Food & Drink
December 1, 2012
Pozole Rojo
We hold (the perfection of) this stew to be self-evident.
Food & Drink
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Food & Drink
November 1, 2012
Barbecue Cook John Mueller Finds Himself in Another Tough Spot
The pitmaster at the well-regarded JMueller BBQ trailer in Austin was fired by his sister, who also filed a police report accusing him of theft.
Food & Drink
October 31, 2012
Venison Backstrap
A recipe for when the hunters get home.
Food & Drink
October 31, 2012
Swine Time
Going whole hog at Austin's Salty Sow.
Recipes
October 31, 2012
Venison Backstrap
A recipe for when the hunters get home.
Food & Drink
September 30, 2012
Pecan Pralines
The creamy-crispy confection looms large in Texans’ collective taste memories.
Food & Drink
September 18, 2012
Another Food Critic Loses Anonymity
Encouraged to be "more visible" by the Houston Chronicle, Alison Cook spoke at the Metropolitan Food Show this past Sunday. Eater Houston had a picture of her up by Tuesday.
Food & Drink
August 31, 2012
Frito Pie
Cheap, hearty, and eternally beloved.
Recipes
August 31, 2012
Frito Pie
Cheap, hearty, and eternally beloved.
Health
August 9, 2012
Paul Quinn College Bans Pork in On-Campus Eateries
President Michael J. Sorrell said that the creation of "a pork-free cafeteria" is part of a greater healthy living campaign.
Food & Drink
July 31, 2012
Six Houston Chefs Share Their Favorite Chinatown Haunts
Houston's Chinatown can be an overwhelming part of town, with each strip-mall restaurant blending into the next, so six local chefs shed light on which places rise above the rest.
Food & Drink
July 31, 2012
Paletas
Cool off with this recipe from Hugo Ortega’s Street Food of Mexico cookbook.
Food & Drink
July 31, 2012
New + Noteworthy
The Hay Merchant and Doss Country Store.
Food & Drink
July 31, 2012
Roost
There I was, sitting all alone at tiny Houston restaurant Roost, fielding frenetic text messages from three friends. A sad litany of flat tires, run-on meetings, and road closures explained their conspicuous absence. At many another place, a seriously incomplete party would have been getting the ol’ stink eye right
Food & Drink
July 31, 2012
Home Is Where the Cart Is
In this exclusive excerpt from his forthcoming cookbook, Hugo Ortega shares the secrets of the humble dishes of his homeland.
Food & Drink
July 13, 2012
Should Booze Be Served at the Alamo Complex?
A new rule from the General Land Office is set to allow caterers to serve alcohol at events held in Alamo Hall, a building that is not within the 1836 bounds of the fort.
Food & Drink
June 30, 2012
New + Noteworthy
Swift's Attic and Sustenio.
Food & Drink
June 30, 2012
Neal Newsom, Vineyard Owner
Newsom, who grew up in Yoakum County, took a chance when he decided to grow grapes on the High Plains. Today his vineyard is one of the largest in Texas, serving more than a dozen of the state’s top wineries.My family has been in cotton farming for more than a
Business
June 25, 2012
The Rise of Breastaurants
Addison-based Twin Peaks, one of the nation's top "breastaurant"chains, saw sales grow by thirty percent last year.
Food & Drink
June 4, 2012
Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival Considered ‘Best of the South’
A writer for the Oxford American samples calf fries at Throckmorton's Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival for the magazine.
Food & Drink
May 31, 2012
New + Noteworthy
Chicken Scratch and Papi Tino's.
Food & Drink
May 31, 2012
Uchi
FIRST COMES THE ARCHED eyebrow. Then the significant pause. Then the question: “Well, how was it?” This is the reaction of my Austin friends when they hear I’ve been to the Houston location of Uchi, Texas’s restaurant of the moment. Yes, Austin is eaten up with curiosity and jealousy, poor
Border & Immigration
May 29, 2012
How to Speak Spanish and Get Free Pizza
The Dallas-based Pizza Patrón chain has received criticism for its June 5 promotion giving a free pizza to anyone who orders in Spanish. But how hard is that, really?
Food & Drink
May 22, 2012
Deep Fried Samoas to Join Pantheon of Deep Fried Things at State Fair
The cookies, known to most Texans as Caramel deLites, will be fried to mark the Girl Scout's 100th Anniversary.
Food & Drink
April 30, 2012
New + Noteworthy
Elizabeth Street Cafe and Underbelly.
