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  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Project Runway All-Stars: The United Nations Challenge

    This week on PRAS: Kara's departure has the designers chattering about who does and does not "deserve" to be an All-Star, and the design gang visits the United Nations where they are assigned a challenge based on and inspired by international flags. Anyone else want to see the challenge where the de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Odd Pair: What Wine Do You Serve with Your Baked Potato?

    Baked potatoes at our house are much more than a meal. They are a religion. We don't just do sour cream. We do sour cream-infused with freshly ground horseradish, a kiss of white wine, and kosher salt. We don't do "bacon bits." We do crumbled, crispy, center-cut bacon that's been fried the day bef ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    All Shook Up

    The Alabama Shakes ride their momentum right into Houston.

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    Imprinting the Divine: Byzantine and Russian Icons from The Menil Collection

    The Alabama Shakes ride their momentum right into Houston.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Odd Pair: Wine and Soup

    Photos by Jeremy Parzen.​Whether we're making Tuscan ribollita, Mexican tortilla soup, or French soupe à l'oignon, wine is always a key ingredient at our house (where there's always a spare cup of wine in the kitchen). And while the sugar is the main component of the wine that adds flavor to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Top 5 Gifts for Wine Lovers

    Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Decanters by Riedel take wine service to a higher level of aesthetic pleasure. ​If you're ever invited to dine in someone's home in France, please don't bring a bottle of wine. Nothing will spur a French host to recoil in abject dishonor and displeasure than the gift of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Tasting Notes: This Week in Wine Blogs

    ​Vintage Texas: Ask any wine lover or wine professional and they'll tell you the very same thing: The greatest thing about wine is how it brings folks together. And that's exactly what happened when former All-American football player and NFL veteran Alphonse Daotson called up Russ Kane, the ... More >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2011

    Ana Popovic

    ​Vintage Texas: Ask any wine lover or wine professional and they'll tell you the very same thing: The greatest thing about wine is how it brings folks together. And that's exactly what happened when former All-American football player and NFL veteran Alphonse Daotson called up Russ Kane, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Odd Pair: Spaghetti and Meatballs and a High-Plains Greek Rosé

    ​Who can resist classic, homemade spaghetti and meatballs? Even the most snooty Italophiles among us, those who turn their noses up at blasphemous Italian-American cuisine citing the god of Authenticity, are easily corrupted when it comes to this dish, which evokes a cinematically rich swath o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Debt Ceiling: The 10 Worst Tweets From the Texas GOP Congressional Delegation

    Tweets don't fail me now​As the GOP debates whether it wants the Tea Party to drive it (and the country) off a cliff by playing games with the debt ceiling, we looked to Twitter for the updates from our state's congresssional delegation. Oddly, the Republicans didn't tweet anything like "Yes, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Ponderosa Gives House Of Blues A Mouthful

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Rocks Off is usually ambivalent, at best, about restaurant shows. One of the few times we're not interested in live music at all is when we're eating, and we imagine we're hardly the only person who feels that way. Strolling violinists and mariachi groups especially get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    For Flag Day: The 10 Worst National Flags

    We don't just hate certain American state flags here; we also hate the following ten foreign abominations of design, symmetry and good taste. It is less our opinion than it is scientific fact that these are, without a doubt, the ten worst national flags in the world. 10.St. Lucia Does this flag re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Canned Champagne: For All Your Picnic Needs

    ​Alright, so Sofia Mini isn't technically champagne. It's a sparkling Blanc de Blancs from California made with a blend of Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat grapes. But for the purposes of this post, as well as ease of description, I like to call it champagne in a can. Last year, I did ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2011

    Aluminum Show

    ​Alright, so Sofia Mini isn't technically champagne. It's a sparkling Blanc de Blancs from California made with a blend of Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat grapes. But for the purposes of this post, as well as ease of description, I like to call it champagne in a can. Last year, I did ... More >>

  • Film

    December 23, 2010

    Lost at the Chateau Marmont

    From party girl to Oscar winner, Sofia Coppola's journey to Somewhere.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Royal Wedding: The Five Hottest Royal Brides In History

    Hair Balls was positively ecstatic to learn that Prince William is getting hitched to longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton. Although the wedding isn't planned until 2011, we're already worrying over what to wear, and what to get the happy couple (we're pretty sure they'll register at Target). But in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Ingredient of the Week: Pomegranate

