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Area markets provide cornucopia of options because it’s close by, it’s open when they can shop or it just has good parking. The most convenient are the larger grocery stores like the area’s three Kroger stores or the new H-E-B on North Shepherd Drive. “I love Whole Foods in the Heights,� Suzy Jones said in a Facebook post. “H-E-B is great, too, and the old standby is Kroger. I do shop based on the time of day and what I need.� According to resident Cathy Pawlowski, the new H-E-B in
By Zarah Parker zarah@theleadernews.com There are 10 grocery stores, nine markets and five weekend markets in the area that local residents can choose from to buy their groceries. Sometimes it’s like playing a game of eenie meenie miney mo or a matter of going to the closest store, while some strategically map out their grocery needs at multiple stops. When shopping at a store comes down to convenience, the shopper is going there
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Photo by Zarah Parker Junior’s Produce, in the Houston Farmers Market at 2520 Airline Dr., is among several grocery businesses in the area that sell fresh produce and other food items.
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the Heights isn’t just convenient, it also has the best produce. Another local, Amanda Barringer, also says H-E-B also offers the most variety. Places like H-E-B and Kroger offer a one-stop shop that smaller market stores or farmers markets aren’t able to offer. You can get your produce, meat and all your other needs in one store anytime during the day. And while many people take advantage of this, especially since larger grocery stores have bigger parking lots, one Kroger location doesn’t always make the cut because of the crowds it draws, which means it’s not such a breeze to get in and out. “(Kroger is) always so crowded and their parking lot is ridiculous,� said resident Lynne Evans, referring to the Kroger on 43rd Street. Other local shoppers hop from store to store and farmers markets to buy certain items for certain places. For produce, Judy Minero shops at Whole Foods on Yale Street. She goes to Costco for meat and Angela’s Oven for bread and pastries. Jan Garver shops H-Mart for fish, Whole Foods for meat, Polonia for smoked sausage and El Bolillo for bolillos and tortillas. But Garver also shops a local farmers market to check items off her grocery list. “I like the farmers market on Wakefield,� Garver said. “For some produce there’s a limited supply because it’s what will grow here at a specific time.� The Wakefield market is The Farm Stand at Petrol Station, 948 Wakefield Dr., which
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is open on Saturdays from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Area farmers markets provide in-season, fresh produce and are usually open on Saturdays and Sundays. For some residents who wish they could visit markets aren’t always able to because their hours of operation don’t fit into their schedule. “I would shop at Wakefield farmers market,� resident Marcy Basile said, “but they open too late and close too early. I see clients 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. on Saturdays. A weekday market in the area would be awesome. For now, I order from Imperfect Produce every other week.� Imperfect Produce is a subscription service that will send you the “ugly� produce that aren’t pretty enough for grocery store standards. Maureen Hall shops at H-E-B after having bad luck with produce at Kroger and Sprouts. And while she’d like to try a weekend farmers market, she said she’s never up early enough to have the time to stop by one. Junior’s Produce, 2520 Airline Dr. recently took over the Houston Farmers Market space previously occupied by Canino Produce. Junior’s offers fresh produce daily from 6 a.m.-6 p.m., offering another alternative to locals who want fresh veggies but can’t wait for the weekend. Farmers market don’t offer a wide variety of produce a chain grocery store is able to because they provide in and out of season produce, but markets still have plenty of advantages.
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From farm to market to my table By Zarah Parker zarah@theleadernews.com Last Saturday at Eleanora’s Market, I learned that plenty of booths provided the perfect excuse to indulge my sweet tooth.
As soon as I arrived I made my way to Sweet Granny Bea’s because I saw that her banana pudding was in stock. I don’t like a lot of banana puddings because they tend to taste fake and from a box, but whatever Granny uses makes the pud-
ding perfect. Next, I stopped by Underwater Oven to buy my nieces and nephews cookies, and of course I slipped an extra in the bag for myself. After resisting the urge to buy even more sweets I found
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Art Valet: Annual pop-up helping clay make comeback Mitch Cohen Art Columnist
Clay is not the dominant art medium in today’s world of creatives. One might assume, considering the quantity of pottery that archeologists find annually, that more artists might take up this ancient art form. If for no other reason, the longevity alone would tempt me. On the other hand, my own efforts at creating pottery produced lumpy ashtrays and bowls that looked like they fell from a cliff before firing. ClayHouston to the rescue! ClayHouston works to cultivate interest in ceramic arts in the Houston area and beyond. The organization sponsors exhibits, programs and workshops. On Saturday, ClayHouston presents its second annual Members’ Pop Up Marketplace. Last summer I introduced you to this group of talented artisans. I wasn’t surprised to see that I knew several members. I attended the event last
An untitled clay creation by Angela Corson.
