all things food
A few years ago, when I was discussing New Year’s Eve traditions with my readers, one woman from Houston told me about a…
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Over the weekend, I went to a family barbecue at my Uncle Bubba’s house. He was celebrating a milestone birthday, and all his…
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The story goes that one early morning in the mid-1990s, Houston chef Robert Del Grande spilled some of his coffee grounds onto his…
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What’s a taco burger, a friend asked me when I told her what I was cooking for dinner. I explained it was all…
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When corn is in season, I love to eat it often. While fresh on the cob with a pat of sweet butter is…
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If you were in Houston in the 1980s, it was hard to escape the ubiquitous tacos al carbon. Ninfa Laurenzo—of the eponymous Ninfa’s—made…
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It’s said that Texans don’t usually eat lamb. This isn’t true, of course, as the first time I had lamb was in a…
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One of my dearest friends recently gave up eating meat. As we were talking about her new lifestyle, I asked if she was…
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Tex-Mex is not Mexican food. That’s right, even though many of the restaurants you see across Texas often call themselves Mexican they’re not.…
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