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  • Foie gras and curry cotton candy from Uchi
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Curry Crawl winner Shiva Patel from Queen Vic Pub & Kitchen
    Photo by Karen Burd
  • Deconstructed paneer from Roots Bistro
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Chefs from Kiran's work on the Straits patio.
    Photo by Karen Burd
  • Kerala shrimp from Pondicheri
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • David Guerrero mixes his pisco sour
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Queen Vic's chickpea-covered curried crab ball
    Photo by Sarah Rufca

  • Whatever your food porn faves are, you’ll want to catch PBS’s tribute to JuliaChild starting Aug. 5. Watch, cook and remember why we all loved her.
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  • Ziggy Gruber of Kenny & Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen is a huge fan of the oldJulia Child PBS show.
    Photo by Paula Murphy
  • Shiva Patel of the Queen Vic Pub & Kitchen, doesn’t get to watch a lot of TV,but when she does food shows are her guilty pleasure.
    Photo by Karen Burd
  • Sweet Vanessa O’Donnell of Ooh La La Dessert Boutique has a personal connectionto some shows.
    Photo courtesy of Ooh La La
  • “I actually don't have a TV,” says German Mosquera of Roots Bistro and the newlyopened Roots Juice.
  • “Even though every chefs’ hours are long and free time is hard, I make sure torecord the series Chopped and Iron Chef,” says chef Roberto Castre of LatinBites.
    Photo by Renato Rimach

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  • Disco prima donna Thelma Houston, Tye Blue and local performers will entertainall dancing kings and queens at Rainbow on the Green at Discovery Green Fridaynight.
  • Battle curry is on at the the first Annual Curry Crawl at Straits. Kiran Vermaof Kiran's is joined by notables of the restaurant scene for this spicy fightbenefiting PULSE, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital's young professionals group.
  • LaB 5555 at HMNS fuses local truck fare, cocktails and one brainy scienceshowcase. The inaugural affair, "Skin & Bones," includes an after-dark peek atthe new Hall of Paleontology.

  • Sushi Raku.
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  • "I Think I'm Turning Japanese" is all I can hum because Houston these days isfilled with all things Asian in culture and food. And it’s absolutely wonderful.
  • We have upscale, high-end places with great sushi, like Kata Robata.
  • The sushi is wonderful at Uchi, but some of the hot dishes are truly divine,like the Jar Jar Duck.
    Photo by Marene Gustin
  • And for a quick grab-and go meal, you can’t beat the crunchy tempura shrimprolls at Randalls.
    Photo by Marene Gustin

  • Grand Prize Bar's gin-based frozen cocktail with grapefruit, lime, lavender andblack pepper-infused simple syrup and topped with jager won third place inHouston's Bombay Sapphire gin cocktail competition
    Photo by Caroline Gallay
  • Terrence Gallivan and Seth Siegel-Gardner of Pilot Light made a beef tartareserved in an egg shell and cayenne-spiced carrot cotton candy
    Photo by Caroline Gallay
  • Hugo's/Backstreet's pink Paloma-inspired cocktail
    Photo by Caroline Gallay
  • Anvil Bar & Refuge's Queen's Park Swizzle
    Photo by Caroline Gallay
  • Soma's James Watkins gets fancy with dry ice
    Photo by Caroline Gallay
  • Flora & Muse's champagne cocktail
    Photo by Caroline Gallay
  • 13 Celsius' Mike Sammons ladles out Ruby Port Punch
    Photo by Caroline Gallay

  • Goode Co. has great barbecue
  • A Houston classic: Tacos a la Ninfa
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • You can't go wrong with Fleming's steak and lobster

So many choices; so little time

The Ultimate Guide to Houston food for Final Four fans

  • The Burger Guys' hamburger topped with a fried egg
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  • Catalan's flatbread
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  • Deli-style sandwich at Kraftsmen Cafe
    Photo by Ruthie Johnson Miller
  • Arborio-dusted calamari at Catalan
    Photo by Ruthie Johnson Miller

  • Bernie's Burger Bus
  • Branch Water Tavern's BWT burger got props from Bon Appetit
    Photo by Kimberly Park
  • The Sydney Burger at The Burger Guys
    Photo by Ruthie Johnson Miller

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