February 2015

Comfort Food
Comfort Food All comfort food, all the time — but are we really the "fattest city in America"? Plus: How to garden in Houston.
In this issue:
Arts & Culture

Voluntary Constraints
Get Free With a Little Help From Your Friends

Theatre
These Boots are Made for Walkin’
Best of Houstonia
Eat & Drink

Comfort Food
Grilled Cheese, Four Ways

Comfort Food
Houston’s 5 Best Fancy Mac ‘n’ Cheeses

Comfort Food
The 5 Best Chicken Fried Steaks in Houston

Comfort Food
Meet Houston’s Kings of Comfort

Comfort Food
Recipe: The Creamiest Grits

Comfort Food
Recipe: Bacon-Braised Greens

Comfort Food
Recipe: Nana’s No-Fail Cornbread

Comfort Food
Houston’s 5 Best Diners

Comfort Food
Houston’s 5 Best Fried Chicken Spots

Comfort Food
Comfort Clash: Who Serves the Best Comfort Food?

Editor’s Picks
Where to Eat in Memorial

Restaurant Review
Preview Modern Seafood Leaves Us Craving More

Editor’s Picks
Our Top 10 Romantic Dinner Spots
Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note
Citius, Altius, Comfortius
Health & Wellness

Weighty Matters
Just How Fat Are We?
Home & Real Estate

Spring Gardening Guide
Houston’s 10 Best Nurseries

Spring Gardening Guide
How to Grow Your Garden Without Breaking the Bank

Spring Gardening Guide
Slideshow: The Cream of the Crop

Spring Gardening Guide
Insects and the Garden: a Complicated Relationship

Spring Gardening Guide
How to Turn Your Black Thumbs Green

Spring Gardening Guide
Plant This Now!

Spring Gardening Guide
Houston’s 5 Best Public Gardens

Spring Gardening Guide
Foolproof Flora: 5 Plants That Even You Can’t Kill

Spring Gardening Guide
The Peculiarities of Gardening in Houston (and Why It’s Worth It)

Boom or Bust
Meet the Real Estate Agent to the Energy Industry
News & City Life

Home-Erotic
(Nude) Pictures at an Exhibition

Ice House
February’s Perfect Party

Web Exclusive
Photo Essay: Houston’s Sex Trade in Nine Objects

Piety’s Fringes
Sex Traffickers, Meet Your Worst Nightmare
Style & Shopping

Elements of Style
Uncommon Threads: an Interview With Tidbits’ Allison Bagley

Clutch City
Slideshow: Complements of the House

Sweet 15