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April 23, 2012
Anvil's Matt Tanner Wins the 2012 On the Rocks Bartending Contest
I love judging bartending contests. I love watching bartending contests. The showmanship and passion that is on display at these events -- Miss Speed Rack Houston, for example, or the recent Don Q Rum competition (both of which are sending female Houston bartenders to national championships in New Y ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
Upcoming Events: Real Life Is for March
Leap Day William is coming to town next week! Valentino Vin Bar is celebrating the quadrennial Leap Day on February 29 with a $29 all-inclusive lunch. That $29 will get you three courses -- soup, pizza and dessert -- and even includes tax, tip and valet. Just remember to wear yellow and blue. (Not r ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Calling All Amateur Chefs! Compete in the Houston Beer Experiment on March 4
Photos courtesy Theo PeckNational Food ExperimentDo your friends rave about your cooking? Are you convinced you have an award-winning dish in your arsenal of recipes? Do people--other than your mom--constantly tell you to become a professional chef? Here is your chance to prove you've got wha ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
The Biggest Disappointments of 2011
I think that 2012 is shaping up to be Houston's year, after a long 2011 featuring false starts, delayed openings, unexpected closings and failures to launch. That's not to say that 2011 didn't have its perks: Look for our list of the year's best new restaurant later this week. But it came with its ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Bartender Chat: Nathan Wells of Beaver's
This week, we paid a visit to Beaver's to meet bartender Nathan, or "Dollar Wells," as he's called. It was pretty dead at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday as I sat at the bar, beautifully littered with several rocks glasses filled with different-colored concoctions. Nathan tells me they're making some la ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Openings & Closings: October 2011
Coming soon: Free bitch-slaps for anyone who says, "Meet me at the Finn."It's been a busy month for restaurant openings, closings, name changes and remodels. Hang onto your coffee cups -- we've got a lot of restaurant news to get through in one post. Openings: BlackFinn American Grille is c ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
The Real World
With expectations sky-high, El Real Tex-Mex Cafe struggles for glory.
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June 29, 2011
Touch of Grey News: Greatfull Taco Loses Its Chef
Photos by Troy FieldsThe "mystery meat" taco is actually ground bison, and it's damn good.The Grateful Dead once said that "the first days are the hardest days," and owner Paul West is finding that out firsthand at his new restaurant, Greatfull Taco (named for, yes, the Dead). Chef Riccardo ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
Houston on the Horizon: Rising Stars Named by StarChefs.com
Chef Manabu Horiuchi of Kata Robata, one of this year's Rising Stars.I vacillate back and forth between craving attention for our city's culinary efforts and then finding myself annoyed with the attention we do get. Call it the heartburn that comes with having your cake and eating it, too. T ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Caswell at the Bat: Chef Partners with the Astros and Aramark
Caswell with his mother and father.I don't know if Chef Bryan Caswell can produce tears on demand -- in which case, he's a damn fine actor -- but the burly man standing in front of me Friday afternoon had suspicious signs of moisture in his eyes as he discussed helping the Astros revamp their ... More >>
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September 14, 2010
Local Spotlight: All-Star Chef Series at Wood Duck Farm
Veggies from Wood Duck Farm.Fabulous news for those of you still kicking yourself for missing out on the Just August Project last month... Two of the three acclaimed pop-up chefs -- Justin Yu and Seth Siegel-Gardner -- will man the kitchen at Wood Duck Farm's first-ever All-Star Chef dinner o ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Houston's Hottest Chefs: Bryan Caswell
Whether you think he is actually hot or not, there are few chefs (heck, people!) who elicit a passionate response like Bryan Caswell. Love him or hate him, the Reef, Little Big's and Stella Sola boss was a Food & Wine Magazine's "Best New Chef" and has even walked a red carpet with food papar ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
Houston's Hottest Chefs: Justin Basye
Tam VoEvery day this week we'll be highlighting the male winners from our poll on Houston's Hottest Chefs. On Friday we'll reveal the hottest chef of all. Ask Justin Basye about his daily beauty routine, and you'll get a funny look in response. "I don't have one," he says. "Must be nice," w ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Local Spotlight: Wood Duck Farm
WHAT: Gorgeously fresh local produce from a guy who's had more careers than Liz Taylor's had husbands. Yes, Van Weldon has had a rather unorthodox career path. He's gone from tractor salesman to oil purveyor to stockbroker to energy trader to farmer. If that last one sounds odd, keep in mind ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Local Spotlight: Revival Meats
Gulf Coast Sheep.WHAT: A local meat company that's as passionate as it is compassionate. That's right -- Morgan Weber, founder of Revival Meats, says he's obsessive about great-tasting meat. But as fanatical as he is, he's also meticulously committed to raising his animals in a sustainable ma ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
Food Fight: Battle Supper Club
Photo by GroovehouseDessert at a Reality Dinner / Click here for a slideshowOther cities have had them for years, but -- as with many concepts -- Houston is a bit behind the curve. We're talking about chef-driven, intimate, fiercely modern, multi-course dinners that allow a culinary wild man ... More >>
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January 8, 2010
Crossfire from Tony's Christmas Massacre
Honefenger helped out in the kitchen at Stella Sola at the recent Bivalve Throwdown.Jonathan Honefenger is working as a waiter at Branch Water Tavern these days. Which is kind of odd, considering that he was one of the brightest new stars of the wine scene when he was hired away from Poscol b ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Openings and Closings: 2009 Edition
The year gone by marked some very exciting restaurant openings (such as Haven, Branchwater Tavern, Yelapa Playa Mexicana and Stella Sola) and some equally important closings (such as Cafe Annie, Bedford, Las Alamedas and Felix Mexican Restaurant). To close out the yea ... More >>
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November 13, 2009
This Week In Deliciousness
Barbecued ducks. Not pictured: adorable little orphaned baby chicks weeping softly. Welcome back to the weekly round-up here at Eating Our Words, where we've finally tracked the taco trucks down to the secret underground hive where they sleep inside a gigantic sopapilla honeycomb. This week s ... More >>
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November 6, 2009
Openings and Closings: October 2009
If restaurant openings are an economic indicator, the last month would seem to signify that things are picking back up -- at least in Houston. Things we've learned from this month's openings and closings include: don't put a "z" in your name if you're trying to be taken seriously as a wine b ... More >>

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