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Chef Aquiles Chavez Rocks Houston

La Fisheria – Seafood Mexican Cocina Houston, Texas Driving down Inker Street, the place that once housed a Vietnamese restaurant in the up-and-coming and semi-trendy Houston section of The Heights is not easy to miss.  The pastel makeover on the … Continue reading

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Chili Today, Hot Tamale

Chili John’s Burbank, California From the hand-painted, neon-accented sign on the top of the curved corner building to the Dorothy Gale red gingham checked curtains in the window, Burbank’s Chili John’s looks like a slice of Americana frozen in time. … Continue reading

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Dollars To Donuts

The Trippy Food Doughnut Extravaganza The ubiquitous doughnut is the staple of office meetings across the country, Homer Simpson’s superfood, and makes all the cops in the doughnut shops go, “Way-o, way-o”; it seems as though the lowly ring of … Continue reading

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Ten Years After

A look back on how 9/11 changed me and the world Remember 9/11… I believe that’s the catchphrase, along the lines of “Remember the Alamo”, “Remember the Maine”, or “Remember Pearl Harbor”. Although I admit I will occasionally forget my … Continue reading

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Executive Decision

Cooper’s BBQ, Llano, TX Ben’s Chili Bowl, Washington, D.C. Checking out a restaurant that has been visited by a U.S. President comes complete with a variety of risks, including whether the food lives up to the hype and if an … Continue reading

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