Foodways Texas in Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Culinary Charreada will take place from 4 until 8 p.m. Sunday February 20th at Clear Fork Station, 4971 East I-20, Willow Park, Texas, just west of Fort …
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Underbelly and El Real
Chef Chris Shepherd’s new restaurant, Underbelly, will be next door to the Hay Merchant Craft Beer Bar in the old Chances building–across the street from our very own Tex-Mex joint, …
Brain is a Terrible Thing to Waste
We had some excellent barbacoa y sesos tacos at Gerardo’s on Saturday morning. You don’t see brain in the tacos much anymore. Meat packers stopped shipping brains after mad cow …
Cooking Class Update
Thanks for the great response to these cooking classes! Ticket sales for the first class on Sunday January 23 are now closed. The first cheese enchilada class on Sunday January …
Tex-Mex Cooking Classes at My House
“Why don’t you give a class about how to make Tex-Mex cheese enchiladas?” Mike, my physical therapist said as he twisted my arm into a pretzel shape. Mike moved here …
Everybody Likes Spaghetti
Chef Maurizio Ferrarese of Quattro Restaurant in the Houston Four Seasons hotel was very kind to me when I paid the restaurant a visit last week. As I reported here, …
Foodways Texas Urban Garden Initiative
Representatives from Houston Food Bank, Last Organic Outpost, Covenant Community Capital, the Harris County office of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, and Foodways Texas met on Friday to discuss …
My Organic Garden: The Lamb's Tongue Lettuce Got Slimed!
I thought the lamb’s tongue lettuce in my little backyard organic garden was doing great. Then the leaves all started falling over and dying. Then the the other lettuces on …
Foodways Texas Does Dallas
On January 24th, Chef Tim Byres will host the first Foodways Texas event in Dallas at his red-hot new restaurant–Smoke. Barbecued seafood will be featured to highlight the theme of …