the fact that we could not have this di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Sopapillas at Taco Cabana

    ​Last Tuesday, Taco Cabana gave away free sopapillas. "Free what?!" asked a man at the next table, when the manager offered to bring him an order. No wonder Taco Cabana was giving them away; how can you sell something if customers don't know what it is? I wouldn't have a clue, either, excep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    The Original Kolache Shoppe, Really

    Anamaris Cousins PriceThe Original Kolache Shoppe​I drove about 20 miles, waved bye to Frank's Grill and just when I thought I would hit Hobby Airport, I fell in love with the kolaches, and everything else, at The Original Kolache Shoppe. A family business since 1956, their little shoppe is fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 1: Tommy Birdwell of TQLA

    Photo by Matthew DresdenChef Tommy Birdwell, in front of TQLA​Houston native Tommy Birdwell, the co-owner/executive chef at TQLA, may hold the record for having worked at more restaurants than any other chef in Houston: 37, at last count. Then again, his career began at age ten. A graduate of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Food Fight: Sweet Potato Pie

    Photos by Matthew DresdenA slice of sweet potato pie from House of Pies​A sweet potato is not a yam, and a yam is not a sweet potato. Except when a sweet potato is called a yam, which is not because that sweet potato is an actual yam, but because it is a variety with softer flesh, like an actu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    La Vie en Lavender at Bistro Provence

    Lavender and fennel tartlet.​The delicate squash blossom was coated and fried in a light lavender batter. The snapper was served on a bed of confit nectarines and lavender rice. The tartlet was redolent with lavender, mixed with the strongly herbal taste of fennel. Even the duck leg was glazed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2011

    Off the Wall: Zelko Bistro

    sassyinthekitchenZelko's Lemon Ice Box Pie​Last week, Minh T. Truong asked the question, "Which Houston restaurants deserve Food Network recognition?" The comments poured in, but one in particular from EOW reader Ali caught my attention: "I'd love to bathe in Jamie Zelko's grits. Is that TMI? I do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Food Fight: Battle Beignets

    Photo by Matthew DresdenChez Beignets II​A few years ago, when I spent a month getting around Houston entirely by public transit, I found myself checking out from Central Market one warm spring evening at 10 p.m. It had just rained, and the air was fresh and cool, and I didn't feel like waitin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Food Fight: Pecan Pie

    Dacapo's, left. Goode Co., right.​It may be the state tree of Texas, but the pecan sure doesn't attract the kind of attention lavished on the state flower, the bluebonnet. Put it this way: You don't see photo studios offering to capture a young Texan's first bite of pecan pie. If only! The blu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Crescent City Beignets

    ​Sometimes, nothing satisfies quite like a plate full of hot dough, fat, and sugar. I'm speaking, of course, of beignets. When the mood strikes, these pillowy confections simply can't be replaced. People may try to ply you with Indian fry bread, funnel cakes, or perhaps even sopapillas. The pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    National Pie Day and Oh My! Pocket Pies

    Angie Villasenor triumphs. ​Did you know that yesterday was National Pie Day? Apparently, a few of you did. I went out to Houston's 2nd Annual National Pie Day Celebration, held in the historic Heights shopping district at 339 W. 19th Street. The event was co-hosted by Oh My! Pocket Pies ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Bean Pie, My Brother?

    Photo by Romana Klee​If 2011 is supposed to be the year of the pie, I would like to humbly submit the bean pie for consideration as one of the great examples of pie innovation throughout the years. At Conscious Cafe -- the subject of this week's cafe review -- you can buy bean pie by the slic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Top 5 Uses for Holiday Leftovers

    savorytartGo fix us a turkey pot pie.​The holidays are awesome. Everybody makes their best dish, which usually leaves enough food left over for a small army. Rather than continuing to gorge yourself on reheated, plain-old leftovers, here are some ways to help gobble up what's left. 5. Make i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    The Perfect Christmas Gift: Goode Company Pecan Pie

    store.goodecompany.com​Need a gift that is outrageously Texan that you can send to an out-of-stater without having to do much more than click a mouse? My choice, beyond all others, is a Goode Company pecan pie. You don't even really have to be a thoughtful person to send one. Say what you wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Top 5 Flying Saucer Pies

    Photo courtesy of out_of_rhythm​The pies at Flying Saucer are creeping up in price, and dare I say a little overrated in the taste department. But tradition is tradition. What's a Thanksgiving without waiting in line for one of their tasty treats? Here are the top five worth waiting for...and no, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    What Are Houston Chefs Cooking This Thanksgiving?

    Photo by Carbon NYC​Thanksgiving: A day to gather with your loved ones and give thanks? Or a day to display your culinary prowess to friends and family? Increasingly, the emphasis has been on the latter in the past few years, as people try to dress up the traditional Thanksgiving spread and im ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 11, 2010

    Cajun Made

    The sweet potato bar

  • Dining

    April 2, 2009

    Tex-Cajun Cuisine at BB's Cajun Cafe

    This is the new late-night place to be if you like poor boys, grits and gravy, and breakfast in the middle of the night.

  • Dining

    January 8, 2009

    Brie Good at Cafesito Cocina Mediterranea

    This is the new late-night place to be if you like poor boys, grits and gravy, and breakfast in the middle of the night.

  • Dining

    August 10, 2006

    This Tart's for You

    Tart Cafe

  • Dining

    June 23, 2005

    Refined Taste

    Blue Plate Bistro

  • Dining

    June 2, 2005

    Precision Pecan Pie

    Roland's Swiss Pastry and Bistro

  • Dining

    December 16, 2004

    Wellington Wins

    Roland's Swiss Pastry and Bistro

  • Dining

    April 29, 2004

    Mycological Masterpiece

    Shade

  • Dining

    February 12, 2004

    Cupid Plays the Odds

    Does Restaurant Ronit/Café Beignet pass Valentine's Day muster?

  • Dining

    December 4, 2003

    Haute Pocket

    Massa's

  • Dining

    January 30, 2003

    The Orange Show

    Moeller's Bakery

  • Dining

    January 23, 2003

    UFO Sighting

    Flying Saucer Pie Company

  • Dining

    December 5, 2002

    Pyrotechnically Challenged

    The Cheesecake Factory

  • Dining

    January 24, 2002

    Size Does Matter

    Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen

  • Dining

    December 7, 2000

    No Flakes Allowed

    Ouisie's Table

  • Dining

    October 19, 2000

    Tailspin

    Luscious lobster cardinal

  • Dining

    October 12, 2000

    Hot Plate

    Mighty Aphrodite

  • Dining

    July 6, 2000

    Nice Goobers

    The Raven Grill

  • Dining

    July 1, 1999

    Hot Plate

    The Raven Grill

  • Dining

    June 17, 1999

    From Brussels with Love

    A charming new cafe sprouts in Montrose

  • Dining

    May 13, 1999

    Beignet Blahs

    Good ideas. Bad execution.

  • Dining

    March 4, 1999

    Battlin' Beignets

    Good ideas. Bad execution.

  • Dining

    April 9, 1998

    Dish

    Good ideas. Bad execution.

  • Dining

    January 12, 1995

    Eating on the Cutting Edge

    Daily Review has the foodies alerted, and for good reason

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