Harvest Organic Grille offers diners a delicious menu of healthy, fresh, sustainable fare. They accommodate a variety of dietary styles with 36 gluten-free, 25 vegetarian, and 27 dairy-free dishes. Meat, chicken and seafood dishes are all sustainably raised and free of hormones and other additives. A nice selection of freshly squeezed juice drinks are also on the menu.

Pasta and sandwiches are offered, along with pizza and burgers. Entrees on Harvest's menu include Wild Caught Pacific Red Snapper, Chicken Parmesan, Harvest Skewers with your choice of chicken, beef, shrimp or swordfish, Jalapeno Salmon, and a Grass Fed Steak of the Day. Sides include Wild Rice, Broccolini, Sauteed Swiss Chard, Baked Potato, Green Beans, and Pineapple Quinoa. Beer, wine and cocktails are served.

Just a short drive from The Marq on Voss, Harvest Organic Grille is open daily.

Harvest Organic Grille
1810 Fountain View Drive
Houston, TX 77057
(713) 243-0900
www.harvestgrille.com/
www.yelp.com/biz/harvest-organic-grille-houston-3

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One of the first steps in becoming an expert in the kitchen is having a thorough understanding of each cooking term on a recipe. After knowing your ingredient, being able to read and follow a recipe correctly is important in how the dish turns out. Here are four must-know kitchen terms to help you out.

1. Meuniere. This term refers to an ingredient, like poultry or fish, being dredged in flour, then sauteed in butter.
2. Hull. When preparing a fruit salad, you may be asked to hull the berries, which means to remove the green stems and leaves.
3. Macerate. Soften and sweeten fruits by macerating them, which means to cover them with lemon juice or liqueur until they have absorbed the flavor.
4. Proof. Before baking bread, you may need to proof the yeast. This tests if the yeast is still active by dissolving it in warm water with sugar or honey for five minutes to see if it foams or bubbles.

The Basic Kitchen: Glossary of Cooking Terms [Le Petites Gourmettes]
Glossary of Cooking Terms [Better Homes and Gardens]
Cooking Terms [Recipe Goldmine]
Glossary of Cooking Terms [Cookery]
Culinary Terms: Food Dictionary and Glossary of Cooking Terms [Culinary Arts About.com]

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Feel nostalgia for the old-school video games you used to play when you were a kid at Joystix Classic Games & Pinball. In the age of the home console, this arcade is a throwback to a time when you not only played your favorite games, but did it in public while impressing your friends.

Show you’ve still got what it takes to overthrow Donkey Kong or rack up the highest score on the Star Trek Pro pinball machine. Hundreds of games line the walls of this house of fun, giving you an opportunity to play your favorite upright, sit down, and counter-top video games that you haven’t seen in years. Foosball, air hockey, and ping pong are also available for the analog fans, along with a jukebox and photo booth to add memories to the evening.

Visit the Joystix website to learn more about this unique Houston attraction.

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