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Upstate New York

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Five More Foods I Wish Would Migrate South from Central New York

    I've been a little homesick lately. Maybe that's why I was so excited when the announcement came about Hofmann Hot Dogs coming to Texas. Don't get me wrong -- my favorite thing about living in Houston is hands-down the amazing variety of food. I have never lived in a city so diverse from a culinary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Hofmann Sausage Co: Texas Is About to Get Real ... Hotdogs! If You Live in Dallas Can You Bring Me Some?

    So if you are from Upstate New York (like me), and if you love hot dogs (like me), and you live in Texas (like me), then you probably really, really miss Hofmann hot dogs. Like me. Because when I tell you I miss Hofmann hot dogs, I mean that I miss them super-duper terribly, especially when holidays ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Summer Fest Adds Pretty Lights, Erykah Badu, 3 Dozen Locals

    After raising ticket prices Monday night, Free Press Summer Fest announced more headliners Thursday morning. What are you getting for that extra dough? How about Pretty Lights, Erykah Badu, Fitz & the Tantrums, Phantogram, R3hab, David Garza? Respectively, that's one Colorado EDM space cadet, one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Bartender Chat: Bryan of Danton's

    This week I did what I do pretty much every other Monday evening. I went over to Danton's, winner of 2011's Best Cajun and Best Seafood restaurant awards in the Houston Press Best of Houston edition, to partake in what French poet Léon-Paul Fargue said was akin to "...kissing the sea on the lips." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Hoodie History 101: Bun B Speaks On The Death Of Trayvon Martin

    When Rocks Off researched our hoodie history, we found its roots and its perceptions to be as complex and racially charged as the death of Trayvon Martin. The hoodie, of course, has become the visual rallying cry for Martin's supporters on Twitter and Facebook profile pages nationwide. While the ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Yoga Fuel: Kenny & Ziggy's Potato Pirogen

    Finding something light enough for a pre-yoga meal at Kenny & Ziggy's Delicatessen is quite a challenge--it's a huge menu, and the portions themselves are also huge. Even the salads are impressive in size, and so delicious that it's hard to stop eating even when full. I recently found myself tight o ... More >>

  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Mormons: Whether We Should Hate Them or Not

    A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Leftovers (Put an Egg on It)

    Photos by Christina UticoneI make leftovers delicious again by breathing new yolk into them.​​I am the leftover-eater at my house, by virtue of being The One Who Works From Home. My husband always says he is going to bring his lunch to work; he promises every time he cooks for six for ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Christopher Purser: Pleads Guilty To Selling Fake Insurance Policy To Boat That Sank, Killing 20

    The doomed -- and uninsured -- Ethan Allen​The Ethan Allen was a tour boat that plied the waters of Lake George in upstate New York. Six years ago this week, it sank and killed 20 of the elderly tourists on board. The owners believed they had sufficient insurance, until they tried to use it a ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 15, 2011

    Do Mexicans Hate Puerto Ricans?

    And do matanzas only happen in New Mexico?

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    O'Death: Our Hope for a New Goth Sound

    ​A little while back, Rocks Off's editor hauled Gothtopia into his office and demanded that we lay out the 7 Ages of Goth, which we did to universal criticism. Some of that criticism had to do with the murky way we entered the modern era, in which we basically stated that goth as a musical mov ... More >>

  • Film

    August 25, 2011

    Our Idiot Brother

    Long-haired dreamer has predictably profound effect on his siblings.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Our Favorite Music-Video Dances of All Time

    Hipster Scum​This Saturday morning, the Houston Press and our sister blog Art Attack will be hosting a dance party, starting at 10 a.m., to celebrate National Dance Day. They even made a few videos to get Houston ready for the event, featuring yours truly in the only dance get-up that matters, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Fast Times: Saucy New Sauces at McDonald's

    Only three of the four new sauces were available. They threw in two of the old sauces as a consolation prize, I guess.​Normally I wouldn't pay much attention to an ad touting new dipping sauces at McDonald's. On the rare occasion that I darken a Mickey D's doorstep--or drive-thru--I opt for a ... 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 9, 2011

    Summer Treat: Stuffed and Fried Zucchini Flowers

    Photos: Christina Uticone & Joshua Payne​I grew up in a small town in Upstate New York, with a significant Italian and Italian-American population. It wasn't until I was older that I realized many people don't consider a huge, steaming plate of linguine and white clam sauce a light snack on a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Garden Fresh: Green Beans

    John KielyNot as impressive as Kathryn Creech's yield.​If there's any such thing as easy success in a warm-season Houston garden, it's green beans. As a first-time grower, I just plowed a 2-inch-deep furrow, dropped in the curved white seeds of Bush Snap beans, covered them with dirt, and wat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Johnny Dowd Joins Ranks Of Oklahoma Music Greats

    johnnydowd.comJohnny Dowd, one of the weirdest musical Okies of them all.​Poet, musician, avant-garde musical thinker and doer, Johnny Dowd may live in upstate New York these days, but that fellow is 100 percent died-in-the-wool Okie through and through. When Dowd opens his mouth to sing, Dust ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 24, 2011

    Dry Cocktail

    Just like gin, this play will sneak up on you.

