1. culinary art at it’s finest… heirloom carrots cooked in exotic spices & coconut milk, pickled avocado, topped with coriander flowers.chef justin yu of oxheart2013 © debora smail

    culinary art at it’s finest…

    heirloom carrots cooked in exotic spices & coconut milk, pickled avocado, topped with coriander flowers.

    chef justin yu of oxheart


    2013 © debora smail



  2. HEY! That’s my photograph bottom right! Oxheart & I in GQ Magazine!

    The Perfect Night Out: The 12 Most Outstanding Restaurants of 2013

    The twelve restaurants on GQ’s list of places to go for a perfect night out will make you feel coddled, welcome, and well fed. You can’t ask for more than that.

  3. Chef Justin Yu of Oxheart for Texas Monthly / March 2013

photography © 2013 debora smail

    Chef Justin Yu of Oxheart for Texas Monthly / March 2013

    photography © 2013 debora smail

  4. ‘suscadine’ grapes with ‘turnbull’ pear, garden oregano, and unripe ‘meyer’ lemon.
off the tasting menu at Oxheart.

photography © 2013 debora smail

    ‘suscadine’ grapes with ‘turnbull’ pear, garden oregano, and unripe ‘meyer’ lemon.

    off the tasting menu at Oxheart.

    photography © 2013 debora smail

  5. it’s always a good day when GQ calls…

  6. shadows on nance street.



photography © 2012 debora smail  |  832.495.8284

    shadows on nance street.

    photography © 2012 debora smail | 832.495.8284

  7. Oxheart in Texas Monthly.  (better than bills in my mailbox!)
Lovely hand thrown plate by local clay artisan Steve Campbell. www.ThreeDotPots.com He donates to Empty Bowls Houston benefiting Houston Food Bank.

    Oxheart in Texas Monthly.  (better than bills in my mailbox!)

    Lovely hand thrown plate by local clay artisan Steve Campbell.
    www.ThreeDotPots.com
     
    He donates to Empty Bowls Houston benefiting Houston Food Bank.

  8. oxheart | layered cake of heirloom carrots, hazelnuts and coriander.


photography © 2012 debora smail | realityphotography.net

    oxheart | layered cake of heirloom carrots, hazelnuts and coriander.

    photography © 2012 debora smail | realityphotography.net

  9. oxheart | salad of purple kohlrabi

photography © 2012 debora smail | realityphotography.net

    oxheart | salad of purple kohlrabi

    photography © 2012 debora smail | realityphotography.net