year and was impressed with the level of talent and skill. Though all exhibiting use the same medium, clay, they are as different as can be. There is definitely something for everyone. Whimsical figures and functional to decorative ceramic in many styles can be expected at the event. I love functional pottery with a definite artistic touch and have several drinking vessels from Doni Langlois of The Woodlands. At another exhibit recently I saw that Langlois is leaning toward the artistic with towering hearts and garden birds perched on top. I
like this direction. Abbie Preston of Box Sparrow Studios has functional pottery-like cups, servers and small wall planters. “Utility and thoughtful design are two key components that drive my work when I create functionally,� Preston said in a Facebook post featuring a creamer with finger indentions for ease of holding. I’m a big fan of finger indentions, because I could never get a grip before them. The ClayHouston Member’s Pop Up Marketplace takes place at All Saints Catholic Church, 215 E 10th St., from
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Zuvie’s Brews
By Adam Zuvanich Bud Light was my beer of choice. It always was readily available as one of the United States’ most popular brands of brew made by the country’s most iconic brewery. Anheuser-Busch made my favorite snack mix as a kid – the one with the bacon-cheddar crackers, pretzels and honey roasted peanuts – and its beer had long been preferred by the beer drinkers in my family. Maybe because of that familiarity, and probably because of persuasive marketing campaigns, I saw myself as a Bud man when I turned 21. I also liked the way it tasted compared to Coors Light and Miller Lite, which for many young American adults at the time seemed like the only viable options. Later, in my early 30s and thanks to some prodding and jeering from a few beer-savvy co-workers, I took a step outside of my comfort zone and finally saw the light. I tried Xingu, a Brazilian black beer that is dark and deceptively smooth, which prompted me to start sampling other types of suds. Before long, I had turned my back on Bud Light and even turned my nose up to it. I’m now what you could call a craft beer snob, someone who drinks independently brewed beer almost exclusively. I’m proud of that fact, because I’d rather support small
Big beer still has place in culture consumed by craft
local businesses – such as the 10 craft breweries in the area – than big dogs like AnheuserBusch that have more than enough money and market share. My taste buds, which have evolved during the last decade or so, also approve of my more recent choices in beer. The hop-forward bitterness of IPAs once made me make funny faces, but they’re now my favorite style. I’m nearly as fond of porters and stouts, which have smoky, nutty, chocolaty, coffee-like flavors I never knew I liked until I did. I also like to mix in lagers, kolsches and just about all types of ales.
But you know what? Those are just my tastes. The beauty of drinking beer is in the mouth of the beholder, and the way a cold one makes you feel is no less important than the way it tastes or the manner in which it was made. So I’m here to tell you, folks, even if you’re a fan of watered-down, mass-produced beer, I’m not here to judge. Because judging by national consumption and sales statistics, people like me are in the minority. According to the National Beer Wholesalers Association, citing information from Beer Marketer’s Insights, AnheuserBusch InBev (40.8 percent) and MillerCoors LLC (23.5) accounted for more than 64 percent of the U.S. market share in 2018. So while craft beer and imports have gained significant ground during the last 10 years, increasing their combined share by more than 10 percent, the most wellknown American beers remain the most popular. And that’s OK, even though I don’t think those beers are nearly as good as the stuff you’ll find in the tap room nearest you. Some people prefer uniformity and consistency, some would rather spend less money than the cost of craft, some like lighter-tasting beer that may not fill them up as much and some fit all of the descriptions above. So enjoy your Bud or Miller or Coors or even your Dos or Shiner or Ultra. I’ll keep consuming my craft beer, but we
is everything from farm-fresh produce, coffee, goat cheese, honey, CBD products, clothing, home décor, body products and pickles.” On top of being able to shake the hand of the product maker yourself, you also get the opportunity to support a local small business and put back into the local economy. Other weekend markets in the area include Eleanora’s
Market, 2120 Ella Blvd., open from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. on Saturdays, Little White Oak Night Market, 2623 Keene St., open from 4–8 p.m. on Saturdays, Heights Morning Market, 3106 White Oak Dr. A, open from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on Sundays, and the Heights Epicurean Market, 1245 Heights Blvd., 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. every third Saturday of the month.
Stock photo Anheuser-Busch InBev, which makes Budweiser, led all beer companies with a 40.8 percent U.S. market share in 2018, according to Beer Marketer’s Insights.
