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Cheap and Cheerful: Three Meals for Two People from One Rotisserie Chicken

"Cheap and cheerful" is a phrase I picked up while traveling in northern England used to refer to a quick, inexpensive and tasty meal. I immediately pocked the phrase, loving the connotation that cheap meals don't have to be depressingly awful (i.e., most fast food and frozen dinners). One of my fa ... More >>

The 5 Best Farmers Market Products to Freeze (and How to Freeze Them)

I don't know about you, but my favorite food is in season during the spring and the summer. Fruits and vegetables are super fresh, the legumes and beans are scrumptious and the herbs make everything taste so much better. Unfortunately, because weather changes and the seasons change, you can't buy s ... More >>

What's Cooking on Pinterest? Gingerbread Truffles

My friends and I always wind up making Oreo balls for anything we go to. Whether it's a birthday party, a social event for our sorority or just because we want to, we always make Oreo balls. For those unfamiliar with Oreo balls, they are super simple. Just mash an entire box of Oreo cookies, mix th ... More >>

A Christmas Tradition: Mom's Best Fudge

As our own Brooke Viggiano pointed out last Friday, often the best Christmas present you can give is something you made yourself. This is especially true with friends or family members who "have it all." My mother is known for many things, but chief among them are her Christmas baked goods, includi ... More >>

5 Things to Put in Your $630 Jil Sander Lunch Bag

I recently did a short piece over on Art Attack about the $630 Jil Sander leather lunch bag. The gist of the story was that German designer Jil Sander recently sent two designer lunch sacks down the runway with her men's Fall/Winter 2012 collection: a $630 leather version, and an "affordable" $290 p ... More >>

Show Me the Curry From The Woodlands

Love Indian food? Have an Indian food cookbook? Want to cook it at home, but it just all seems too complicated? There are two women in The Woodlands who would love to show you how to make everything Indian and more. ShowMeTheCurry.com is an online cooking show with videos of every single recipe they ... More >>

What's Cooking on Pinterest: Snow Cone Cupcakes

The "Food & Drink" section of Pinterest always has recipes that make you think, "hmm, would this actually work? or actually taste good?" That's why I am here -- to answer these questions for you and bring you weird, wacky and fun recipes from Pinterest. This week, looking through the Pinterest feed ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 86, Pancakes at Union Kitchen

This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

Laundry for Foodies: The Dining Room Meets the Laundry Room

Fun fact: I'm kind of a mess. I want to be one of those together people who always looks pressed and polished, but most days I'm somewhere on the spectrum between "slightly rumpled" and "totally disheveled." My unparalleled ability to get food on myself has only been increased by my food-writer habi ... More >>

Super Bowl Snack For a Crowd: Oreo Truffle Footballs

Earlier, we brought you a Super Bowl Buffalo Chicken Dip big enough to feed a game day crowd. Now for the sweets (I mean, you need something to counteract all of the spicy wing dip and beer, right?). With only four ingredients, these Oreo Truffle Footballs are delicious, so simple to make and even e ... More >>

Christmas Traditions: Mom's Best Fudge

Remember to cut a small square for yourself, for "testing" purposes.​My mother is known for many things, but chief among them are her Christmas baked goods, including this family recipe for fudge. Each year, lucky friends and family make out with a tin or two. And until my grandfather passed a ... More >>

Holiday Breakfast: The Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Baked French Toast

A houseful of Cajuns who've just downed a few bottles of champagne usually doesn't make for a quiet house, but somehow, this baked french toast casserole-type thing from The Pioneer Woman induced absolute silence amid the hustle and bustle on Thanksgiving morning. It was shocking. All eight of us we ... More >>

"Eat More Kale" Guy Pisses Off Chick-fil-A; Unlike Cows, He Can Spell

Vermont folk artist and small businessman Bo Muller-Moore has gone and done pissed off the folks over at Chick-fil-A with his "Eat More Kale" T-shirts. Muller-Moore began printing the slogan when his kale-farmer friend asked him to make T-shirts for friends and family. "Eat More Kale" seemed to ca ... More >>

Shiftwork Bites: The Last Bite

Nicholas L. HallStation Setup​This is a bit of a bittersweet installment of Shiftwork Bites. It's only been about six months since my very first post, but I've grown deeply attached to the project. The challenges, the successes, and even the failures have been a wonderful learning experience, ... More >>

Top 5 Coffee Hacks

Photo by Josh Liba​As a kid, I could never understand the appeal of coffee. But that might have been because my grandparents were always brewing up tar-thick pots of Folgers, the plastic tub of "coffee crystals" stored in the freezer where they absorbed other scents and smells. Or because my f ... More >>

