Locals know French Gourmet Bakery as one of the best Houston bakeries and patisseries (as well as an easygoing café for breakfast and lunch), and flock to it for holiday desserts, freshly baked breads and fine pastries, but what they might not know is that it’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To mark the […]
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The array of bakeries in Houston is as diverse as its citizenry. We are fortunate to have numerous establishments making just about every kind of bread imaginable. From longtime mainstays to the newly opened, here are some of the city’s best independent shops to find freshly baked bread to take home. For this list, stuffed […]
Ever wonder what a cross between a kolache and a bowl of phở tastes like? Chef Vanarin Kuch did, and now you can find out too at his new bakery, Koffeteria, which recently opened at 1110 Hutchins Street (conveniently located near Discovery Green and BBVA Stadium). After a five-year stint in New York and Chicago, […]
As a young boy, chef Nicolas Vera — who would later hone his skills at notable Houston restaurants such as Underbelly, Southern Goods and Xochi — would wander the mercados of Veracruz with his mom while sipping tepache, a refreshing beverage made by fermenting pineapple rinds. Those memories now inspire the Tepache Chicken Plate at […]
