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The Full Menu: Houston’s best places for chicken
Posted on · Houston food writers discuss their favorite places for chicken -- fried chicken, hot chicken, you name it.
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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo (March 1, 2023)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo joins us to discuss issues facing the county and to take listener questions.
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The Full Menu: Houston’s best bar food
Posted on · Houston food writers discuss their favorite bars to eat at and catch a game.
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Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, 20 years later (Feb. 1, 2023)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: We reflect on the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew 20 years ago and discuss how the disaster changed NASA. And local food writers name their favorite places for bar food around town.
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The rarity of tornadoes in Houston (Jan. 27, 2023)
Posted on · On Friday's show: As cleanup continues after Tuesday’s tornadoes, should we expect more of them in the Houston area in the future?
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The Full Menu: Best new Houston restaruants
Posted on · Houston food writers discuss their favorite restaurants that opened in 2022 and look ahead to what's opening in 2023.
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Houston traffic congestion (Jan. 11, 2023)
Posted on · Houston continues to rank among the cities with the highest traffic congestion. We discuss the reasons why. And local food writers talk about their favorite new restaurants of 2022 and look ahead to what's coming in 2023.
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The Full Menu: Houston’s best soups
Posted on · In this month's installment of The Full Menu, food writers discuss their favorite soups at restaurants around Greater Houston.
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The Texas Killing Fields, and Houston’s best soups (Dec. 7, 2022)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: A new series on Netflix examines The Texas Killing Fields, a string of unsolved murders along a stretch of I-45. Then, we discuss the week in politics. And food writers talk about their favorite places for soup in the city.
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Pediatric ICU bed shortage, and Taco-Tastic Cookbook (Nov. 18, 2022)
Posted on · On Friday's show: We learn why hospitals in Texas and Greater Houston are facing a shortage of pediatric ICU beds. Then, we discuss recent developments in consumer technology. And chef and restaurant owner Victoria Elizondo talks about her new taco cookbook, Taco-Tastic.
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The true story of love and loss that inspired the new Netflix series, ‘From Scratch’
Posted on · Houston native Tembi Locke discusses her memoir of losing her husband and finding healing in the warmth of his mother’s Sicilian kitchen. The story is the inspiration for a new limited series on Netflix.
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The Full Menu: Houston’s best restaurants for large group dining
Posted on · Local food writers talk about great places for large groups to eat in Houston.
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What might happen when county commissioners fully reconvene for the first time in weeks (Nov. 2, 2022)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: It could be a testy morning at Harris County Commissioners Court, where the five members will meet for the first time in weeks to officially sign off on a "no new revenue" budget.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2346: Prehistoric Food
Posted on · Episode: 2346 Sitting down to supper, 10,000 years ago. Today, what did we eat, long ago?
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The Full Menu: Never skip dessert at these Houston restaurants
Posted on · In this month's installment of The Full Menu, Houston food writers talk about some restaurants in the city with particularly remarkable dessert offerings.