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Sarah RufcaAssociate EditorFoodCultureMap's resident foodie, political junkie and bartender, Associate Editor Sarah Rufca hails from the Dallas/Fort Worth suburbs and majored in history at Rice. After stints in Barcelona and New York, Sarah calls Houston home and has contributed to local publications including PaperCity, My Table, and the Houston Press 'Eating Our Words' blog. |
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Foodie News
Crazy good? A 78-year-old opens up a new restaurant on Main, vows to help save "dead" downtown
By Sarah Rufca
05.22.12 | 5:51 pm
There's a familiar face heading downtown. Haritas Bibas has run Greek-American diners around Houston for 30 years, and it was his name on both Bibas Diner on West Gray ...
Foodie News
Houston's hottest new brunch spot: "Cursed" restaurant locale is set to be a cool summer hangout
By Sarah Rufca
05.22.12 | 1:57 pm
By noon on Sunday, the mercury had certainly moved up past what one might call a mild summery morning. Walking into the new Concepción, I was faced with a ...
Foodie News
Staking out new territory: Killen's heading to Stella Sola spot in the Heights
By Sarah Rufca
05.21.12 | 10:47 am
If you've never made the drive down to Pearland to eat at Ronnie Killen's eponymous steakhouse, you've been missing out. But no more — on Saturday Killen officially ...
Foodie News
Foodie politics takes off: The first food caucus in America — that's a Texas thing
By Sarah Rufca
05.21.12 | 9:57 am
Everyone knows politics is all about special interests. Now foodies can count themselves among the represented caucuses in the Texas House of Representatives — we're here, we'd prefer organic ...
Can't get it out of my head
Beyoncé, Drake, Nicki: Who will have the song of the summer? 10 top contenders
By Sarah Rufca
05.19.12 | 11:30 am
The Brits have a quaint obsession with the Christmas No. 1 single, but here in America there's nothing that tops a summer jam. Last year the continuing dominance of ...
Foodie News
Goodbye to a Houston landmark: What are your best memories of Vargo's?
By Sarah Rufca
05.19.12 | 10:30 am
I didn't attend prom in Houston in the 1980s, so I was actually unfamiliar with Vargo's before news of its closing last week. Yet for many Houstonians the ...
Boozy News
The best bar in America? Houston spot is a finalist for an elite honor
By Sarah Rufca
05.18.12 | 11:33 am
Anvil Bar & Refuge gets a lot of national attention, but its latest accolade puts it in an elite group. The Montrose bar has been nominated for Best American Bar in ...
Boozy News
Houston "shuts down" Drinking Made Easy hosts — awesome bar scene overwhelms TV pros
By Sarah Rufca
05.17.12 | 2:50 pm
After much thought, I have decided that Steve McKenna and Zane Lamprey have the best jobs ever. As hosts of HDNet show Drinking Made Easy, McKenna and Lamprey hit Houston ...
Foodie News
One tough woman: Enchilada Queen works on cookbook while recovering from shooting
By Sarah Rufca
05.17.12 | 11:41 am
Fans of Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen have another reason to splurge on the restaurant's famous tamales and enchiladas. Starting next week, owner Sylvia Casares will be back in the ...
So many Browns
"Turn the heat down": Harsh words but no sanctions for attorneys in Brown Hand Center doc divorce
By Sarah Rufca
05.16.12 | 10:00 pm
The second day of oral hearings in the divorce of Michael and Rachel Brown found attorneys struggling to find time to address all the issues in front of the court ...
At The Courthouse
Brown Hand Center doc talks prostitutes as Jeff Bagwell and Rachel Brown divorce cases collide
By Sarah Rufca
05.15.12 | 11:06 pm
The Harris County 309th district court had over a dozen cases on its docket on Tuesday, but only two had an unexpected overlap. For a few minutes the courtroom contained ...
Where's the Upward Mobility?
The land of no raises? Texas one of the worst states in the country for earnings growth
By Sarah Rufca
05.15.12 | 10:30 am
Economic mobility. It's the technical term for the American dream, to make more than your parents did. But in the first-ever state-by-state measure of economic mobility, conducted by the ...
A Horrific Collision
Families of car crash orphans sue Chrysler for safety flaws: Allege design faults made Berry kids accident worse
By Sarah Rufca
05.14.12 | 2:34 pm
The accident in July 2011 was horrific — an SUV veered into the lane of the Berry family minivan near Fort Stockton, resulting in a front-end collision at highway speeds. The ...
More Drama
Rachel Brown's lawyer accused of harassment, being "sexually inappropriate" in Hand Center doc divorce
By Sarah Rufca
05.14.12 | 1:00 pm
Michael Brown, the prominent founder of the Brown Hand Center, is not exactly known for his good track record with women, with a felony conviction (from beating his third wife ...
Foodie News
Chris Shepherd and his Top Chef Texas protegé battle in Chicago
By Sarah Rufca
05.13.12 | 2:30 pm
Underbelly's Chris Shepherd has managed to avoid the world of televised chef competitions — so far, at least — but during a promotional trip to Chicago this week he did go ...
Maybe teens should boycott
Rude or right? Fancy Dallas mall bans hoodies, visible undergarments & teens at night
By Sarah Rufca
05.12.12 | 4:09 pm
In Dallas, a city that loves to be fancy, NorthPark Mall likes to think of itself as the fanciest mall in town. The mall boasts over $1 billion in sales ...
Mom raised you better than this
The Procrastinator's Guide to Mother's Day: Last minute brunch alternatives sure to please mom
By Sarah Rufca
05.12.12 | 10:45 am
Easter has been dubbed "brunchapalooza" but Mother's Day is brunchapalooza plus a side of filial guilt if you mess this up. If you don't have a confirmed reservation ...
Goodman trial
John Goodman receives a long prison sentence, harsh words from judge in DUI manslaughter case
By Sarah Rufca
05.11.12 | 3:42 pm
Houston multimillionaire and polo king John Goodman was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in the death of Scott Wilson by Florida circuit judge Jeffrey Colbath on ...
Just one cowboy tonight
George Strait makes RodeoHouston history with special concert in 2013
By Sarah Rufca
05.10.12 | 5:56 pm
If it seems like we should rename March as "RodeoHouston month," that's because the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo just keeps getting bigger than ever. For 2013, organizers have ...
Dancing is no crime
Reporter stripper Sarah Tressler is "grateful" for Gloria Allred as she files discrimination claim against the Houston Chronicle
By Sarah Rufca
05.10.12 | 5:03 pm
Like Kevin Bacon said, dancing is not a crime. And according to Sarah Tressler, it's not a legal reason to fire someone. Tressler made national news in March when ...
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