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Six Top Houston Chefs Collaborate for Upcoming Benefit Dinner
Published by Carlos Brandon - Houston Food Finder - March 25th, 2019 2:20 PM CST Six of the city’s most popular chefs are gathering to create an extravagant dinner experience as part of the Sunday Supper series hosted by Urban Harvest. It’s the first collaborative...
Committed to Cakes – Meet Jody Stevens of Jodycakes – edible Houston
By Kerrisa Treanor | Photo by Kerrisa Treanor | November 19, 2018 Jody Stevens of Jodycakes has baking in her blood, but her passions go beyond sugar and flour. This baking veteran captured the gluten-free and vegan cake market in Houston nearly 10 years ago. Like her...
$11K Raised at Depressed Cake Shop 2018 – Houstonia
Timothy Malcolm | October 11, 2018 It’s Well Week, an opportunity to talk about mental health issues across the city’s hospitality industry. Led by the organization I’ll Have What She’s Having, Well Week coincides with National Mental Illness Awareness Week and...
In Texas, Female Food Professionals and Physicians Are Joining Together to Fight for Better Healthcare – Saveur
Morgan Childs | July 13, 2018 In the grim first weeks after Hurricane Harvey last fall, a coalition of some of the biggest names in Houston food mobilized for a culinary relief effort. Spearheaded in part by chefs behind local institutions like Pondicheri and Theodore...
Houston’s top 6 pastry chefs have us sweet on desserts – Culture Map
Eric Sandler | April 14, 2017 On reality cooking shows like Top Chef and Chopped, chefs complain mightily when they're required to prepare a dessert. Oh the indignity of having to weigh each ingredient carefully and be mindful of ratios, they complain. And yet, most...
Get happy at the Depressed Cake Shop – Houston Chronicle
Greg Morago | October 3, 2016 | 3:40pm Just because it's called the Depressed Cake Shop and all the baked goods are the dour color gray is no reason to assume you won't enjoy this unique Houston fundraiser. Sunday Oct. 9 marks the third annual Depressed Cake Shop,...
Chef Chat, Part 1: Jody Stevens of Jodycakes – Houston Press
Chef Chat, Part 1: Jody Stevens of Jodycakes Phaedra Cook | April 22, 2015 | 6:00am When baker Jody Stevens decided to focus on creating vegan and gluten-free cakes that were as delicious as regular ones, people told her she was crazy and it would never work. At the...
Contest can help veterans lead the way in business – Houston Chronicle
Andrea Leinfelder | Feb 27, 2015 Jody Stevens' specialty is baking vegan, gluten-free and organic cakes. While this career is quite different from her days in the Air Force, Stevens said military training has skills that translate well to business. "I think that it...
The Eating…Our Words 100: Jody Stevens, Owner and Cake Designer of jodycakes – Houston Press
Molly Dunn | February 12, 2013 | 8:00am It's a shame how many people are denied their favorite sweets because of dietary regulations. Whether they are gluten-intolerant, on a vegan or vegetarian diet, eating baked goods can be quite a challenge. However, Jody Stevens,...
Agave subbed for sugar – Houston Chronicle
By Greg Morago | June 19, 2012 | 6:04pm Jody Stevens took her grandmother's Hummingbird Cake recipe and gave it a more organic, modern spin with a few new infusions (whole-wheat flour and ground flax seed) and the substitution of agave nectar for sugar. Not exactly...