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Reel Worlds

Houston mines international gold with the Pan-Cultural Film Festival

By Joanne Harrison
Feb 10, 2000

Mohammed Kamara believes that film is the true universal language. It certainly has been for him. As a boy in Guinea, West Africa, he was exposed to cinema through the World Health Organization and the American Red Cross. "They used to bring 16-millimeter projectors in the back of a Land...
King of the Hill

The King Biscuit Patio Cafe is hangout heaven

By Joanne Harrison
May 29, 1997

Located on a small rise at a bend in the road just east of Norhill Addition in the Heights, the King Biscuit Patio Cafe offers one of Houston's most spectacular vistas -- an absolutely killer view of the White Oak greenbelt, with the tips of downtown's skyscrapers peeking over the...
What's in a Name?

If the name is Russo's Cafe Anthony, it's memorable Italian eating

By Joanne Harrison
Apr 10, 1997

It's a shame that many people know Russo's Cafe Anthony more for a legal struggle over its name than for its food. It's a shame, because Russo's place, located just north of the museum district in a row of converted fourplexes, is a splendid neighborhood-style Italian restaurant. Still, it's understandable...
Dish

By Joanne Harrison
Jan 9, 1997

Serious Sauce You can get into some intense arguments over the merits of barbecue joints in this town. There's the Goode Company faction, and the Drexler's faction; there are Otto's aficionados and those who favor Luling City Market. There are even Luther's partisans. But for old-fashioned, chow-down barbecue, I don't...
Sushi Safari

After years of denial, our critic learns the truth: She has to eat it raw

By Joanne Harrison
Jan 2, 1997

A confession: Over the last decade, while people nationwide were learning about sushi, going gaga over urchin roe and ebi and maguro and awabi, I was lagging behind, wondering how anyone could even consider putting raw fish between their lips. Perhaps it was my dual Boston/Houston background, but it seemed...

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