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.
The Monday Evening Club
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.
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“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.
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.
"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.
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
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Soma's James Watkins gets fancy with dry ice
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Flora & Muse's champagne cocktail
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13 Celsius' Mike Sammons ladles out Ruby Port Punch