29
Aug
Burger Friday: Winnie's in Midtown
At Winnie's, the Louisiana-inflected sandwich shop in Midtown, I've found a new favorite burger that hits
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Alison Cook
24
Aug
Is this the world's best easy breakfast?
In my world as presently constituted, it is.
"Presently constituted" means I just made a power run through
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22
Aug
Iced mufawaar and honeycomb bread are hits at Qamaria
It was 90 degrees when I stepped into the strip-center parking lot at Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. on Wednesday. Heat
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14
Aug
I fell down the fake food rabbit hole
It all started with Japan's recent heat wave. As the temperatures soared, the artificial food models common in
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12
Aug
I'm all about the shrimp at the new Yiayia's.
Well, almost.
The fish are fabulous, too, at the Pappas family's promising revival of their late Greek restaurant,
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28
Jul
Houston's best falafel is at a bar in Clear Lake
If you are one of those folks always in pursuit of superior versions of falafel, those magical deep-fried orbs of
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25
Jul
My first machete
It had been nagging at me that I had never tried a machete, the sprawling, scythe-shaped quesadilla that became a
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29
Jun
How I learned to love the little grey shrimp of Belgium
In Texas, we cut our teeth on big Gulf shrimp—as in Gulf of Mexico, if you please— that cook
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27
Jun
My Belgian waffle
Waffle singular. You read that right.
Since the news is so dire today, perhaps you might enjoy reading about how
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15
Jun
The Enchilada Chronicles: mole triumphant at Ninfa's
Both times I've tried chef Patti Delgado's mole enchiladas—four months apart and at two different
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