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If you’re a chef who wins what’s considered one of the highest honors in the entire food world, does it really make a difference? Does it improve your life, make you more money and make your restaurant indispensable? Or, after the glitz and glam of the award ceremony and a week of being bombarded with […]
Hearts are broken, not just in Texas, but across the United States after the devastating human cost suffered in the Hill Country flash floods on the Fourth of July. As of this morning, 89 people were found dead — many of them children — and dozens are still missing. Houstonians are no strangers to the […]
Pop-culture convention Comicpalooza just wrapped up this past weekend, and a featured celebrity graced a Houston barbecue joint with his presence the next day. Comedy legend and actor Cheech Marin visited J-Bar-M BBQ at 2201 Leeland the following Monday. Marin is perhaps best known as one half of the duo Cheech & Chong. Marin is […]
Blood Bros. BBQ, the acclaimed restaurant from brothers Robin and Terry Wong and pitmaster Quy Hoang at 5425 Bellaire, is getting a moment in the James Beard Foundation spotlight in New York City. The team has been invited to serve dinner on Saturday, July 19 starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Foundation’s pop-up venue called […]
