You're coming to the rodeo anyway, and you're probably in the mood: Why not pick up some new Western threads while you're there? Within the vastness of NRG Center, an entire row of merchants like Cavender's and Pinto Ranch set up tent-like structures whose inventory can't quite compare to their...
When you think of the rodeo, what do you picture? Cowboys? Longhorns? Children lassoing mutton? Giant turkey legs? How 'bout wine? Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile? Sparkling Rosé from New Zealand? What about Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Guado al Tasso "Tenuta Belvedere" Bolgheri Superiore from Tuscany? If the Houston Livestock Show and...
'Happy Rodeo! It's like our own little holiday! I love it!" It's early in the evening, but the wine and the greetings are both flowing at Carruth Plaza in the heart of Reliant Park. The folks here are dressed to the nines for rodeo season, and between the blingy cowboy...
UPDATED (Monday, 4:30 p.m.): Actually this year's Go Tejano attendance fell short of last year's record by less than 100 people. Still a lot of folks. Go Tejano Day, feat. Pesado and Banda MS Reliant Stadium March 16, 2014 "Tejano is dead...at least at RodeoHouston". -- me, every year The...
Zagat Houston: There's a lot of food at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; some good, some bad and some so incredible that you can't miss trying. Zagat Houston's Amber Ambrose lists the five best foods at the Houston Rodeo this year, beginning with the Pickle Dog from Get Pickled;...
Some judge barbecue and some judge food and wine at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. But me? I judge Dutch oven desserts. On Friday, February 28, the World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest hosted the fifth annual Dutch Oven Desserts Competition, and nearly 145 teams entered their sweet treats made entirely...
Food Truck Friday @ Houston Press Friday, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. 2603 La Branch When lunch time rolls around, we're hungry, and we expect you are, too. Cure those hunger pains with something comforting and something that simply hits the spot. The Golden Grill will be pulling up to...
Now in its 10th year, the annual International Wine Competition at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo has grown from a small wine judging contest that flew relatively under the radar to a well-respected competition that saw a record number of entries: 2,884 wines from 943 wineries in Texas, across...
He didn't have a cow. He'd never raised a goat or gathered eggs from a chicken, or nursed a rabbit through an illness. But what Edward Carrizales-Saucedo, a senior at Scarborough High School, had was an outstanding academic and extracurricular record. And that was more than enough for the Houston...
