Changes are coming

Two bits of exciting news to share. 

First, we have a date set for this year's Top 100 Restaurants list reveal. We're hosting a party called Culinary Stars at Houston Chronicle headquarters Nov. 13. Attendees will be the first to see the 2025 list, and they'll get to try food from dozens of the city's best restaurants along with plentiful (and I do mean plentiful) wine and other beverages. Check out the lineup so far; you can buy tickets — starting at a very fair price of $125 — here. You will not leave hungry.

Second: We are changing things up around here. Beginning next week, we'll have two separate food newsletters: one for all of our latest and greatest stories and recipes, another that will include a few hand-selected, timely dining recommendations. Those will go out on Tuesdays and Thursdays, respectively. If you subscribe to Flavor, you'll automatically be added to the list for both. If you wish to unsubscribe upon receipt of the new ones, you'll be able to do that when they send next week. 

We appreciate your support of our journalism, always.

Jody Schmal, Food Editor jody.schmal@houstonchronicle.com

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