    ​What is it? The word pomegranate was derived from the Latin words "pomum" (apple) and "granatus" (seeded) - and if you've ever seen one opened up, you know this is an apt description. Mostly grown for the U.S. market in Californian orchards for their juice, a few of the intact fruits make it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Mia Kat Is Building A Scene, Not An Empire

    ​There are magical times and places when in music history, points both chronological and geographical where everything came together to birth first a scene, then a movement. We're talking about times like the early '80s when the Sunset Strip birthed hair metal, or when Seattle and Athens, Ga., ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    This Week in Deliciousness

    It would be easier to keep Godzilla out of your neighborhood.​ Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where discussions on where to go for lunch routinely erupt into violence, the way our comments section almost did over our article on food vs. service. Some believe that, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Random Ingredient: Octopus

    ​What is it? With the World Cup finally coming to a close, there's been a lot of chatter about a certain cephalopod named Paul that resides in Germany. With all due respect to the "octopus oracle," we present today's random ingredient. Octopi are actually in the mollusk family. They're eaten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    World Cup 2010: These Teams Will Make It Out Of The Group Stage. Guaranteed

    Now THAT was a USA World Cup squad​The 2010 edition of the FIFA World Cup is finally here. Thirty-two teams made it to the big dance to see just who is the best in the world. Realistically though, only a handful of teams have a shot of winning the cup. It's all going to come down to matchups ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Apollo Travels the Globe

    Go across the pond and back again with the chamber music ensemble

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2010

    The Girl, the Grouch and the Goat

    It's another comedy from the composer of Urinetown

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    15th Annual Festival of Greece

    And you thought there was only one Greek festival in town

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    Le conseguenze dell’amore

    Paolo Sorrentino's Italian comedy examines lives unlived

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Not Eating Out in New York: While this isn't a local blog, we've quickly fallen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    The Ultimate Stuffed Cabbage

    ​My mother made stuffed cabbage; my grandmother made stuffed cabbage. My earliest food memories involve stuffed cabbage (we Ruthenians call it holupki). And as you might expect, I have always preferred stuffed cabbage made exactly the way my mom and grandma made it -- beef and rice rolls in ca ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    3rd Annual Turkic Cultures & Children's Festival

    Spend the weekend celebrating Turkish traditions

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Spotlight on Contemporary Greek Cinema

    Six filmmakers are showcased as the best Greece has to offer

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    Superthief

    Joshua Paul Calhoun likes to take things...BIG things

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2009

    Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story with Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor

    Let the mother-daughter bonding begin

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2009

    Z

    The murder of peace activist Gregoris Lambrakis retold

  • Dining

    May 14, 2009

    Magical Mystery Tour

    Exotic fisherman's plate at Jonathan's The Rub

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Jesse Lott and Javier de Villota

    Two artists who split their time between Houston and Spain share a vision

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2008

    The Color Purple

    Thank You, Oprah!

  • Calendar

    June 26, 2008

    Mediterranean Tour with Chef Emily Swantner

    Try the chef’s “tweaked” recipes

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    “Hidden Children in Occupied Greece”

    Hiding in Plain Sight

  • Dining

    May 3, 2007

    Five Wines That'll Blow Your Mind

    The Vintage Mirrors the Year

  • Dining

    April 5, 2007

    Café Pita +

    Bosnian food is a delicious cross between Turkish and Slavic cuisine

  • Dining

    July 6, 2006

    Branzini with Bouzouki

    Alexander the Great Greek Restaurant brings you the best of old and new Greek cuisine

  • Dining

    October 27, 2005

    Special Spears

    Post Oak Grill

  • Dining

    September 25, 2003

    Niko Niko's

    Ancient Cuisine

  • Dining

    September 27, 2001

    Stirred and Shaken

    Old Heidelberg's Special

  • Dining

    June 7, 2001

    Embraceable Ewe

    Skewers

  • Dining

    May 24, 2001

    Olive Pit

    Whole Foods Market

  • Dining

    December 7, 2000

    Today's Horoscope

    You'll meet a creative Aries who will shake up your traditional ideas

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    News of the Weird

    You'll meet a creative Aries who will shake up your traditional ideas

  • Dining

    April 9, 1998

    Hot Plate

    You'll meet a creative Aries who will shake up your traditional ideas

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