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July 6, 2000
Utopia, Texas
A burger on the deck at Bubba's is the next best thing to visiting the Hill Country
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June 22, 2008
Notes from the 2008 Southwest Foodservice Expo: Dry Soda
A burger on the deck at Bubba's is the next best thing to visiting the Hill Country
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March 1, 2001
Stirred and Shaken
La Strada's Fast Eddy
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June 6, 2002
The Big Deal
Vending machines are leaving Texas school cafeterias. But the mother lode of "minimal nutritional value" has hardly gone away.
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January 13, 2009
Houston Likes Its Caffeine Cold And Bubbly
Houston, you love your caffeine, but only when it comes cold and bubbly.The second annual Caffeinated Cities survey came out today; it's conducted by something called HealthSaver and looks at caffeine use across the country.The Most Caffeinated City in America? Tampa. (Huh?) Followed by Seattle (tha ... More >>
News
December 17, 1998
Carbonated Cash
Drink up, kids. Keep those soda dollars coming.
Dining
June 5, 2008
Bootlegging Dr Pepper
The demand for sugar-sweetened Dublin Dr Pepper has never been higher — just ask the bootleggers
Dining
July 15, 2004
Hot Plate
Ben & Jerry's
Music
March 29, 2007
What's in Your Favorite Singer's Backseat?
John Popper, Chingo Bling and John Mayer
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July 20, 2006
Image of the Week
Monkey Quincy and Billy Don Ivey
News
May 19, 2005
Sugar Coated
This Baylor medical "expert" cashed in on infomercials. Now he's showing how things go better with Coke.
Dining
July 4, 2002
Near-Perfect
Lancaster Hotel's Cream Soda
Dining
June 13, 2002
Economy Size
PJ's Root Beer Float
Dining
August 16, 2001
Stirred and Shaken
The Hong Kong Disco's Seven & Seven
Dining
March 8, 2001
Stirred and Shaken
Ernie's on Banks' Pimm's Cup
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June 9, 2009
Diet Cola Goes Healthy
Photo by Robb WalshZevia Natural Cola is the first of the new stevia-sweetened diet soft drinks I've tasted. There is also a Zevia diet root beer and a diet lemon-lime. No doubt you've heard of stevia, the newly approved natural sweetener that's 300 times sweeter than sugar, with no calories. Stevia ... More >>
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June 22, 2009
Texas Traveler: Dr Pepper Museum
Photo by Jeff BalkeWaco isn't the first place that comes to mind when people think "road trip." Instead, visions of an ultraconservative town that was once the site of an epic, fiery battle between a cult and the United States government spring to mind. Fortunately for Waco, the town act ... More >>
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June 30, 2009
Frozen Fast Food Frenzy
I, for one, welcome our new McFlurry overlords.It's hot as balls in Houston. You can do your best to hurry from air-conditioned house to air-conditioned car to air-conditioned movie theater / bar / restaurant / etc., but at some point you're going to be forced to spend more than 30 seconds out ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
Top 5 Cheesiest Soft Drink Commercials
Coca-Cola Hilltop Commercial Thirty years ago, Coca-Cola imagined itself as the arbiter of world peace. Let's just buy the world a Coke and everything will be hunky-dory. Today, America is often despised as a "Coca-Cola" culture, and Coke itself is blamed for the skyrocketing rates of obesity and ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
A Cooler Coke: Guaraná Antarctica
Each Tuesday and Thursday for the next five weeks, we'll be taking a look at alternatives to cokes for the sticky Houston summer that lays ahead. The first beverage we're examining in this series isn't exactly a hidden treasure. Guaraná Antarctica, produced in Brazil since 1921, is not only ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: The Big Easy's Origo Malum
Photo by Troy FieldsSitting at the bar on a quiet night at the Big Easy (5731 Kirby, 713-523-9999), it feels like you're a one-armed dwarf and an exotic dancer away from being in a Tom Waits song. Something about the music, empty space and Mardi Gras lights gives it that shore-leave-gone-wron ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
The Big Easy's Origo Malum
Photo by Troy FieldsSitting at the bar on a quiet night at the Big Easy (5731 Kirby, 713-523-9999), it feels like you're a one-armed dwarf and an exotic dancer away from being in a Tom Waits song. Something about the music, empty space and Mardi Gras lights gives it that shore-leave-gone-wron ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
A Cooler Coke: Almdudler
Each Tuesday and Thursday for the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at alternatives to cokes for the sticky Houston summer that lays ahead. Through the course of drinking various soft drinks and reporting back to you on them, I'll occasionally discover beverages like Vimto: something I ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