Markets, from P. 1B At a farmers market, the person selling the product is usually the maker or grower. This means you can ask questions about the product and even get recipe tips. But in its own way farmers markets have variety, too. “We are vendors of Eleanora’s Market, LLC and it’s our favorite place to shop,” said Amy Williams, owner of Underhill Urban Farm Co. “There
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Asian markets offer novelty, variety By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com A few years back my husband was looking for a duck to make duck gumbo. After trying a couple of places with no luck, he hit up Ranch 99 at 1005 Blalock Rd. and came home with a whole duck, head included. Now, after researching Asian markets, I think I need to make a return trip or two, if for no other reason than to try jackfruit. Its tree is native to India, and its fig-like fruit is rich in potassium and reportedly helps the digestive system function properly. Also, people tell me the prices can’t be beat. Rachel Herrick goes a couple times each year for the canned jackfruit, but also for the various types of ramen noodles as well as bulk jasmine and basmati rice, oils and various spices. “The produce selection is great and sometimes way cheaper,� Herrick said. Added Andrea Catalano: “I go to Ranch 99 for duck and also for spice needs like curry pastes, fresh curry leaves and pandanus leaves, and galangal
Photo by Betsy Denson Tilapia fish swim in a tank at Ranch 99, an Asian grocery store at 1005 Blalock Rd. Fresh fish is among its most popular offerings.
root. It’s also a great place for cheap coconut milk and Hello Kitty nori.� I had to follow up on pandanus leaves (tropical plant used to flavor desserts), galangal root (Siamese ginger) and Kitty nori (Hello Kitty chips, which come in flavors such as seaweed). Carolina Chavez gets fresh fish from Ranch 99 – someone else said the fishes are so fresh they’re swimming – and also paper-thin sliced meats used for pho dishes. Carrie Hardaker said she goes there for whole beef filet, sushi-grade
fish for poke and tuna tartare. Ranch 99’s seafood overall gets rave reviews. Jeanette Utg said if you choose the fish, Ranch 99 will clean and cut it for you and even fry it. Karen Yip is a big fan of everything about Ranch 99. “Their pastries, all the dumpling/wonton wrappers, frozen onion pancakes and pot stickers, the variety of Asian veggies, all the condiments, a variety of soy sauces, and the tofu variety,� she said. “Not to mention frequent lunch stops at the food court and fried sesame balls to bring home,
Lunar New Year goodies and Asian pears. We are so glad this chain established this site since it was familiar from Southern California.â€? Fred Sanchez is also a frequent shopper. “In making Asian meals, Ranch 99 is the most convenient place for Oak Forest,â€? he said. “My family loves Japanese shabu-shabu and my mother’s Filipino pancit. My wife enjoys a simple dish of miso soup so I can get dashi (Japanese soup stock) there.â€? And if you are a fan of mushrooms, your fellow enthusiasts say that this is the place to go. “They have about 20 different kinds of mushrooms and so many different kinds of bok choy ‌ my stir fry is never boring,â€? Juliet Farmer said. For others, it’s the hard-tofind foods that send them to Ranch 99 in the first place. Marilyn Segura said it’s the place that sells the perfect broom for pet hair. Andreanna
Schumacher gets quail eggs for her sugar gliders at Ranch 99. Sinta Fuhrmann goes for the Indonesian aisle. But according to those in the know, there are some other nearby places to try. Carolina Chavez said Fiesta Mart has a nice Asian section, too. And Stella Stevens describes H Mart (1302 Blalock Rd.) as the H-E-B Central Market of Asian groceries stores. “It’s Korean primarily and they have great deals on produce, a food court which is delicious, prepared Korean BBQ that you just throw on the grill, plus all mama noodles, shrimp chips, pocci, amazing candies and all the other stuff that you usually have to drive all the way to Chinatown for,� Stevens said.
By Zarah Parker zarah@theleadernews.com Floor-to-ceiling glass windows and neon lights are what The Rice Box has implemented into its design to give the feel of new-wave Chinatown. It’s a cool place, the kind that someone may drive by and assume that it’s just one of those new, hip places the young people like to go to spend too much money. But I’ve got news for you, it’s cool and has good food and is inexpensive. The Rice Box is a simple concept. It’s Chinese-American takeout with bar seating inside and few tables outside. Perfect for good weather days, but on bad weather days or if the place is too busy you might have to go with takeout. The restaurant may have retired its food truck in 2017, but its food truck classics are still staples on the menu. I ordered the sesame chicken, which comes with white rice, vegetables and an eggroll. I upgraded to fried rice. I asked the cashier which tea I should order and she recommended the Thai tea on nitro because it tasted like a creamsicle. She also suggested not using a straw to drink it, I’m guessing because it would change the way I tasted it. On top of the tea was froth that did in fact have a hint of creamsicle, and the straw would have bypassed that. The weather was perfect, so I opted for outside seating. Luckily, I had arrived right before the lunch crowd, so I got a table easily.
