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  BCN Taste & Tradition Restaurant and A Tale Of Fideos

  September 12 at 4 a.m.

  As a native Texas Mexican, I was delighted to encounter the authentic, iconic, Spanish pasta dish, fideo, on a recent visit to Chef Luis Roger’s BCN Taste & Tradition restaurant in Houston. I took the first bite and it immediately brought up memories of another authentic, iconic fideo, one that...

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  The Best Things We Ate This Month - October 2017

  Friday, November 3, 2017 at 3:10 p.m.

  Crispy pork belly tacos, grilled deviled lobster and liquor-infused cakes; here are the 20 best things that we ate this month in Houston.
  

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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...

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  Party, Eat, Repeat. We Got This, Houston Food Fest

  Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 7 a.m.

  The foodies came out in droves to nosh on the best from 60 vendors at Houston Food Fest 2017 on August 19 at Hermann Square Park. Presenter Taste Houston had a winning formula with its party-eat-repeat mantra, and we saw the best from food trucks and local eateries including Mai's Restaurant, Good Dog Houston, Peli Peli, Yoyo's Hot Dog, Moku Bar, The Waffle Bus and many more. All photos by Mitchell Nguyen.
  

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  Houston's Tex-Mex Soul

  Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 4 a.m.

  Robb Walsh is rummaging through the dry storage area in search of the anchos. We’re in the kitchen of his Montrose ode-to-old-school Tex-Mex restaurant El Real, which the Beard Award winning writer and former Houston Press food critic opened in 2010 with chef Bryan Caswell. He pulls out a large...

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  Back to School Bento Ideas

  Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 5:30 a.m.

  It's that time of year for back-to-school shopping for clothes, shoes and books. It's also time to think up new ways for packing nutritious lunches for school or office. Bento boxes are a great way to serve fruits and vegetables to picky eaters, and to stay on course with that healthy eating plan. Go ahead, be the envy of your cube-sphere; just don't be surprised if you see the return of the office lunch thief.
  We took a look at some of our favorite Houston-area stores and found plenty of ways to embrace kawaii, the Japanese culture of cuteness, without too much effort.