Category Archives: Food, glorious food

The Krispy Kreme franchise is exiting Houston next month. For now, anyway. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is exiting the Houston market after reaching an agreement with its Houston franchisee, Lone Star Doughnuts. The five Houston-area stores will cease operations on March … Continue reading → Continue reading →

“Why is Kevin Federline on your box of mints?” My sweetie recently returned from an overseas flight with a remnant from the “courtesy kit” provided him onboard. This particular item was a box of Hiya Liquid Filled Mints – 32 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What do you give the person who has everything? The naming rights to a Saint Arnold Brewery fermenter. The specifics: * The tank will be named St. “you fill in this blank” * It cannot be a company name and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Good news in the Star Bock copyrighttrademark case. A Galveston bar owner whose house-brand Star Bock beer prompted a copyright battle with the worldwide Starbucks coffee chain can continue to sell the private brew in his bar but can’t sell … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Actually, the venerable ice cream franchise is already here, with plans to expand quite a bit in the near term. Before Linda Eppolito opened her ice cream shop in west Houston, a stranger knocked on the door and asked, breathlessly, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some sad news from Galveston. Because of his wife’s death, a Galvestonian in a trademark battle with the Starbucks coffee chain has temporarily closed the bar where he sold Star Bock beer. LeAnne Romano Bell, 58, died Thursday at the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been following the saga of Star Bock Beer since it first made the news after Starbucks hit it with a cease-and-desist letter for allegedly violating its trademark. See here, here, here, and here for prior bloggage on the case. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Here’s a story about a boom in popularity of Mexican beer. Obviously, brands like Corona, Tecate, and Dos Equis are nothing new to folks around here. I’ve never been that big a fan of Corona myself – if I’m drinking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There’s a new member of the Goode Company family in town, a beer-and-chili place called the Armadillo Palace, located where the now-defunct Barbecue Hall of Flame was. Restaurateur [Jim] Goode has mostly had the golden touch since opening his first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Do you have what it takes to be a barbecue contest judge? Read this and find out. Continue reading →

The new caffeinated beer, which I mentioned before, is now officially on the market. Putting aside the travesty that is beer with ingredients like “guarana”, this is an Anheuser-Busch product. What more do you need to know? Oh, all right, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

StarBock beer has survived a motion for summary judgment in the trademark lawsuit filed against it by Starbucks. U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent issued his decision over the weekend and filed his response with the court Monday, denying all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Schoolkids are saying sayonara to milk cartons. Encouraged by a milk industry study that shows children drink more dairy when it comes in round plastic bottles, a growing number of schools are ditching those clumsy paper half-pint cartons many of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you wanted to secure the naming rights of the new Saint Arnold Brewey tanker, I’m afraid you’re too late. The winning bid was $970. St. Arnold’s chief executive, Brock Wagner, won’t reveal the name of the winning bidder until … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You’ve always wanted to have a brewery fermenter named after yourself, right? Well, here’s your chance, courtesy of Houston’s own Saint Arnold. On Monday, the microbrewer began auctioning naming rights for a new fermenter, a 17-foot-tall, 2,500-gallon stainless steel tank. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If it’s November, it’s time to talk turkey, and the best turkey of all is a fried turkey. Seriously, if you’ve never had a Cajun fried turkey, you just haven’t lived. Just make sure someone else fries it for you. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The AusChron talks about the troubles at Schlotzsky’s. Personally, I’ve always felt that of the major sandwich chains, Schlotzsky’s offered the least amount of sandwich for the money without being sufficiently good enough to justify it. They’re good, but for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I believe I have identified another sign of the impending apocalypse: Caffeinated beer. Budweiser’s new brew, Be, pronounced “B-to-the-e,” is a cross between an energy drink and a beer. “You’ll be able to wake up and dull the senses at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Listen to Ginger. Hot dogs and chianti? These things simply are not done. Continue reading →

Tiffany is a big fan of dark chocolate. News like this makes her happy. Eating dark chocolate can improve healthy blood flow and prevent clots forming in the veins, an international heart congress has heard. But the same benefits might … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Beer technology marches ever forward. PITTSBURGH – How much would you pay for a bottle of beer that stays cold nearly an hour longer? Pittsburgh Brewing, maker of Iron City Beer, is asking an additional $1 per case. The brewery … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Julia Child has stirred her last pot. Julia Child, whose warbling, encouraging voice and able hands brought the intricacies of French cuisine to American home cooks through her television series and books, has died. She was 91. “America has lost … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The legal battle between Starbucks and a Galveston brewpub over its “StarBock” beer, first noted here, will enter mediation shortly. U.S. Judge Samuel Kent ordered the parties to mediate the case and set it for trial in 2005. Kent wants … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Strict rules set for pizza-making ROME — Pizza-makers beware: Italy has issued strict guidelines to protect the real Neapolitan pizza from bogus copies. The regulations touch on everything from size to ingredients to the type of oven — and rule-abiding … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If you’re a pregnant woman, anyway. LONDON (Reuters) – Pregnant women rejoice. Eating chocolate is good for the baby, say Finnish researchers. Scientists at the University of Helsinki, who asked 300 pregnant women to record their chocolate consumption and stress … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ah, French cuisine. Escargot. Crepes Suzettes. Big Mac and fries. Call the French snooty, or just demanding, for their attention to good food, good wine, good atmosphere in their restaurants. But the French have a dirty little secret: Of all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some things just defy embellishment. Call it cryonics for crustaceans. A Connecticut company says its frozen lobsters sometimes come back to life when thawed. Trufresh began freezing lobsters with a technique it used for years on salmon after an offhand … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s headlines like this that make reading the Sunday paper special: Hawaiian Spam fans tempted by pork rival. Not since the overthrow of Hawaii’s last queen has a foreigner dared to wage a battle so fierce against an island institution. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Texas school cafeterias have been told to shape up or ship out. The new food rules limit everything from fund-raising bake sales to grams of fat and will have an impact on 93 percent of Texas public and charter schools, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Looks like the Chick-Fil-A cows will be hibernating for awhile. Chick-fil-A is postponing its latest advertising featuring those iconic bovines to avoid appearing insensitive to concerns about the first U.S. case of mad cow disease. The Atlanta-based restaurant chain had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So last week, Tiffany asked her mother, who is hosting both Christmas Eve and Christmas, what food we should bring. She expected to hear something like “oh, bring a vegetable”, but instead was handed two recipes and a shopping list. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Before I get to the main purpose of this post, I’d first like to address this, which was cited by Atrios. CHANGE OF MENU. Jeffrey’s at the Watergate, a restaurant that served Texas cooking, has closed its doors, reports The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Spoetzl Brewery, makers of Shiner Bock, has announced that it will start brewing a light beer. With Shiner Light, the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner hopes to take advantage of Texans’ growing thirst for light beer and their mounting aversion … Continue reading → Continue reading →

When all-you-can-eat promotions go bad: DES MOINES, Iowa — Darden Restaurants said this week it had replaced the head of Red Lobster, its biggest chain, after an all-you-can-eat crab promotion went awry. Darden President and Chief Operating Officer Dick Rivera … Continue reading → Continue reading →