Eat My Words
April 30, 2012
Build a Better Margarita and They Will Come
This made my day. Barkeep Jim Meehan, of PDT in New York, shared his favorite margarita recipe at his session on Tequila and Salt at the Austin Food & Wine Festival yesterday afternoon. As soon as I got home from the long, long day, took a shower
Food & Drink
April 18, 2012
Texas’s Five Most Delicious Invasive Species
Could eating invasive species be the best way to get rid of them?
Food & Drink
April 10, 2012
How to Roast a Whole Steer
Texas chefs Louis Lambert, Larry McGuire, and Emmett Fox build a custom spit to prepare for roasting an entire steer.
Food & Drink
April 9, 2012
Calling All Whataburger Spicy Ketchup Lovers
The San Antonio-based fast food chain is giving away box 101,197, its last case of "Spicy Ketchup."
Food & Drink
April 3, 2012
Matthew McConaughey Renames the King Ranch Casserole
On Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, McConaughey and host Guy Fieri visit Georgetown's Monument Cafe, where the actor dubs the dish "a caschilada."
Food & Drink
March 31, 2012
New + Noteworthy
Bliss and Olive & June.
Food & Drink
March 31, 2012
Woodshed Smokehouse
HOLY SHIN! THE SIGNATURE dish of the two-month-old Woodshed Smokehouse is so paleo that you can almost hear drumbeats when they deliver it to your table. Tipping the scales at a minimum of three and a half pounds and smoked over hickory to an ebony turn, the brazen bone-in beef
Food & Drink
March 22, 2012
Southside Market & Barbecue Unaffected By Meat Recall
The Elgin BBQ joint recalled three types of fully-cooked sausages it sells online and in grocery stores, but not the fresh sausage it smokes for restaurant customers.
Food & Drink
March 14, 2012
Whole Foods Unveils New Digital, Online Magazine
Whole Foods Market is wading into the publishing business and expanding its food-lifestyle empire to include a new digital monthly magazine called Dark Rye.
Food & Drink
March 12, 2012
Iconic San Antonio Restaurateur Chris Madrid Dead at 61
The owner of Chris Madrid's, the San Antonio restaurant famous for its burgers, died Sunday morning.
Business
March 9, 2012
Texas Business Report: Texas Enterprise Fund Spends $21 Million to Woo Apple
The state pays big bucks to bring Apple (and 3,600 jobs) to Austin, Texans eat out more often than residents of any other state, and the Capitol City will bring in $264 million this month.
Food & Drink
March 8, 2012
Where to Eat During SXSW
Our definitive guide on where to grab a hangover taco, a soul-satisfying plate of ’cue, a beautiful piece of sushi, a see-and-be-seen table, a killer margarita, and more.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Authentic Texas Barbecue . . . Outside of Texas
Can you take barbecue out of Texas and still call it Texas barbecue?
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Notable Openings and Closings
What you need to know about dining in Texas this week.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
SXSW: Where to Eat on South Congress
A culinary guide for navigating your way through the city, from a Hawaiian shaved-ice stand to a romantic Italian spot.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Notable Openings and Closings
What you need to know about dining in Texas this week.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Notable Openings and Closings
What you need to know about dining in Texas this week.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Notable Openings and Closings
What you need to know about dining in Texas this week.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
New + Noteworthy
Grady's Line Camp Steakhouse and Texas Spice.
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Triniti
APPARENTLY DELUSIONAL, I clicked on Triniti’s reservations link on a Thursday morning, somehow imagining that my friends and I could get into Houston’s newest white-hot dining destination the following Saturday night. What was I thinking? Not wanting to eat at 5:30 or 9:30, we settled for Sunday. Bliss! On that
Food & Drink
March 1, 2012
Where Is My Home?
A culinary obsession that began decades ago in my grandmother’s kitchen sent me on a quest through Central Texas (and way beyond) for kolaches—not the best ones but the ones that would lead me to myself.
Food & Drink
February 24, 2012
Win the Weekend: Cars Will Soon Be Driving Us and Other News to Know
A UT study on the traffic intersections of the future, the Perry gravy train is back on the track, and the Spurs lose a game on purpose.
Libations
February 22, 2012
Happy National Margarita Day!
Get your salt shaker and limes ready to celebrate that "frozen concoction that helps you hang on."
Health
February 21, 2012
Middle Schoolers Protest Unhealthy School Lunches
More than thirty Tivoli students brought their own lunches to school last week as part of a grassroots protest for healthier meal options.
Food & Drink
February 21, 2012
20 Restaurants and Chefs Pick Up James Beard Award Nominations
Texas represented in nine categories for the James Beard Awards, the Oscars of the restaurant industry.