A Cooler Coke: Ironbeer
Each Tuesday and Thursday for the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at alternatives to cokes for the sticky Houston summer that lies ahead. I was prepared not to like Ironbeer from the start. I don't like the packaging. It looks too reminiscent of Dr Pepper and, therefore, like a knock ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Whoa, Whoa: The Situation Releases New Single In Time For Rich's Gig
Truly a thing of beauty.Remember when you were a kid and you would mix all the fountain sodas together into one monstrosity of a drink called a "Suicide" (or whatever it was called where you're from). As an adult you probably realize that the end result was something less-than-greater than th ... More >>
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July 12, 2010
Bobby Heugel's Weekly Cocktail: Gin and Tonic
The gin and tonic is arguably the world's favorite highball. Blissfully botanical gin, bubbly tonic and a squeeze of fresh citrus make for a leisurely, refreshing cocktail that always helps to beat the summer heat. While the drink was a staple of the British colonial era, the gin and tonic i ... More >>
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July 20, 2010
Dreyer's Limited-Edition Root Beer Float Ice Cream
I usually mock products self-consciously designed to taste like a completely different food medium, e.g., Blueberry Muffin Pop-Tarts. (Are people so conflicted that they can't decide between blueberry muffin and a regular Pop-Tart?). But once again, the phrase "limited edition" led to me to ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Brad Garrett
Actor takes the stand-up stage
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August 26, 2010
Birch Beer
I recently became re-interested in birch beer, having consumed it rather religiously when I was growing up on the east coast. Birch beer is (unsurprisingly) usually made from the bark of birch trees and comes in an assortment of hues, including light and dark brown, red, and purple. Several c ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Anachronistic Chef: Sasparilla
Sasparilla, not sarsaparilla or sassafras or some other word that starts with 's.'My recent post on birch beer got me rather excited about other antiquated soft drinks and, in keeping with the theme of root beverages, I decided to buy some sasparilla. Sasparilla has a rather tangled history ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Urban Food Legends - Part I: Deadly Pop Rocks, Undead Twinkies and Corrosive Coca-Cola
They didn't blow up Mikey and they won't kill you either.It would be convenient to say that urban legends and myths can be traced back to some shred of a fact, but the disturbing truth is that some, especially the more entertaining rumors, appear to have no real logical foundation whatsoever ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Diet Cherry Seven 7Up Antioxidant
Forever on the lookout for new diet or light beverages, I picked up a two-liter Diet Cherry 7UP Antioxidant. I usually snub Diet 7UP, as Sprite Zero or Diet Sierra Mist are my no-calorie "lemon-lime" mass-market beverages of choice, but this flavor attracted my attention primarily because of ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Top Five Non-Alcoholic Beers
Lukas VermeerThere's non-alcoholic beer in here somewhere. The city's beer nerds are all excited for Houston Beer Week. But for some random reason, this brew celebration has just made me crave my favorite non-alcoholic "beers." Here are my Top Five: 5. Birch Beer. Earlier this year I blogged ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Redneck Thanksgiving: Baked Ham and Apple Dumplings
timeinthekitchen.comFor those pressed for time, looking to do some ironic cooking or just plain angry at their arteries, we present the third in a series of recipes to help you enjoy a Redneck Thanksgiving. For previous posts in this series -- mined mainly from my family's eastern Ohio church ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Jones Soda Cocktails
Chris Frankel.Everyone likes to talk about the great presents they receive over the holidays. What often goes unmentioned is the laundry list of crappy gifts out there. You know you got them, likely from some far-flung aunt who just can't believe that anyone wouldn't want a collection of salt ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
The United States of Soft Drinks
Full-size image below.In 1998, Nebraska set a precedent for all other U.S. states when it formally declared Kool-Aid to be the state soft drink. Sure, plenty of other states have state foods or state dishes, but a state soft drink? The popular children's beverage was developed in Hastings, N ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
What to Feed That Flu
IslesPunkFanWith the temperature climbing steadily toward the hellish heat of Houston summer, I could've sworn I'd escaped the flu season unscathed. If only I was so lucky. I got sick, making it hard to taste anything. And as someone who loves food, this was especially unfortunate. I knew ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Five Favorite Retro Sodas
