Our first visit to Del Rio in the mid-1990s was something of a disaster.

Midland is an interesting place. As the urban heart of the oil and gas industry, trucks of all shapes and sizes flow through its veins, pumpjacks throbbing in every direction, and honest-to-goodness rigs drilling and fracking within the city limits.

The name Momofuku comes in part from the inventor of instant ramen (Momofuku Ando) and in part from Samuel L. Jackson's most famous utterance...

Any West Texas town worth its dust has a Mexican restaurant worth veering off the highway for. The trick is finding out which one of many it is. In Fort Stockton, based on a tip from locals, it's Tacos OJ.

The French-Creole influence results in vibrant food where even the shishito peppers and the salads have been chef'd into guilty pleasures. Hell, they even fry the cheesecake!

South Texas is an area of transition and fusion, where the Gulf meets the beach, the Coastal Plains meet the Hill Country, Mexico meets Tejas, rural meets urban. Rosewood taps into this Texas tapestry of transition to plate expertly elevated versions of South Texas fare as well as DeLeon's childhood faves from his hometown of Victoria.

There’s been a lot stewing in the Allandale-area food scene lately.

If you're still honoring your new year's resolution to eat healthier this year, then Honest Mary's on Burnet opened just in time for your beltline!

When I grabbed the bag, it was as heavy as a severed head. "Are you sure this is my order?"

Great expectations can require great leaps. If the hype and build-up are too much, then the delivery can disappoint, even if it would be spectacular with more earthly expectations.