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Forgotten Houston Dishes

Ura gonna love Ima Hogg 'n eggs.

Illustrations by James Glassman November 27, 2024 Published in the Winter 2024-2025 issue of Houstonia Magazine

In our Winter 2024/2025 issue, we celebrated our Houstonians of the Year, but what about the local treasures that have been lost to history, or that simply...weren’t at all. Houstonia columnist and Houstorian James Glassman takes a curious look at the dishes and drinks that could have been.

Our favorite slam dunkers meet our favorite Vietnamese noodle soup.

An ode to Ima Hogg and her (fake) sister Ura.

The late Sheila Jackson Lee would have loved this in a margarita.

Wanna bet these are softer than a Gallery Furniture mattress?

Another alternate new name for the home of the Astros. #ZeroGravity

If ZZ Top said gimme all your Spanish snacks.

The beverage of choice in Conroe.

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