2752 Buffalo Speedway
At this weekend’s Saturday market, Urban Harvest Farmers Market will be wrapping curated gift baskets. Shoppers who choose a minimum of three items will be given a complimentary gift basket by Urban Harvest to be wrapped on site. Urban Harvest has even compiled a gift guide with items from featured vendors to give shoppers an idea of everything the market has to offer, from olive oil to citrus to cookies, ginger beer holiday sets, barrel-aged honey and more. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. 1618 Westheimer
Montrose Cheese & Wine will be throwing an après-ski-style party on the patio with Raclette cheese as the star of the show. Guests can purchase plates, featuring the melty cheese, potatoes with caramelized onions, frisée, cornichons and baguette slices, for $18 ($22 with charcuterie).
Chili Oil and Sauce Division
Is the hot sauce lip a little crusty these days? How s that giant, five-year-old bottle of sriracha in the fridge looking? All the cool kids have moved on to chili oil, that perfect condiment that goes on just about everything (usually found with Southeast and East Asian foods), and you can get locally made versions!
Kin: Evelyn Garcia, who was making Southeast Asian foods at Politan Row before it shut down, has turned her attention to making condiments and other food-related goodies (also out of Politan Row, but you can t eat her food there). Kin s condiments include a garlicky chili oil, plus a five-spice barbecue sauce and ketchup. Also get spice rubs (including Thai, sweet and spicy, and a grill-ready blend for steaks). Â
Special Report
Here s where to buy tamales in Houston this holiday season
Now is the time for tamale-making and eating, made easier with ready-made masa delights from these expert chefs and restaurants.
By Greg Morago |
Updated: Dec. 15, 2020 12:38 PM
Mexican tamales are among the local foods that rule the holidays, and rightly so. Tamales aren’t just delicious, they’re a festive way of sharing the joy of the season.
Houston is blessed with many fine tamale purveyors making a variety of styles and fillings; the flavors range from traditional red chile with pork or beef to barbecue brisket, to vegetarian to sweet dessert-like concoctions.
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Peter Hotez, co-director of Texas Children s Hospitals Center for Vaccine Development, poses for a photograph outside the lab Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
New vaccines are on the horizon but is it too late to blunt the pandemic’s winter surge? Might Houston fare better than the rest of Texas? And why could a traditional-method vaccine be better for kids?
To answer these questions, we once again check in with vaccine researcher Peter Hotez, one of the country’s best explainers of COVID-19 science. He’s a professor and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and he co-directs the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, where his lab team is developing COVID-19 vaccines.