I remember as a young child visiting Bread & Circus in Boston and marveling over the fact that the world of soda comprised more than just Coke, Sprite and root beer. Now, I'm a bit more cosmopolitan when it comes to carbonated beverages, and I'm currently obsessed with retro sodas. (Probably ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Dr Pepper Sues Itself, Sort Of
Photo by Amit GuptaDublin Dr Pepper: the highly-coveted Dr Pepper version of Mexican Coca-Cola.In the long history of entities suing themselves -- Wells Fargo in 2009, the government of Thailand in 2006 -- none have been as disheartening to Texans as the latest news that Dr Pepper Snapple (DP ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Comment of the Day
Today Katharine Shilcutt wrote about Dr Pepper sort of suing itself - that is, parent company Dr Pepper Snapple suing the Dublin Dr Pepper plant for allegedly violating the terms of its franchise agreement. Which led commenter Stuart Reb Donald to present his theory about what's going on: ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
This Week in Deliciousness
Photo by Mike Overall*sigh* Let the hoarding commence.Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we're going to launch a class-action lawsuit against Diet Dr Pepper for not tasting more like real Dr Pepper. We'll probably be defeated in court by the Dr Pepper lawyers p ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Coke: United States vs. Mexico
Cane sugar has been gaining on HFCS lately. Dr Pepper admitted that high-fructose corn syrup is a shoddy sweetener when it turned Lawyer Pepper on its Dublin, Texas bottler. And tonic makers have created a new market from the knowledge that gin mixes with corn syrup like gin goes with police ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Cafe Luz Offers More Than Just Coffee: Handmade Sodas and Fresh Food Head Downtown
Cafe Luz's giant lightbulb was painted by Borrego herself.Downtown has a new coffee shop as of this morning at 6:30 a.m. That's when Frank Freeman opened the doors of Cafe Luz at 907 Franklin, his new venture with Lucrece Borrego and Jesus Acosta, who also own Kitchen Incubator. Cafe Luz is ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Five Alternatives to the Root Beer Float
Joanna O'LearyVariation on the Boston Cooler. Note: Only use Diet Ginger Beer if your supermarket strangely lacks Regular.Liquid desserts are ideal for summer, and while I love a good milkshake, sometimes I like a little carbonation with my ice cream. A root beer float is the obvious choice; ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
A Cooler Coke: Taylor's Tonics Chai Cola
Curse you, Cost Plus World Market.I have sort of a hate-hate relationship with Cost Plus World Market. I hate that my wife seems physically incapable of not buying their crap, and I hate that I secretly like most of it. Don't tell her I said that. Either part, really, but mostly the part abou ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Dublin Dr Pepper Asks Fans to Contribute to Its Legal Defense Fund
Photo by megpiThis bottle of Dublin Dr Pepper made it all the way to Los Angeles.In late June, the 120-year-old Dr Pepper plant in Dublin, Texas announced that it was being sued by its parent company, Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS). The plant, which is the world's oldest and smallest Dr Pepper bott ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Six Surprisingly Sexist Television Commercials From Way After the Mad Men Era
Wait, can Chaz Bono drink it? What about Eddie Izzard?By now, most of us have seen the new commercials for Dr Pepper's new product line, Dr Pepper 10, a diet drink which, ostensibly, tastes better than Diet Dr Pepper thanks to whatever's in those ten measly calories (our theory: brown sugar a ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Comment of the Day: Sexist or Silly?
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 >>
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December 29, 2011
On the Rocks: Cocktails Named After Musicians for New Year's Eve
Have a G.G. Allin and bring in the New Year indecently!Everything is more exciting, sometimes even redeeming, when it has a cool name: Sexual acts, alcoholic beverages, movies, albums, etc. OK, maybe just sexual acts and drinks. Since there are thousands of sites that have the former covere ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Dublin Dr Pepper Officially No Longer Exists, But Cane Sugar-Sweetened Dr Pepper Still Does
Photo by Mike OverallThe bitter, extended legal battle between the 120-year-old Dr Pepper plant in Dublin, Texas and its parent company, Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS), has finally been resolved. At issue were the liberties that the Dublin plant had taken both with its distribution and merchandising ... More >>
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