Oysters at the Texas Book Festival

I’ll be talking about the FDA summer oyster ban, oyster reef rebuilding after Hurricane Ike and reading from Sex, Death & Oysters this Sunday, November 1 at 12:30 pm at …

The Bohemian Special

From the Houston Press “Eating Our Words” blog: This is not your average, everyday barbecue sandwich. I’m saying the Bohemian Special at Mustang Creek B-B-Q on Highway 59 in Louise …

Blue Bell Time

August is suck-it-up time in Texas. It’s close to 100° day after day. For a break, I decided to do a feature about ice cream in the Houston Press. This …

Beef 101: Where Meat Comes From

The movie Food Inc. talks about a “curtain” being placed between the consumer and the meat in the grocery store. “The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about …

BBQ 101 Class at Texas A&M

I’ll be giving the BBQ history lecture for students taking BBQ 101, a three-day professional training session sponsored by the National Barbecue Association at the Texas A&M Meat Science Center …

A New Convert to Gulf Oysters

In this review of Sex, Death & Oysters on the entertaining Eat Me Daily food blog, I make a convert: One thing this book did do, if nothing else, was …

Oyster Dock Book Signing Party

Twenty-four members of the Houston Chowhounds group descended on Misho’s Oyster Company in San Leon on Saturday April 25 for a Sex, Death & Oysters signing event. Misho Ivic took …

Slimy, Salty, and Historically Vital

Canada’s National Post reviewed Sex, Death & Oysters in the April 3 issue in a book review titled Slimy, Salty and HIstorically Vital–in their format each review ends with the …