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This Week in Deliciousness

Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we firmly believe that crawfish have been mollycoddled for far too long in this city. With that in mind, get prepared for this crawfish season with a little primer from our own Katharine Shilcutt. It's simple, easy-to-follow, and - f ... More >>

The Eight Toughest Soldiers Texas Ever Produced (Featuring Heroism, Betrayal & Many Dead Bodies)

Audie Murphy, starring in the story of his own life​Our war heroes are presented to us in different varieties. There are those we create for ourselves, in the mold of what we think a hero should be: David Crockett (nobody but Walt Disney called him Davey), astride the ramparts at the Alamo goi ... More >>

The 10 Best Warplane Films, According to Real Aviation Buffs (No Top Gun, Thank You)

Featuring a proto-beatnik jet pilot​With the possible exceptions of horses and ships, no other non-speaking entity has starred in so many motion pictures as the airplane. And we love airplanes. We love them so much we've probably seen every last airplane movie worth watching, and even more tha ... More >>

My Favorite Meatball Banh Mi at Thim Hing

Mai Pham​Walking into Thim Hing Banh Mi (11107 Bellaire Boulevard at Boone), it's as if I've been transported to somewhere in Vietnam. The grayish-green linoleum has seen better days, the Formica- topped tables are chipped, the dark-brown diner chairs have that circa-1970s look, and if I worr ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

According to foraging experts, there is food in this picture. Hahahaha. Those silly bastards.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where in ten years we'll make a fortune when we start auctioning off our stockpile of Four Loko. We kicked the week off with a cautionary f ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

A gentleman from Animal Farm lays out some bait to capture the elusive ManBearPig, said to be delicious if prepared properly.​Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where trading leftover Halloween candy has eclipsed fantasy football around the office. We've even got a st ... More >>

Guitar Zero: Played It 'Til My Fingers Bled...

No, this song is NOT about the year of Woodstock and the Moon Landing. It was the summer winter of '69 2010. Robert told me to come up with five songs I wanted to learn how to play (on guitar, in case you weren't keeping up). The Wife, seeking to maximize the parental utility of my music lessons, h ... More >>

(Don't) Book 'Em, Dano: 42 Artists Who Have Absolutely No Business Touring Together

​ When Rocks Off received word last week that indie duo The Big Pink was embarking on a 2010 tour with NYC's A Place to Bury Strangers, our initial thought was, "Cool," followed closely by, "Ew." For once, there's a promo poster we really have no desire to see. But then our next thought was, "Coul ... More >>

Deep-Fried and Still Alive: 5 Culinary Practices As Cruel As the Chinese Deep-Fried Fish

The video above is fairly graphic. Do not watch if you are faint of stomach or heart. By now, most people have seen the video circulating the Internet which features a fish that has been deep-fried, being consumed...alive. Yes, the fish is still alive during the deep-frying process and while it's ... More >>

Enough About Mi

Is the authentic little Vietnamese noodle shop Banh Cuon Hoa #2 too adventurous for your tastes?

$13 at Pagoda

Photo by Robb WalshWhere: Pagoda Vietnamese Bistro & Bar, 4705 Inker St., 832-673-0400 What $13 gets you: A cup of pineapple seafood soup ($5) and a big bowl of vermicelli salad ($8) or a Vietnamese sandwich ($4) and a bowl of pho ($8). Pagoda is an authentic Vietnamese restaurant with a chic mode ... More >>

Remembering 1969, Part 2: The View from Brazil

Note: Part 1 is here. While anti-Vietnam protests escalated in both sides of the Atlantic , the scenario was quite different in Brazil: in March 1964, a military junta toppled democratically elected president João Goulart and installed a cruel dictatorship that stayed in power for two decades - in ... More >>

Remembering 1969, Part 1: Altamont, Rosemary's Baby, Santana at Woodstock and More

1968 might have been - at least politically - one of the most turbulent years of the '60s. Students rioted left - specifically, the Left Bank in Paris - and right against the war in Vietnam, while back home racial tensions escalated, especially after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The po ... More >>

For Wayne Dolcefino's Probation: Five Trespassing Movies

KTRK's investigative reporter Wayne Dolcefino has done a fair amount of good, exposing mismanagement of taxpayer dollars and safety issues concerning the fire department and public schools.Then again, he also devotes significant energy to rooting out handicapped-parking cheats and wading chest-deep ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: War, Still "Hard to Believe"

Photos by John Moulder I'm always looking for good lyrics that make sense of the current military situation. I recently got Slaid Cleaves' fine new album, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, which contains this wonderful verse in the song "Hard to Believe": "Here comes another blown up kid from ... More >>

SPECIAL NAVIDAD SHOPPING GUIDE EDITION

Photos by John Moulder I'm always looking for good lyrics that make sense of the current military situation. I recently got Slaid Cleaves' fine new album, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, which contains this wonderful verse in the song "Hard to Believe": "Here comes another blown up kid from ... More >>

Al Green Goes All Rambo

Photos by John Moulder I'm always looking for good lyrics that make sense of the current military situation. I recently got Slaid Cleaves' fine new album, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away, which contains this wonderful verse in the song "Hard to Believe": "Here comes another blown up kid from ... More >>

Across the Universe

Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor's '60s-set musical is a bust

For What It's Worth

Anniversaries

Rescue Dawn

Werner Herzog takes his hero worship Hollywood

What You Call Hell, He Calls Home

Werner Herzog takes his hero worship Hollywood

PESCE'S

LONG ISLAND ICED TEA

Phat Promises for 2007

New Year's resolutions of the stars

Your Government at Work

New Year's resolutions of the stars

Killing Time

In the profound Jarhead, a soldier can be his own worst enemy

Playbill

In the profound Jarhead, a soldier can be his own worst enemy

Rationality Will Not Save Us

In the latest documentary from Errol Morris, Robert McNamara considers the lessons of war

Ride On, Baby

The Lipizzaner Stallions soar through an equine ballet

A Tale of Two Critics

The coffee is strong and the pastries are excellent, but Le Bec Fin isn't your typical French cafe

Bangkok on Everything

Terry Allen's lost post-Vietnam-era soundtrack re-emerges decades later

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Old Masters and Young Guns

Filmmaking in 2002 wasn't just for the boys

Solid Soldiers

Vietnam's first battle delivers a real dread of war so lacking in Black Hawk Down

Desperately Seeking Sandwiches

With Givral's temporarily out of commission, Houstonians scramble to get their banh mi thit fix

Best Vietnamese Restaurant

Vietopia

In Cold Blood

Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image

The Rise of Saigon

The musical makes a splashy regional debut despite an awkward launching pad

A Well-Rounded Production

Miss Saigon is more than just glitz and helicopters

Reel Worlds

Houston mines international gold with the Pan-Cultural Film Festival

Real Life

When He Was King: The city that convicted Muhammad Ali now hosts a film about the boxing legend

Public Places, Private Emotions

Maya Lin's Topologies

Letters

Maya Lin's Topologies

Combat Reality

Spielberg desanitizes WWII with the powerful Saving Private Ryan

Letters

Spielberg desanitizes WWII with the powerful Saving Private Ryan

Press Picks

Spielberg desanitizes WWII with the powerful Saving Private Ryan

Letters

Spielberg desanitizes WWII with the powerful Saving Private Ryan

Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Have a Pepsi

Country Joe's still politically correct (sort of)

The Sound of Muzak

Jason's Lyric puts cliched words to an inept tune

Standing at the Gates of Heaven

Oliver Stone is knock-knock-knockin', but he just can't get inside his latest Vietnam epic