Hi there. My name is Paula Forbes, and I’m the new food writer and dining critic at Texas Monthly. I’m only the second person to hold this job, as Patricia Sharpe, the first, retired last year after a legendary fifty-year run. No pressure!I went to Houston during a miserably cold week in February—my second week on the job—to eat at as many new-ish restaurants as I could to determine which would be the subject of my first review in the May issue. It turned out to be ChòpnBlọk, a wonderful West African restaurant in the Montrose neighborhood. Now that I’ve dipped my toe into those waters, I want to talk directly to readers about this whole restaurant reviewing thing.Simply put, my duty and privilege is…
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