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Babies in Cakes and Yummy, Yummy Drank

Crow Bar is having their annual Mardi Gras party this Tuesday, and Lord knows these guys like to party! Adored for their festive manifestation of what was once a homeless hangout on Congress, this bar has made their mission of serving serious cocktails in a casual, classy-dive vibe quite the success. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 10:00PM Sun. Feb. 19, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Quickie King Cake Review: Curious Confections

I first met Gemma Matherne, the mastermind behind Curious Confections, at one of the earliest meetings of ATX Swappers, where I was fortunate enough to get my mitts on some of her incredible millionaire's shortbread. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 12:07PM Fri. Feb. 17, Melanie Haupt

Top Chef Texas, Week 14: Hot for Teacher

Previously on Top Chef: Gimmicky gimmicky gimmicks and Grayson goes to purgatory, AKA Last Chance Kitchen. Welcome to the home stretch of Top Chef: Gimmicks. I mean, Texas. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 1:22PM Sat. Feb. 11, Melanie Haupt

Diners, Tigers, and Pies, Oh My!

From the droolworthy bakespace of Easy Tiger emerges Mary Catherine Curren, a CIA-trained pastry chef who has taken over the reins of the dessert menu at 24 Diner and, later this year, will be the face of a new concept on Burnet Road. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 11:13PM Wed. Feb. 8, Melanie Haupt

Top Chef Texas, Week 13: Life on Two Wheels

My people! My apologies for the radio silence. Would you believe that I have been too busy to sit in my living room, pajama-clad, recapping Top Chef: Texas on a weekday afternoon? Well, believe it. But here I am, nothing but time on my side, and rest assured that I'm in flannel-clad comfort now. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 3:27PM Mon. Feb. 6, Melanie Haupt

Crafting Music and Cocktails

Popular mixologist and Handyman Collins creator Adam Bryan will be slingin' up drink menus in accordance with the evolving themes of music the award-winning score writer and composer Graham Reynolds and friends decide to jam, starting with jazz one week and moving on to country the next. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 11:17PM Sun. Feb. 5, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Shut the Front Door: Proposed Rules Threaten Cottage Food Operators

Back in November, we told you about local home bakers whose small businesses got a boost from Senate Bill 81, which allows them to make and sell their cakes and pies unregulated. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 12:26PM Wed. Feb. 1, Melanie Haupt

Top Chef Texas, Week 12: Attack the Block

Last time on Top Chef: Bev missed out on immunity because she didn’t get her Rice Kurries on her plate in the Quickfire, a stark example of how high-stakes the Quickfires can actually be. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 8:14AM Sat. Jan. 28, Melanie Haupt

Let's Do Lunch at Garrido's

On Wednesday, January 25, I was invited to join a lunch party hosted by Great Taste Austin for their inaugural "Let's Do Lunch" series, which will showcase local chefs and their restaurants featuring meals with Texas ingredients at their center. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 1:31PM Thu. Jan. 26, Melanie Haupt

Easy Tiger

The owners of the long-awaited new Easy Tiger Bake Shop & Beer Garden (709 E. Sixth) sure know how to throw a party! Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 11:20AM Wed. Jan. 25, Virginia B. Wood

Kitchen Nightmares

Last Friday night, watching the Kitchen Nightmares segment filmed at Austin's El Greco in late summer was a painful experience: an hour of family members screaming, crying, and swearing at each other in English and Greek felt more like an intervention than a restaurant make-over. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 11:04AM Wed. Jan. 25, Virginia B. Wood

Top Chef Texas, Week 11: Who's The Fairest Of Them All?

Previously on Top Chef: The lady chefs hate Bev. TyLor gets the knife. Sarah thinks Lindsay should have won because she was the glue that held their team together. (Wha? Lindsay couldn’t keep her twisted panties out of the kitchen because she didn’t trust her team to not fuck things up. Sarah’s just pissed that Bev won. One order of sour grapes for Table Sarah.) Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 3:22PM Fri. Jan. 20, Melanie Haupt

Gordon Ramsay's Reign of Terror, Local Edition

Remember El Greco? Pause here to hang head, pour a bottle of Ouzo out on the asphalt. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 10:47AM Fri. Jan. 20, Kimberley Jones

Alamo Slaughter Sets an Opening Date

The Alamo Drafthouse has an opening date for its new theatre in Circle C. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 11:17AM Tue. Jan. 17, Kimberley Jones

Top Chef Texas, Week 10: Restaurant Wars

This week’s episode begins with very little fanfare. The chefs saunter into a dead-empty Palm Door, which is downtown near the conference center. “We are not in a kitchen,” says Grayson, whose powers of observation are unparalleled. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 2:51PM Fri. Jan. 13, Melanie Haupt

Top Chef Texas, Week 9: Things You Don't Say

Previously on Top Chef: Heather is eliminated. No one is sad. Later, in their Driskill digs, Ed smack-talks Heather because she achieved success twice thanks to his genoise recipe. Sarah is not impressed, introducing a layer of tension between the two. This will be important later. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 10:44AM Fri. Jan. 6, Melanie Haupt

Top Chef Texas, Week 8: Crack Kills

Finally! We are in Austin. Except me. I’m not in Austin. I’m in Arizona, where the new episode airs at 11pm, which is bananas. I blame Joe Arpaio. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 12:34PM Fri. Dec. 23, 2011, Melanie Haupt

Top Chef Texas, Week 7: What's Your Damage, Heather?

Still in Dallas. Feh. But you know what? This is the episode in which one of the remaining twelve contestants reveals herself to be just as unlikable as that glossy city to the north. So, fitting. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 10:31AM Fri. Dec. 16, 2011, Melanie Haupt

Top Chef Texas, Week 6: Who Shot JR?

Previously: the horror of the Highland Park dinner, but also Heather hating on Bev (Chekhov's side eye?), and the male cheftestants (mostly Ed) bitching about how Chuy's elimination reduced the number of men in the competition. (Side note: I know this is TOTALLY UNREASONABLE of me, but I was really disappointed to see Paul Qui smoking in this scene.) Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 1:35PM Fri. Dec. 9, 2011, Melanie Haupt

'Local' Filmmaker Spotlights Farms

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of meeting Christian Remde and writing a feature on his ambitious undertaking, The Twelve Films Project. The penultimate film, Local, is out now. Read More | Comment »

Virginia's On the Range 10:28AM Tue. Dec. 6, 2011, Melanie Haupt

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