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         <title>The Appeal of Banana Leaf</title>
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           It's been a little over six months since we reviewed Banana Leaf (9889 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 311) -- the cozy outpost of Malaysian cuisine in New Chinatown -- and it occurred to us ove...]]></description>
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         <title>The Shameless Chef: Hamburger Soup</title>
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          Let's face it, my saucy little aardvarks; these past couple of weeks, I've given you creative goddamn gold. I've been shooting unique, simple dishes at you like it's no big deal. Well, toda...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Mexican Avocado and Egg Salad</title>
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         "Guacamole bobe" was the name of this item on the appetizer menu at Rustika Café on the Southwest Freeway at Buffalo Speedway. The description listed the ingredients as avocado, caramelized ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Casa Mariachi in Pasadena</title>
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         For a lazy Saturday night dinner, our family ended up in Pasadena. After some deliberation of where to go -- "Applebees?" "Ew! No!" -- someone suggested that we go to Casa Mariachi (5824 Spe...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Hot New Chocolatier in Town</title>
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         Dark chocolate bark with chipotle and almonds marked the beginning of a romantic Valentine's Day season at my house. My wife is wild about chocolate and chile pepper confections, so I try to...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:56:41 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>The Basics: Cookbooks</title>
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         We recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal on Alton Brown's top five favorite cookbooks. You remember Brown. He's the quirky chemistry geek on Good Eats and one of the commentato...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:01:04 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>The Mexicanization of the Hot Dog</title>
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         In Houston, as in Chicago, Los Angeles and Denver, Mexican-style hot dogs have been increasing in popularity. But when the mainstream hot dog chain James Coney Island introduced a Sonoran ho...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:56:12 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Ka&apos;ak Sandwich?</title>
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         Recently, we found ourselves starving during a tedious day of used-car shopping. Unwilling to make such a big decision on an empty stomach, we were pleased to find ourselves within walking d...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Kata Robata Chef Chat, Part 2: Jean-Philippe Gaston</title>
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          After our interview with Kata Robata's Manabu Horiuchi, he demanded we interview his chef de cuisine, Jean-Philippe Gaston, an integral part of Kata Robata. We sat down with him for a few b...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Where Are We Drinking?</title>
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         You may not recognize this place in broad daylight, but you certainly wouldn't be able to miss it at night. Can you guess where we're drinking this week?

Leave your best guess in the commen...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Texas Traveler: The Electric Tortero</title>
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         Matamoros, the Mexican wonderland across the bridge from Brownsville, is home to many fabulous eateries, including this very popular torta shop. The Cubana a la Mexicana was the top of the l...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:05 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Keeping the Change at Georgia&apos;s Farm To Market</title>
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          Sandy's Market on I-10 at Dairy Ashford was long our favorite grocery store in town, even though it meant a drive not only outside the Loop but outside the Beltway. An odd sort of hippie pa...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Men&apos;s Venison Barbecue Dinner </title>
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         Note: this article has been corrected from its original version.

The Garden Oaks Baptist Church Men's Venison BBQ dinner is coming up this Monday. The men of the church donate their deer me...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:16 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Chef Chat: Kata Robata&apos;s Manabu Horiuchi</title>
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          Ever since Kata Robata opened its doors on the corner of Richmond and Kirby, the praise has been constant. The heart and soul of the operation is Manabu Horiuchi -- or Hori-san, for short. ...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>School Lunch Redux</title>
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         Last December, Eating Our Words shined a spotlight on school lunches, taking to task both funding for and quality of food in schools. While the intent of the post was to serve as a wake-up c...]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:16:46 -0600</pubDate>
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