Cooking a Badass Feast the Shannen Doherty Way

​Last weekend, some friends and I embarked on a one-of-a-kind culinary journey. It was an evening of food and feasting the likes of which we'll probably never encounter again, mainly because my friends don't want to go through it ever again. That Saturday evening, we cooked recipes from S ... More >>

Recipe: Mom's Christmas Fudge

Remember to cut a small square for yourself, for "testing" purposes.​My mother is known for many things, but chief among them are her Christmas baked goods, including this family recipe for fudge. Each year, lucky friends and family make out with a tin or two. And until my grandfather passed a ... More >>

Agedashi Tofu and Ladies' Drinks at Sushi King

​"You want me to make you another ladies' drink?" the bartender teased my boyfriend last night at Sushi King (3401 Kirby, 713-528-8998). His face reddened. He looked at the empty martini glass to his right -- which had recently held a peach and tequila combination garnished with a cherry and ... More >>

Top 5 Laziest Grocery Store Items

Really?​We've all grocery-shopped in a hurry before, frantically piecing together a meal idea in our heads, trying to remember what we had at home in the fridge and tossing things into the basket. And certainly we've all felt strapped for time when it comes to actually assembling a meal or pac ... More >>

Houston Is Under Attack

Bedbugs threaten our slumber.

Houston Is Under Attack...From Bedbugs

​In case you haven't been paying attention, Houston is under attack from bedbugs. Of course, Hair Balls has never had to deal with these savage beasts because all the roaches in our apartment get to them before they can get to us, but we still wanted to share some interesting, if disgusting,& ... More >>

Recipe: Steak Fajita Tortas

​On a recent trip to Arandas Bakery, we found ourselves drawn to the large slot in the wall at the back of the store. Out of this wondrous slot pours loaf after loaf of piping hot bolillos. Unable to control ourselves, we loaded up our tray with these 35 cent miracles and drove away pondering ... More >>

A New Year's to Rave About: Part Two

​Now that you have a handle on some delicious drinks to serve at your low-key, low-expectations New Year's bash, you've got to have some food to go with them. After all, foodgloriousfood is what brings us together and keeps us from passing out before midnight. We're big fans of the appetizer a ... More >>

How To Make The Perfect: Fudge

Note: This is a rerun of a popular post from last Christmas. We'd be remiss in not sharing our favorite fudge recipe this time of year. Enjoy and good luck in your fudge endeavors. My mother is known for many things, but chief among them is her famous Christmas fudge. Each year, lucky friends and f ... More >>

The Ultimate Oyster Cracker?

​My brother Dave got me hooked on these hot and spicy saltines. He says they're the perfect oyster crackers. I haven't tried them with oysters yet, but I will soon. The home version of these has been around for a long time. You mix up a package of dry ranch dressing mix, some kind of dried ch ... More >>

This Week In Deliciousness

Photo by Robb WalshI can't write this column on an empty stomach. It's difficult to maintain your trademark acerbic wit when all you can think is, "I would literally murder somebody for that hamburger / pizza / pastry / whatever insane but incredible dish from Feast we've featured this week." ... More >>

An Industrial Quesadilla with Ziploc Salsa

Photos by Robb WalshIt was the anthropomorphic taco art that made me pull over to check out the taco truck called Industrial Tacos Snacks at the corner of Crosstimbers and Airline. I mean, look at the smile on that taco. I purchased a half-liter of Mexican Coke and a quesadilla al pastor that the ... More >>

Lazy Man's Homemade Kosher Pickles

Photos by Robb WalshAs I mentioned, I bought some fresh pickling cucumbers at Dilorio's farm stand on Monday. I made homemade Kosher pickles with them. Kosher pickles are fermented -- there is no cooking or canning involved. You put the cucumbers in a brine and let them ferment in a dark place. That ... More >>

A Day in the Life of a Personal Chef

Photos by Katharine ShilcuttChef Jo checks her shopping list before venturing into the storeJo Gonzales is a personal chef.  Most people look puzzled when she walks the aisles of the grocery store in her bright orange embroidered chef's coat or pulls up in her SUV with its magnetic signs announ ... More >>

Mom's Christmas Fudge

My mother is known for many things, but chief among them is her famous Christmas fudge.  Each year, lucky friends and family make out with a tin or two.  And until my grandfather passed away last year, she would always make an enormous gift basket for him each year at Christmas, filled wi ... More >>

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