The first taste of bánh cuốn led to a yearslong project of culinary discovery. By Bryan Washington My first bites of bánh cuốn were hardly intentional — they came from a banh mi shop tucked in Houston ...

Driven by a passion for food and cooking, Long left his job at a foreign pharmaceutical company to take over his family’s banh canh (Vietnamese thick crab noodle soup) eatery.

This year, leading up to our annual Menu of Menus issue, Kaitlin Steinberg counts down her 100 favorite dishes as she eats her way through Houston. She’ll compile a collection of the dishes she thinks ...