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Searching for a Slice: Luigi's in Midtown

    ​I am hunting for the perfect pie equation. Pizza pie, that is, not the 3.14159 kind of pi. I'm not looking for a single-serving artisanal masterpiece, either. I'm talking a pie here: a thin, crispy crust, cheese bubbled to a golden brown, sauce that is flavorful and applied with reason and fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Cage Match: KISS Vs. Fiskadoro

    ​Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow night a battle for your musical soul will be waged in our fair city. In this corner, wearing make-up, black leather, and underpants made of your money, the knights in Satan's service, KISS! And in this corner, weighing in at 600 lbs, the masters of the jungle c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #80 A Bowl of Chili at James Coney Island

    ​Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>

  • Film

    December 3, 2009

    Meet the Parent

    Father does not know best when father is De Niro in Everybody'sFine.

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2009

    Borbetomagus

    Father does not know best when father is De Niro in Everybody'sFine.

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    Borbetomagus

    Father does not know best when father is De Niro in Everybody'sFine.

  • Music

    September 3, 2009

    The Forgotten Festival

    The 1969 Texas International Pop Festival

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Artisan Teas from John Harney

    Photo by Robb Walsh​Whereas English Breakfast Tea is usually a blend of Assam and Ceylon, with a little Keemun added to the more expensive versions, Harney & Sons English Breakfast is made with all Keemun tea. The flavor is clean and bright, with a fruity aroma. What a treat this is in the mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Food Fight: Battle Cheese Enchilada

    Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​"Cheese enchiladas served in chili con carne -- not thin, meatless chili gravy, or authentic enchilada sauce -- are the hallmark of real Tex-Mex, according to 78-year-old Fort Worth sportswriter and Tex-Mex expert Dan Jenkins," as Robb Walsh stated in his July 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    The Foie Gras Problem

    Photo by J.C. ReidI love foie gras. Is that bad? Foie gras is the fattened liver of a goose or duck. The fattening is brought about through the technique of gavage, or force-feeding the animal, in this case with corn. The resulting food product is a true delicacy which has a rich, meaty/salty flavo ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2009

    Defending the Polka

    Photo by J.C. ReidI love foie gras. Is that bad? Foie gras is the fattened liver of a goose or duck. The fattening is brought about through the technique of gavage, or force-feeding the animal, in this case with corn. The resulting food product is a true delicacy which has a rich, meaty/salty flavo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Houston Is The Villain In Nasty Newspaper Fight In Albany

    Houston Chronicle editor Jeff Cohen came to town from Albany, where he was the editor of the Times-Union, another Hearst paper.He brought some people with him, and still runs movie reviews by Amy Biancolli, who still works in upstate New York.The Times-Union is, like many Hearst papers (and papers e ... More >>

  • Film

    August 21, 2008

    Hard-Knock Life in Frozen River

    This movie may lay it on a bit thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Anchovies and Black Olives at Locatelli’s

    This movie may lay it on a bit thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2008

    Vijay Iyer

    This acclaimed young jazz pianist is worth all the accolades the press showers on him

  • Calendar

    February 7, 2008

    Alma y Fuego (Soul and Fire)

    Lucia y Valdemar Gitanerías Flamenco brings passion and expertise to the complicated Spanish music

  • Culture

    March 29, 2007

    Art Capsule Reviews

    A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

  • Culture

    March 22, 2007

    Art Capsule Reviews

    A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

  • Culture

    March 15, 2007

    Art Capsule Reviews

    A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

  • Culture

    March 8, 2007

    ".....all of the above"

    Judy Pfaff does lines (and circles) at Rice Gallery

  • Dining

    February 16, 2006

    Fish a la Plancha

    Great Gulf seafood in a mom-and-pop Mexican joint is a combination that's hard to beat

  • Film

    August 4, 2005

    On the Road Again

    Jim Jarmusch offers up another quest story for hipsters, and they'll be pleased

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2005

    Buggin' for Bling

    Michael Stadther's Treasure's Trove is a real gem

  • Film

    April 22, 2004

    Sour Town

    Dogville screws the pooch

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Dogville screws the pooch

  • Film

    December 26, 2002

    Catcher in the Sky

    Spielberg gets caught up in the thrill of the chase

  • Film

    December 12, 2002

    Miller's Crossing

    Arthur Miller's daughter Rebecca comes into her own with Personal Velocity

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2002

    Southern Specialty

    You can take TV chef Tanya Holland out of the South, but you can't take the South out of her

  • Film

    December 21, 2000

    Family Ties (That Bind)

    At once unsentimental and amusing, You Can Count on Me delves into the darkness of dissimilar siblings

  • Music

    August 19, 1999

    Local Music News

    At once unsentimental and amusing, You Can Count on Me delves into the darkness of dissimilar siblings

  • Dining

    June 27, 1996

    Name Calling

    At once unsentimental and amusing, You Can Count on Me delves into the darkness of dissimilar siblings

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