The Coca-Cola Company

Re: The Curious Incident of the Frog Head in the Diet Coke

Who Killed Brad Will?

What the Presidential Candidates Are Like to Party With

To Do: Southern Fried French Food at Central Market

Rotation

Houston's Housing

For years, the city has been promising housing for the poor. But those promises have been trampled by politics and a desire for quick profits.

The Insider

For years, the city has been promising housing for the poor. But those promises have been trampled by politics and a desire for quick profits.

Carbonated Cash

Drink up, kids. Keep those soda dollars coming.

Night & Day

December 31, 1998 - January 6, 1999

Let the Games Begin

A lack of lodging. Snarled transportation. Searing summer heat. No matter. Houston boosters say the Bayou City will be unbeatable in the bidding for the 2012 Olympics.

Houston Turns Back to Tap Water

That stuff flowing from the faucet is safe, cheap and environmental

Lines of Coke

That stuff flowing from the faucet is safe, cheap and environmental

PESCE'S

LONG ISLAND ICED TEA

Sugar Coated

This Baylor medical "expert" cashed in on infomercials. Now he's showing how things go better with Coke.

Feeling a Draft

Football season never ends

Claire Holley

Friday, October 10

Can I Get a Witnes?

DJ Witnes hosts a new hip-hop show on KPFT

Angola Bound

The Neville Brothers have toiled long and hard to win freedom from prisons of the body and mind.

Local Rotation

Jody Hughes -- Japanic

Houston's Top Ten Taco Trucks

Photo by Robb WalshThe taco truck is a revered and venerable institution in Houston, enjoyed by day laborers and lawyers alike. Whether grabbing breakfast tacos in the morning, a quick lunch while you stand in the shade of the truck or enjoying a weekend picnic-style lunch outside a farmers' market ... More >>

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 >>

A Man's Meal at The Rockwood Room

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​Rumors have been swirling for weeks of The Rockwood Room's imminent demise. Yet a dinner at the swanky, Rat Pack-y joint on Wednesday night left me not only curious about the basis of these rumors, but also pleased by a meal fit for Frank Sinatra. The first time I ... More >>

Sailing Away With Songs Of The Caribbean

​A couple of years ago She Said was in Oslo, Norway, where she saw an exhibit by artist Tacita Dean chronicling the mysterious voyage of Donald Crowhurst. Dean found and photographed the Teignmouth Electron, the boat Crowhurst apparently abandoned, and collected newspaper articles from the circum ... More >>

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 >>

A Twist on Tailgating

​There's no denying that Texas stands out from the rest of the 50 states in size, shape and personality. We're an inherently proud and individualistic people. I often demonstrated this during a time when I worked with a group of people from more than 22 countries. In a simplistic way of catego ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV: Livebloggin' the Commercials!

Betty White enjoys a Snickers.​For someone who watches the biggest television event in America strictly for the breaks, last year was a bummer. Betty White's Snicker's ad, and the Kia commercial featuring a posse of partying toys were two standouts in a year of boring, sexist and outright dumb ... More >>

Odd Pair: What Wine Do You Serve with Doritos?

​When asked what factors had shaped his palate and his wine collection when he first began collecting fine wine, rockstar (literally, not just figuratively) and winemaker Maynard James Keenan answered: "Mountain Dew and Doritos. Like most American kids, that's what I grew up on." This was a fe ... More >>

Odd Pair: Top 5 Wines to Pair with Pizza

​Above: "Pizza al Trancio" (Pizza by the Slice) in Rome, paired with Coca Cola. Here in the U.S., we don't think of it as an "odd pair." But in Italy, homeland of pizza and a country where wine is considered an essential element of healthy dining, pizza and wine are rarely if ever paired. Do ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

PRO TIP: Never trust these things. Never ever.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we've filled a vacationing co-worker's cubicle with gummi bears. Ah, delicious whimsy! Good thing it's cooled off a little; last time we tried this back in July, she came back to a ... More >>