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Most Texas Wines Are Not What They Seemnew

Behind the cellar door of the "Texas wine" industry.

Houston Press | Jeremy Parzan and Katharine Shilcutt | 06-13-2012 | Food+Drink

Houston's Babies Play Baseball 1860s-Stylenew

There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 05-16-2012 | Sports

Tags: baseball, Features, re-enactments, Houston Babies

In Search Of Spring Breaknew

Spring break on the Gulf Coast ain't the party it used to be.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 03-28-2012 | Travel

Tags: travel, gulf coast vacations, spring break 2012

Five Reasons You Should Quit Using Internet Explorernew

Microsoft doesn't deal with the nuts and bolts of the internet in the same way as other companies. As a result, websites that look great and work perfectly in Chrome or Firefox or Safari look like crap and cease to function when you open them in Explorer.

Houston Press | Jeff Balke | 03-05-2012 | Tech

Tags: Best browser to use, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer Sucks

The Bloody, Sexy Beginnings of Valentine's Daynew

When you're giving your significant other overpriced flowers and candies tomorrow, remember this: You're celebrating the brutal beheading of a dude who just wanted to help horny youngsters.

Houston Press | Richard Connelly | 02-14-2012 | History

Tags: Claudius the Cruel, St. Valentine

Designer Meatsnew

In Houston, more and more chefs are curing their own pig products.

Houston Press | Katharine Shilcutt | 06-09-2010 | Food+Drink

One-of-a-Kind Short List of the 30 Most Troubled Mentally Ill in Houstonnew

Jimmy Bailey is one of Houston's 30 craziest people, according to the Houston Police Department; in February, the department's mental health unit put together a list of mentally ill people based on how many times the cops have responded to a call concerning a person and how many times a person has been hospitalized.

Houston Press | Paul Knight | 01-05-2010 | Commentary

Tags: Houston, police, mental illness

Is Houston About to Become America's Coffee Capital?new

While Seattle may be the center of American coffee culture, it's Houston that's becoming the center of coffee commerce. William Dunaway, a Honduran coffee exporter who relocated to Houston to set up a micro-roasting operation here, is convinced Houston will soon dominate the U.S. coffee business.

Houston Press | Robb Walsh | 11-17-2009 | Food+Drink

Tags: global trade, coffee processors, Port of Houston, Coffee, business, drink

Oyster Lovers Unite: Oyster Species Guidenew

We run down the five species of oysters eaten in the Western world.

Houston Press | Robb Walsh | 02-17-2009 | Food+Drink

Tags: food, oysters

Why Right Now May be Your Best Chance to Eat Oysters for Years to Comenew

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike have limited the Gulf oyster harvest and damaged oyster reefs. And failures in West Coast hatcheries may be the result of an even more disturbing problem.

Houston Press | Robb Walsh | 02-17-2009 | Food+Drink

Tags: food, environment, oysters, Oceans, storms

Disgruntled Prosecutors Scribble Complaints About the New Boss on a Blognew

The reformation of the Harris County district attorney's office remains incomplete. Murray Newman's blog has lately become a sort of bathroom wall for disgruntled prosecutors, the place to go to write something mean about the boss.

Houston Press | Randall Patterson | 02-03-2009 | Tech

Tags: blogs, Harris County Texas, Murray Newman

Worsening Economy Brings the Fundraiser Blues to Fine Arts Orgsnew

Besides the obvious fact that leaner times generally make grants and donations harder to come by, the endowments that safeguard these groups' financial security are often tied up in investment portfolios, not exactly the most stable sector of the market lately.

Houston Press | Chris Gray | 11-11-2008 | Art

Tags: Houston, fundraising, economic issues, arts organizations