Inflation, explained: Why prices keep going up and who's to blame
Confused about inflation? You're not alone. Inflation is, paradoxically, both incredibly simple to understand and absurdly complicated. Let's start with the simplest version: Inflation happens when prices broadly go up.
Living organ donations save lives. This is how you become a donor
Samira Jafari is at home now resting from a surgery that saved a life -- not her own, but her colleague's.
Celebrity chef's Ukraine charity kitchen destroyed by Russian missile
A Ukraine-based humanitarian kitchen linked to celebrity chef José Andrés has been destroyed by a Russian missile in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to the charity that runs it.
Black Restaurant Week Moves the Houston Black Dollar
Houston, we have officially wrapped up another amazing Black Restaurant Week here in the place where it all started. Started in 2016 by Warren Luckett, Falayn Ferrell, and Derek Robinson, Black Restaurant Week is "dedicated to celebrating the flavors of …
Chef Jacoby Ponder Tantalizes Taste Buds With Delicious Peach Bourbon BBQ Chicken Recipe
As spring approaches and the weather warms up outside, Chef Jacoby Ponder will tantalize your taste buds with his Peach Bourbon BBQ Chicken recipe, available in his new “Supper” cookbook set to drop in Fall of 2022. This recipe offers …
Houston’s Restaurant of the Year Is Giving Away a Car to a Single Mom for Mother’s Day
The Greasy Spoon is doing something special for a local single mother for Mother’s Day.
Here's what getting more expensive at the grocery store
Food prices keep going up. In the year ending in March, not adjusted for seasonal swings, food prices rose 8.8% — the biggest 12-month increase since the year ended May 1981, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.
Drug overdose deaths in the US tick up again to another record high, according to CDC data
The unprecedented rise in drug overdose deaths in the United States continues, reaching another record high, according to new provisional data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With the BA.2 subvariant on the rise, what's safe and what's not? A medical expert explains
As the United States navigates a third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, cases are rising modestly in the Northeast, Philadelphia has reinstituted an indoor mask mandate and some colleges are requiring masks during the final days of the spring semester.
Krispy Kreme is pegging its doughnut prices to a gallon of gas
Krispy Kreme wants to take the edge off higher gas prices by lowering doughnut prices.
That Delicious Seafood Boil Might Lead to An Uncomfortable Future
If there’s one thing in this world everyone can agree on, it’s that food plays such an important and wonderful part in our lives. Not only do you need food to survive, but food has the ability to bring people …
Why Starbucks stopped rewarding its stockholders
Just three weeks ago, Starbucks announced that it had big plans to lavish its shareholders with new rewards. The company said it was reinstating its stock buyback program, touting a $20 billion commitment over the next three years.
Coke's new 'Pixel' flavor first appeared in Fortnite
On Monday Coca-Cola unveiled a new, limited-edition flavor that's supposed to taste like...pixels. Yes, pixels. "Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte makes the intangible taste of the pixel tangible," Oana Vlad, senior director of strategy at Coca-Cola, told CNN Business in an …
McDonald's is bringing back a fan-favorite menu item
McDonald's is bringing back Spicy Chicken McNuggets, but not everyone can buy them.
Local Houston HIV Advocacy Organization, the Normal Anomaly Initiative, to Receive Donations From Lil Nas X “Baby Registry”
The Normal Anomaly Initiative, Inc., a Houston-based nonprofit dedicated to assisting Black, queer+ people with overcoming barriers and ending stigmas and problematic narratives, today announced that rapper Lil Nas X’s Montero baby registry raised nearly $500,000 for grantees of Gilead …
