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  Hardworking Food Service Employees Persevere to Keep Cooking

  March 23 at 7:01 a.m.

  To comply with government restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic several Houston restaurants have remained open by converting to delivery and take out services only. This slideshow is just a small sample of the wonderful and hardworking restaurant staff stepping up in these strange times. Support the local restaurants that are supporting your neighbors and friends. (Photos by Jack Gorman)

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  Getting Ready To Rodeo at Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup and Best Bites Competition 2020

  February 24 at 6:28 a.m.

  The 2020 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is about to start with the trail rides coming into town this Friday and the parade on Saturday. The rodeo itself with star entertainers starts Monday March 3. Sunday night, the annual  Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup and Best Bites competition was held at NRG Arena.  Guests strolled the arena floor indulging in sampled bites of Houston's best meals, deserts, and wines. (Photos by Jennifer Lake)

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  Friends Of The Phoenix Hosts Fried Rice Cookoff

  January 27 at 4 a.m.

  The Lunar New Year is here and 2020 is the year of the rat. To celebrate the Lunar New Year, charity group, Friends of the Phoenix hosted their annual Fried Rice Cook Off at The Phoenix on Westheimer. With ten teams there were plenty versions of fried rice to enjoy. Traditional, Cajun, ratatouille, boudain, paella styles of fried rice were just a few of the versions available. (Photos by Eric Sauseda)

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  Champagne & Ribs at Houston's Museum of African American Culture

  Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 9:09 a.m.

  The Champagne and Ribs charity event held Wednesday directly supports the free admission policy at the Houston Museum of African American Culture. The event also celebrated the HMAAC's history of commitment to diversity, art, and artists of color. CEO John Guess Jr. spoke passionately about the importance of supporting the museum and its impacts beyond the physical location. The mission of HMAAC is to collect, conserve, explore, interpret, and exhibit the material and intellectual culture of Africans and African Americans in Houston, the state of Texas, the southwest and the African Diaspora for current and future generations.  (Photos by Doogie Roux)

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  Navigating the Mexican Restaurants on Navigation: Villa Arcos

  Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  This is the fourth in a series of visits to the six-cluster of Mexican restaurants on Navigation, a group of eateries that exemplifies Houston’s indigenous culinary history. Tacos at Villa Arcos are pure Texas Mexican food, fiercely faithful to the recipes and techniques of Velia Arcos' Rodríguez Durán who founded...

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  Navigating the Mexican Restaurants on Navigation: Taquería Chabelita

  Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  This is the third in a series of visits to the six-cluster of Mexican restaurants on Navigation, a group of eateries that exemplifies Houston’s indigenous culinary history. Taquería Chabelita is one of the six Mexican restaurants clustered on Navigation, and because of its Veracruz influence, it points to the cosmopolitan...