Alison Cook is, and has been since she was hired 22 years ago, one of the Houston Chronicle’s most-read writers. Her fanbase, however, goes beyond those interested in the local restaurant scene — it ...

So are readers and members of the local restaurant community. We asked for submissions about Cook's impact, and got so many responses this page would be an endless scroll if we published them all.

Alison Cook, award-winning food journalist, joins the Houston Chronicle as restaurant reviewer. This is the first of her weekly reviews in Dining Guide. For each review, she dines anonymously at the ...