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• Torchy's Tacos' Suit Against Texas Taco Co. Alleges Theft of Food-Prep Bible

  Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 8 a.m.

  Back in August, we reported on the anticipated opening of a new taco joint in Houston called Texas Taco Co. The Friendswood location was the third store set to open in Texas -- the other two are in Baytown and Magnolia -- and though it sounded like a delicious addition...

• Top 8 Culinary Scandals of the Past Decade

  Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 8 a.m.

  It seems every day someone new is coming out of the woodwork to claim he or she was wronged by Paula Deen. The once-beloved host of Paula's Home Cooking on the Food Network has been accused of racial and sexual discrimination by a number of former employees and was quoted...

• Carbonation & Candy at Rocket Fizz

  Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 7 a.m.

  It's no secret I'm passionate about potables, especially the adults-only kind. But love of liquids also extends to soda, especially during the summer when I tend to crave the unique sweet burn of a carbonated beverage. So I when first walked into Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop in...

• Broke Meals, Ramen Hacks and Food Snobbery

  Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 8 a.m.

  Last week at work, I ate shitty mall food court Chinese food for lunch. I relished every bite of it. As I walked in the room with that Styrofoam container, several of my coworkers looked on incredulously. They were surprised that I would deign to eat from such a place...

• This Week in Deliciousness

  Friday, July 23, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.

  Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where there can never be enough varieties of the Newton. We're working on a Boston Cream Pie Newton that should be ready before the end of the year, assuming we can get our taste testers to stop coughing up...

• The Shameless Chef: Make Your Own Damn Salsa

  Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.

  I gotta be honest with you, the column almost didn't happen today. I think I came down with something, because I slept about 20 hours yesterday. No lie, I passed out around 5:30 p.m., woke up about a half hour past midnight, then passed out again around 4:30 a.m. and...