Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Austin native chef Lorin Peters enthusiastically talks a mile a minute as we sit in a booth at Houston’s Bludorn, where she introduced her ridiculously divine reimagining of the simple cookie Friday night. The level of energy displayed explains, …
Read MoreI love to talk about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, an…
Read MoreMichelin-starred chef Jonathan Benno already has his favorite item on the menu of Café Leonelli, which is set to open in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s new Kinder Building in early April. It’s the Eggplant Parmesan Focaccia. “We d…
Read MoreBeaumont’s diverse food culture and art scene take center stage this weekend at the oft-overlooked Texas city’s third annual #EATBMT Restaurant Week and the first ARTACO festival. Located on the border between Louisiana and Texas, Beaumont is an …
Read MoreHow sweet it was. The mouthwatering aroma of barbecue wafting across the lawn of the Manor House at The Houstonian where five proven teams joined in the inaugural BBQ on the Bayou Cook-Off. It was a welcome, if diminutive, substitute for the Houston Li…
Read MoreAnother day, another virtual tasting. . . and I’m smiling as I write this. The long-distance gatherings have been abundant since COVID-19 turned the world upside down, and while some have been better than others — that’s the way of life, no? — almost a…
Read MoreA time before iPhones and 5G, the 1980s is almost a prehistoric era. It’s when dinosaurs roamed the earth — at least they did in the hit animated movie, The Land Before Time, which came out in 1988. That movie brought us a dinosaur character name…
Read MoreA Houston nano-brewery is making a big leap and is branching out to open a second location in Montrose. Southern Yankee Beer Company is located off of FM 1960 — and now it’s adding Southern Yankee Crafthouse at 1312 W. Alabama Street. This new So…
Read MoreWithin two days, two of Houston’s leading personalities have unveiled namesake sandwiches created for charity. This culinary version of nonprofit fundraising has become a thing in the Bayou City where the art of sandwich-making apparently knows n…
Read MoreWith his namesake restaurant open less than a year, New York transplant Chef Aaron Bludorn is jumping right into the Houston spirit of community service that the city’s culinary world embraces with fervor. On March 11, Bludorn will host a benefit…
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