Truffle love

With $17,000 worth of black truffles, top chefs create a feast for 200 lucky guests and one charity

By Shelby Hodge

01.13.15 | 4:50 pm

Long associated with the French champagne house, the name Roederer (as in Louis Roederer bubbly) has a whole new meaning for Houstonians who attended Monday night's inaugural "Truffle ...

Big Steakhouse Change

Restaurateur hires top chef to return steakhouse to former glory as Houston's best

By Eric Sandler

09.29.14 | 2:35 pm

Ronnie Killen is different from most chefs. Whereas most restaurant owners would be happy to have placed two establishments in the top 25 of Chronicle restaurant critic Alison Cook's top 100 Ho ...

Brennan's Date Night Cooking Classes

Brennan's of Houston

05.30.14 - 09.26.14

Take an international trip with Brennan's of Houston to explore the countries that influenced what is now known as Creole cuisine. Executive chef Danny Trace will host monthly cooking clas

Dining With Purpose

Dine out at top restaurants in April and join the fight against child abuse

By Shelby Hodge

04.03.14 | 12:08 pm

Only the day before the start of Child Abuse Prevention Month and the launch of Houston's Blue Plate Special fundraising efforts for that cause, news broke of the starving 5-year-old who w ...

Party Watch

Top toques are on their toes when cooking with Houston Ballet stars

By Shelby Hodge

04.03.14 | 10:34 am

What: Houston Ballet's Ballet Barre's "A Dinner in Five Acts." Where: Brennan's of Houston. The 411: Five chefs, five courses, five dancers — it was the recipe f ...

Ultimate Foodie Wedding

The ultimate foodie wedding: Top Houston restaurant owner gets married in crazy gourmet style

By Shelby Hodge

02.07.14 | 7:04 am

When is a wedding reception as much about the food as it is about the happy couple? When the groom owns the restaurant, which happens to be one of the city's top dining spots. Just ask the ...

Casual Mess Hall

Hot young professionals and top chefs shake up the camp scene: Forget that bland camp food

By Joel Luks

11.15.13 | 8:28 am

Oh, to relive those carefree youth days of summer camp: The friendships, the bonfires, the bucolic setting, but surely not the cafeteria-esque bland food, right? Leave it to the young professio ...

Foodie News

Bananas Foster alert! Brennan's of Houston is open and unaffected by New Orleans family squabble

By Clifford Pugh

06.29.13 | 3:58 pm

Brennan's of Houston survived Hurricane Ike and came back stronger than ever. Now, owner Alex Brennan-Martin is navigating around a New Orleans family feud that has some Houston customers worri ...

Do we need a recount?

In super-close vote, 5 contenders squeeze into finals of Last Chef Standing

By Marika Rafte

05.29.13 | 2:42 pm

Scores were tight, tough decisions were made and favorites were cut as CultureMap readers cast their votes to decide which restaurants will proceed into the final round of Last Chef Standing.& ...

It's A Family Affair

A touch of New Orleans at Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair with Brennan's family reunion dinner

By Heather Staible

04.25.13 | 1:38 pm

It wasn’t the French Quarter, but a little bit of New Orleans still spiced up Sugar Land Wednesday at the Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair kickoff dinner on the grounds of the Imperial Sugar ...