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  Openings and Closings: Good News and Good Deals

  April 24 at 4:30 a.m.

  Right now, many of us are working at our home computers, trying to figure out how to teach our children algebra and what to make for dinner from the supplies that we have left. Others are pulling double shifts at hospitals or fending off complaints from shoppers who are pissed...

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  Openings and Closings Take-out for the Long Haul

  April 17 at 4:30 a.m.

  As you may have noticed, the Openings and Closings column has been focused on restaurants around Houston that  have turned to take-out and delivery to make it through the current coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions on dining in. However, we actually have a recently opened food truck and a restaurant...

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  Coronavirus Food Tips: Don't Waste the Goods

  March 25 at 4 a.m.

  You've done all your shopping. You and the people you love are hunkered down, working from home and ready for the long haul. It might be a while. It's time to make the most of what is in your house and at your disposal.  Houston is not on a mandatory...

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  YELO Will Hello This Summer, Sam's Fried Chicken and Donuts Closes

  March 13 at 5 a.m.

  YELO, 231119 Colonial Parkway, will open in late summer. Cuc Lam and Alex Au-Yeung will open the collaborative banh mi restaurant in Katy Asian Town  in the spot next to Au- Yeung's Malaysian restaurant, Phat Eatery. The all day concept will specialize in craft banh mi and specialty coffee and...

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  Openings and Closings: Be More Pacific Comes to Houston, III Forks Downtown Closes

  March 6 at 5 a.m.

  Be More Pacific, 506 Yale, softly opened March 2. The first brunch service will be Sunday March 8.The Filipino restaurant began as a food truck in Austin in 2011 from founders Mark Pascual and Giovan Cuchapin. They opened a brick and mortar at 7858 Shoal Creek in Austin in 2017...

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  Kitchen Gear Essentials: The Chef's Knife

  March 3 at 6:52 a.m.

  Brand new to the kitchen? Trying to figure out what gear you need to get the job done? Or maybe you're getting married and want to add to the registry. We've got you covered with basic kitchen essentials for the home cook. There is perhaps no more critical cooking instrument...