Will Texas Legalize Bake Sales?
State Rep Eddie Rodriguez (D – Austin) held a Town Hall Meeting on Monday to discuss how the Texas legislature can help support the Texas food economy in the upcoming …
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The CIA's New Tex-Mex Campus
At the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) ribbon cutting ceremony in San Antonio on Saturday, the “ribbon” was a string of chiles. That’s because the San Antonio CIA is dedicated …
Desi-Mex: Masala BBQ and Tortilla Samosas
Chef Kaiser at Himalaya called the other day and told me to come and sample his Masala BBQ brisket. He rubs the packer’s cut brisket with a garum masala blend …
Oyster Planting Time
Last Thursday, when I was out on Galveston Bay checking oyster leases, I got the rare opportunity to watch a “seeding.” For a few days each year, Texas Parks & …
Texas Oyster Forecast
Ben Nelson and Tracy Woody took me and seafood dealer Jim Gossen out on Galveston Bay to check their oyster leases yesterday. Jeri’s Seafood, named after Ben’s wife Jeri Nelson, …
Go Texan, Eat Local, Support Texas Cottage Food
The Go Texan Restaurant Round-Up kicked off yesterday. As part of the month-long promotion, restaurants around the state will be featuring local food products and donating part of their profits …
Manfred's New Moustache
Did Cafe Moustache borrow this salad on a pizza idea from Marco Wiles’s Dolce Vita across the street? Granted, it’s not the newest idea under the sun–neither is the beef …
Robb Walsh's Top 10 Downtown H-Town Ethnic Eateries
So let’s say you’re visiting Houston for a convention and staying at the Hilton downtown. You don’t want to rent a car, but you want to check out some of …
Space City World BBQ Tour
Catalan chef and barbecue fan Chris Shepherd and yours truly led a Houston Culinary Tour for readers of Texas Highways Magazine last Sunday. It was titled “The Space City World …
The Real Chappell Hlll Sausage
“Wurst BBQ in Texas” was the title of the talk I gave at the Texas Dance Hall Symposium in Round Top on Saturday. I passed out samples of German sausage …