When looking for blooms to beautify your home for spring, look no further than the International Management District, where Saturday flower sales benefitting the Shamba Ya Amani (Farm of Peace) are in full swing. Dr. Kim Meyer, Shamba Ya Amani farm manager, said the farm is offering Queen Anne's Lace, orlaya, calendula, bachelor's buttons, nigella, [...]

Across southwest Houston, celebrations such as Bollywood performances, bazaars and poetry competitions are planned for early April as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Though many Muslims choose to enjoy private parties at home, complete with food, family and friends, mosques and community groups across the Bayou [...]

The caller to Linda’s Tropical Fruits was desperate. But shop owner Linda Nguyen had to lay down some guidelines before she could help. “Please come in the morning as soon as the shipment arrives,” she instructed. “I cannot stand the smell of noni fruit.” Unlike most produce in Nguyen’s jewel box of a fruit shop [...]

Lan Pham at work Seven years ago, tired of layoffs in the oil industry, Lan Pham and her husband Khanh Nguyen began to dream of selling a product that’s been in steady demand for 2,000 years. My husband’s family makes tofu in Vietnam,” Pham said. “His mother, his father, his uncle, his grandparents [...]