Monthly Archives: May 2011

Los Angeles Trip Report

Posted on May 30, 2011 by J.C. Reid

Triple Hulk Elvis II, 2007, by Jeff Koons, LACMA, Broad Contemporary Art Museum I’d been jonesing to get back to Los Angeles for a while. I was last there in 2004. I figured a package deal on Travelocity or the … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbecue, Blog Only, Food, Photos, Travel | Tagged Bigmista's, Bludso's, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Casa del Mar, Daikokuya Ramen, Disney Concert Hall, Getty Center, Hollyhock House, In-N-Out Burger, Intelligentsia Coffee, Jeff Koons, Jonathan Gold, LACMA, Loews, los angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lou on Vine, MOCA, Renzo Piano, santa monica, Shutters on the Beach, Smoke City Market, Sotto Restaurant, Texas Barbecue, The Tasting Kitchen, Travelocity, University of Southern California, vacation, Venice Beach | 3 Comments

CFS Challenge: Kelley’s Country Cookin’ vs. Tel-Wink Grill

Posted on May 30, 2011 by J.C. Reid

Kelley’s Country Cookin This is the “coulda shoulda woulda” chicken-fried steak (CFS) challenge. Two old-school Houston diners square-off, with opposite results. One contestant just missed being the city’s top CFS experience, while the other narrowly avoided the ignominious F grade. … Continue reading →

Posted in 29-95, CFS Challenge, Food, Houston Chronicle, Texas | Tagged cfs, chicken fried steak, kelley's country cookin, tel-wink grill, telephone road | 2 Comments

A Summer Guide to Shaved Ice Treats

Posted on May 23, 2011 by J.C. Reid

Mam’s House of Ice In places like Houston and New Orleans, and areas of Mexico and Asia, ice is a preferred panacea for the brutal summer heat. This need to cool off has resulted in the invention of some amazingly … Continue reading →

Posted in 29-95, Food | Tagged chamoy, mam's, manganada, raspa, refrequeria, shaved ice, snoball, snow cones, star snow ice | 1 Comment

A Taxonomy of Tex-Mex

Posted on May 15, 2011 by J.C. Reid

Larry’s Original Mexican Restaurant in Richmond, Texas One of the grand and admirable ambitions of the new El Real Tex-Mex Cafe is to promote the cuisine known as Tex-Mex. For most Houstonians and Texans in general, going out for “Mexican … Continue reading →

Posted in 29-95, Food, Houston Chronicle, Lists, Print, Texas | Tagged cheese enchiladas, diana kennedy, enchiladas, fajitas, felix mexican restaurant, robb walsh, tex-mex | 5 Comments

Photo Gallery: 2011 Miscellaneous Food

Posted on May 12, 2011 by J.C. Reid

Miscellaneous food photos from the first quarter of 2011. Click on individual photos to see a larger version. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157626707547794″]

Posted in Food, Photos | Tagged abbeville louisiana, barbecue, bbq, beef cheeks, benno's, bigmista's bbq, blue crabs, bosnian food, boudin, boudin balls, bubble & squeak, burns bbq, Cafe Pita +, cajun claws, cajun food, catalan restaurant, chianti classico, chicken fried steak, christmas cookie, coffee, cookie dough, courtbouillon, crawfish, da marco, danton's restaurant, dolce vita, dough pizzeria, dungeness crab, enchiladas, espresso, feast restaurant, galveston, goodson's cafe, h-town streats, houston, hugo's restaurant, illy caffe, Johnson's Boucanière, kelley's country cookin, Lafayette Louisiana, lahmajun, macaroni & cheese, mama's oven restaurant, mel's country cafe, Nazar boncugu, neapolitan pizza, photo gallery, photos, pide, pizza, pizza margherita, pork belly, proprieta gatteschi, prosciutto, pulled pork, red snapper, risotto, Sacred Heart Society, san antonio, san marzano, soul food, spanish village, St. Augustine of Hippo, sulphur Louisiana, tartufo nero, tasting room citycentre, tex-mex, the sausage link, tomball texas, turkish coffee, vera pizza napoletana, wood-fired oven, wood-fired pizza | Leave a comment