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Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Cuisine (That's Not Sushi or Ramen)

Although it's all the craze lately, ramen is just one of the soups you'll find in Japanese cuisine. And although you'll find sushi everywhere these days -- from gas stations to grocery stores -- there's more to Japanese food than raw fish and rice. And while Houston may have far fewer Japanese rest ... More >>

Ubi Roi

Dance Salad Festival 2013

Euro 2012: How to Fake a Conversation on Europe's Huge Soccer Tournament

Wait a minute, your American red blood-soaked brain might be thinking, wasn't there just an international soccer tournament? World...something? And didn't we win that already? Are we going to kick ass in this one, AGAIN? In short:a) two years ago, b) Cup, c) no and d) no, because this tournament is ... More >>

Top Five: Cheap Booze

​After mastering a tartly correct margarita three years ago, I decided to keep going, and make every classic cocktail that doesn't involve weird liquor. Sixty-nine, so far. As I searched bartending sites, mixology blogs, culinary forums, print stuff and liquor reviews, these bottles of gin, v ... More >>

The Wacky Adventures Of Frederic Chopin's Heart

Louis-Auguste Bisson​Today is Fredric Chopin's 201st birthday, although some sources claim he was actually born on February 22. Chopin's incredible nocturnes, pale complexion, consumption, and melancholy outlook have more than once prompted Rocks Off to christen him the Original Goth. He rema ... More >>

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 >>

Five Video Games More Tasteless Than Call Of Juarez: The Cartel

UbisoftCall of Juarez​Even though the Mexican Drug War continues unabated a few hundred miles down the Southwest Freeway, this news that there is a South of the Border-themed Grand Theft Auto video game in the works somehow seems predictable. According to manufacturer Ubisoft, first-person sh ... More >>

Remember Simple Success' Smash and Dash EP?

Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. Photos by Sarah Levit​Simple Success opens up for Mac Miller tonight at Warehouse Live. They p ... More >>

25 Famous Bands' Less Famous Previous Names

​As promised, here are the answers to Rocks Off's "Original Band Name" quiz from Tuesday. John St. Lee, if you'd care to email us, we'll see what we can do about getting you a prize. Do you like Devo? 1. Chicago: At about 25 or 6 to 4, the Windy City jazz-rockers realized The Big Thing sucked ... More >>

Hurricane Earl: Tips From The Gulf Coast

Comin' at ya​The single most important type of hurricane ever -- one that threatens the New York metropolitan area -- is looming.As everyone knows, events that happen in New York are far more important than events elsewhere. Luckily for TV viewers up there, we're sure the sophisticated local news ... More >>

Your Fantasy Hurricane Draft Tips For 2010

It's that time again........​Today marks the beginning of hurricane season, and  for many reasons things look ominous. God has already shown He's pissed at the gulf, and if anything further bad can happen in connection with the BP spill -- like, say, a hurricane -- it will.Plus all the ... More >>

"Absolution: Photographs from Eastern Europe"

Roman Loran gives audiences a visual sanctuary

HISD Hoops Classic: A-Hole Coach 170, Lee High School 35

​It was the biggest rout since Hitler's Panzers took on Poland's cavalry, and showed about as much sportsmanship: The powerful, undefeated Yates High basketball creamed not-so-powerful Lee 170-35, pressing and gunning all the way.The halftime score was Yates 100-12, so obviously the Lions couldn't ... More >>

First Friday Poetry Reading Series: Robin Davidson

How do you translate poetyckosc?

My Top Five Imported Mustards

​When I wrote about mustard recently, I got so many interesting recommendations that I went out and bought a bunch. Some of the tastiest mustards I tried were imported. Here are my current top five imported mustards: 5. Maille Dijon Originale (Canada) Good mustard seed, excellent vinegar, a ... More >>

Blind Boys of Alabama

70 Years After A Nazi Invasion, Poland Gets Respect: The Five Best Movie Poles

On September 1, 1939, German forces invaded Poland. Soviet troops joined the attack (in adherence to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) on September 16, and by the first of October, the country was entirely in enemy hands, and World War II was well underway.Poland and its people have had enough problems, ... More >>

"A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People"

A pontiff bridges a centuries-old divide

Where Are We Eating?

Yes, those are pierogies. No, this isn't Poland. Can you guess where in Houston we aquired these treats in this week's Where Are We Eating?   Leave your best guess in the comments section below.

Classic Rock Corner: Ian Gillan's Deeper Shade of Purple

www.gillan.comThough best known as the talented tonsils behind British hard-rock legends Deep Purple, Ian Gillan has also found the chance to log in some serious studio and road time both fronting his own bands and as a solo artist. Gillan's new CD, One Eye to Morocco (Eagle Records) finds th ... More >>

Bradford Gray Telford and Jericho Brown

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Blue Willow Bookshop: Linda Olsson

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Cancer Doctor Stanislaw Burzynski Sees Himself as a Crusading Researcher, Not a Quack

He's treated thousands of people from all over the world, so why can't he get FDA approval?

The United Nations of Food at Phoenicia Specialty Foods

Miguel Zenón

Somewhere between Latin and contemporary jazz, this Puerto Rican saxophonist is making a name for himself

“A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk”

Just don’t call them comics!

Tito & Tarantula

Polka Party

Maybe it’s the beer that makes all these stoic countries produce such jubilant dancing

Dance Salad 2008

The 13th installment of the performing arts festival includes dance groups from around the world

Capsule Art Reviews: "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space," "Death and Shit Like That," "Tony Berlant," "A Visceral Valentine," " Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now"

Capsule Art Reviews: "AES+F," "Chantal Akerman: Moving Through Time and Space," "Death and Shit Like That," "Gratitude, There's No Competition," "Jac Leirner," " Perspectives 159: Superconscious, Automatisms Now"

“Dreaming Cows”

Betty LaDuke supports Heifer International through her artwork

Pawel Dutkiewicz BE/TWEEN

Anya Tish Gallery offers its own monochromatic minimalist art

"International Discoveries: A Selection of Contemporary Artists from Around the World"

FotoFest brings together artists from around the world

Polish Film Festival

Poland’s most notable directors share their recent works

“International Discoveries”

FotoFest goes extra global

“Through the Eye of a Needle”

New exhibit at HMH

The Measure of Kielbasa

Real Polish sausage is a lot more exciting than the nasty Polska kielbasa they sell at the grocery store

Grammar Rock

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs break a few rules

Finding the Write Candidate

The Plane Truth

Houston minister Dr. K.A. Paul flies around the globe using Jesus to pull in worldwide donations -- unfortunately spending more money on jet fuel than orphans

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Pole Position

Polish Joke may not be likable, but it's admirable

Pole Position

Stages Repertory Theatre debuts a hilarious ethnic Joke

Perfecto Night Out

Paul Oakenfold takes the DJ booth at M Bar

Heimat Sweet Heimat

Postwar German films attempt to either understand or ignore the holocaust

News of the Weird

Souvenir Hunting

MFA's Old Master exhibit reflects our modern desire to treat art as collectibles

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