Freetail Brewpub's Rye Wheat Beer
Freetail Brewing Company is an outstanding brewpub in San Antonio. I had a glass of their terrific rye wheat beer at the art gallery Box 13 Art Space over the …
Gil Vrazel's Czech Barbecue Shack
If you’re driving hungry on Highway 71 this weekend, consider skipping the burgers and kolaches at Hruska’s in Ellinger and visiting Gil Vrazel instead. Gil’s Bar-B-Que Shack is that little …
Elysian Fields Farms: Kobe Lamb?
Grass-fed lamb sounds good. New Zealand lamb is grass fed. Loncito Cartwright’s succulent lamb from Dinero Texas is grass-fed. But the best lamb I have eaten in a long time …
Throwdown: Tony Vallone vs. Albert Roux
Tony Vallone insisted I try his lobster and asparagus risotto with a poached egg on top. What the hell, right? I had asked Vallone if he had been up Chez …
Que Huong's Vietnamese Salads
This salad at Que Huong restaurant at Beechnut and Wilcrest came highly recommended. It’s a pile of watercress with cold sliced rare steak and shrimp tossed in a light fish …
Hey Chef: Pass the Gravy!
There is a roast beef poor boy topped with a fried egg on the brunch menu at Bistro Alex in the Hotel Sorella. It sounds awesome. And it would be–if …
The CFS at the Beehive in Albany
The Beehive in Albany serves one of the state’s greatest chicken-fried steaks. The cook when I visited was named Amanda Pearson. She got her training in the Navy where she …
Chef Albert Roux Slumming in Conroe
I am still thinking about the soft-boiled quail eggs with asparagus tips tossed in hollandaise (or was it béarnaise?) that I had at Chez Roux in February. It was one …
More Serious Eats in Texas
New York food writer Ed Levine was in Houston over the last few days researching a new book that’s being written by the whole staff at his famous food blog …