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Made in Texas: The corn chips that helped launch a snack empire

By Samara Perez | Digital Contributor – Click2Houston.com – Photo: Glane23 | Wikipedia. Houston, Texas – Featuring the corn chips that helped launch a snack empire: Fritos, “The Original” corn chips. Fritos comes in six different varieties including...

Houston Latino Film Fest kicks off March 19

By Cary Darling – HoustonChronicle.com – Photo: Houston Latino Film Festival. Photo: ‘La Llorona’ represents Guatemalan filmmaking at the Houston Latino Film Festival. Houston, Texas – The fifth edition of the Houston Latino Film Festival...

This Seriously Exciting New Mexican Restaurant Is Worth the Drive to Spring

By Amy McCarthy – Houston.Eater.com – Photo: Belly of the Beast | Facebook. Now open at 26510 Border Street in Old Town Spring, Belly of the Beast is a project of chef Thomas Bille and his brother Edward, both of whom originally hail from Los Angeles,...

Three Kings Day is big in these Latino households, despite Santa’s pull

By Nicole Acevedo, Claudia Deschamps, Patricia Guadalupe and Carmen Sesin – NBCNews.com – Photo: Courtesy of Ishel Vidal. Photo: Ishel Vidal’s youngest son looks at a nativity scene under his Christmas tree in Houston, Texas. When it comes to the...

Why I changed my mind about Hispanic Heritage Month

By Monica Rhor – HoustonChronicle.com – Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle | Staff photographer. A detail of new mural titled “Mexican-American History & Culture in 20th Century Houston” by artists Jesse Sifuentes and Laura Lopez Cano in Sam...