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  10 Ingredients That Make Chopped TV's Best Self-Help Program

  March 28 at 5 a.m.

  There’s a slew of current television programs designed to make us ponder our human condition and maybe improve it. For example, NBC’s The Good Place quirkishly weaves philosophical and theological ideas into very funny half-hour installments.  This Is Us is a poignant, tear-seeking drama about the ties that bind us...

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  Food Delicacies Of The RodeoHouston Carnival

  March 9 at 6 a.m.

  As I am so generously given a media rodeo pass, I frequently frequent the rodeo for lunch. Because if you're into corn dogs like I am, that's the best time to get them. Oh, and every single time I ate by myself. It was glorious. Listed below are a few...

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  Spread the Love at The Cheese Bar For National Cheese Lover’s Day

  January 17 at 4 a.m.

  Award-winning Mac & Cheese: check. Beer Cheese Soup: check. Grilled Cheese: check. Poutin: check. Check. Check. Check. The Cheese Bar at the Boardwalk at Towne Lake in Cypress, Texas should be a destination on every cheese lover’s checklist, and just in time for National Cheese Lover’s Day, January 20. It’s...

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  Chef Chat: Austin Waiter Talks About His Tasting Menu and Working With Tony Vallone

  January 16 at 4 a.m.

  Six years ago, you could have pointed out Austin Waiter from the bleachers of a Merrimack University lacrosse game. Fast forward and you’re more likely to spot him orchestrating dinner service through the massive window into the kitchen at Tony’s restaurant, 3755 Richmond. At the age of “the big 25”...

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  Chef Chat: Stephanie Hoban on Food Truck Life and the Ripening of Her Business

  January 2 at 4 a.m.

  Move over image of Teva-wearing, almond butter brandishing vegan and make way for designer pumps and jackfruit carnitas. Stephanie Hoban, the 30-year-old owner of Ripe Cuisine, graces the winter cover of Houston City Book fiercely chomping into one of her signature iced vegan donuts. Certainly, veganism never looked that good...

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  How to Feed Yourself When Your Kitchen or Cooking Sucks

  Monday, October 2, 2017 at 5 a.m.

  It was nary a fortnight ago that a colleague here at the Houston Press divulged that he, big gasp here, has been living without gas. Not the type that expunges itself from the bowels after eating bean burritos. But the type that powers the burner so you can actually heat...