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Neighbors: Mongeon an out-of-this-world sculptor By Elizabeth Villarreal elizasgarden@outlook.com
Congratulations to Bridgette Mongeon, a gifted sculptor and our own neighbor in Kentwood Manor, who has been commissioned to create not one, but two life-sized sculptures of Neil Armstrong in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the United States space program’s first walk on the moon. In 2012 a group from Russia gave Houston a sculpture of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space in 1961. The Gagarin sculpture now sits outside the former Manned Spacecraft Center Headquarters in southeast Houston along with a panel of John Glenn in honor of both space pioneers. With that extraordinary gesture the United in Space project began as Sophya Tabarovsky, born in Russia and a Houstonian for the last 30 years, has worked to raise funds in America to send a sculpture of Neil Armstrong to Russia in the best kind of reciprocity. The United in Space project has evolved and Mongeon recently shared news that a twin sculpture of Armstrong will be placed at Space Center Houston. Last Friday, Americans and Russians came together to celebrate International Day of Human Space Flight and Mongeon was there. Mongeon said, “I didn’t realize what a connection and camaraderie Russia has with Americans through being united in space. I am thrilled to be working on this project.” The artist further shared, “This has been my client’s dream since 2012. We have walked this road together for all this time. Of course, the anniversary year of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon is the year that it will come together. Knowing these two bronzes will be placed both in Russia and at Space Center Houston just makes me smile.” It is reported the Smithsonian has a 3D scan of the actual space suit Neil Armstrong wore and Mongeon is hopeful she can use 3D technology to accurately recreate Armstrong’s space suit in bronze. The project is in the beginning stages; the twin sculpture project will take approximately nine months to complete. Mongeon gained worldwide attention with her extraordinary Alice in Wonderland sculpture project as well as her use of 3D technology. The fantastic and monumental bronze sculpture of Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter tea party named “Move One Place On,” with a 10-foot-long table and
8-foot-tall characters painstakingly created by Mongeon, was installed in Bellaire’s Evelyn Rubenstein Park in 2018. Visitors to the sculpture can bring their lunch and have a picnic with Alice, the Mad Hatter, March Hare, Cheshire Cat and Dormouse. Also an author, Mongeon published “3D in Technology, Fine Art and Craft, Exploring 3D Printing, Scanning, Sculpting and Milling,” a book which was a No. 1 new release on Amazon. Mongeon has been incorporating digital technology in her fine artwork for years. She writes and speaks on this topic and now pushes the possibilities of art combined with technology to new “curious” limits. With several interesting projects ongoing, Mongeon just announced a new commission of actress and activist Penny Marshall for the AAGPBL, the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. The portrait bust of Marshall will be dedicated at Cooperstown, N.Y., at the reunion of the Peaches, the women portrayed in Marshall’s film “A League of Their Own.” One of Mongeon’s current sculpture projects is Eve. A little over 13-feet tall and a project still in progress, thoughts about the construction of Eve gives us a view into the artist’s mind as she works to create this sculpture: “I keep thinking about what she is feeling as her left hand trails as one would if they were walking through a field of tall grass, gently touching and embracing the nature and the space between wonder and nature. If you were looking at her walking you might see a mystical, magical trail spring forth from that touch. Her right arm reaches up and is dainty. For me this is a strength move. It shows her strength and her wonder and her carefree spirit, but also it is a conduit, because all of those emotions she knows has a force. It is not a guessing game for her, it is not a wonder; she, like many powerful and spiritual women I know, can channel that spirit as if the feminine has this clear portal of faith, strength and wisdom from above. ... I’m in the warehouse trying to capture the face of the matriarch of matriarchs. No pressure. Will I hear some chorus from heaven when I find her or will that only be the chorus I hear from my client? I just keep pushing the clay around and searching for her.” If you’d begun to think the artist creates figures in 3D on a computer and then copies them in clay, you are mistaken. Each square inch of
each sculpture is thoughtfully, mindfully, carefully created and refined. While it is obvious Mongeon is deeply connected to each of her projects, she is also devoted to education in both the arts and in STEAM projects for schoolchildren. A 3D scan was made of Evelyn’s Park and the Move One Place On sculpture and Mongeon hopes to find a college or school who can take those 3D scans and create a computergenerated virtual reality educational program to be used by STEAM students. The website for united in space is unitedinspace.com and you can follow the artist on instagram Bridgett Mongeon https://www.instagram. com/bridgettemongeon.
Local sculptor Bridgette Mongeon works on “Eve” in her studio.
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