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Twisted X Brewing Company Celebrates First Year, Tex-Mex Style

It was definitely starting to feel like summer at Twisted X Brewing Company’s first anniversary/Cinco De Mayo celebration- good thing there was plenty of beer to counteract the heat. Read More | Comment »

4:40PM Tue. May. 8, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

A Glimmer of Tasty Hope in a Small Town

Wimberley is known for its beautiful hillside scenery, gorgeous rivers and creeks, and some of the best gift shopping in central Texas. Restaurants like New Braunfel’s Gristmill and Driftwood’s Salt Lick draw crowds from hundreds of miles away. Read More | Comment »

3:18PM Tue. Apr. 24, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Off-Centered Film Fest Days 2-3: Beer, Bullets, Bullington

Friday night's screening of Sergio Leone's spaghetti western masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West was accompanied by a feast, courtesy of Chef John Bullington, of equally epic proportions. Six courses, each paired with a selection from fest sponsor Dogfish Head Brewery's many, many alcoholic offerings. Read More | Comment »

6:23PM Sat. Apr. 21, Marc Savlov

'Reinventing the Meal'

Last Sunday evening I caught a special on the Cooking Channel with Top Chef All-Stars winner Richard Blais called Reinventing the Meal. Read More | Comment »

11:36PM Fri. Apr. 6, Virginia B. Wood

Jim Lahey's 'My Pizza'

My Pizza (by Jim Lahey with Rick Flaste Clarkson Potter, 191 pp., $27.50) presents the “glorious peasant food” as a means for exploration of fine ingredients and world class technique, not at all the image of a hot greasy mess many legions of adoring pizza fans conjure. Read More | Comment »

10:19PM Wed. Mar. 28, Jessi Cape

Plastic-Free Payment

You wake up unsure of what room you’re in. All you can smell in your half-drunken stupor is old beer and the stale cigarette smoke in your hair. The worst part of your fraternizing – your credit card is MIA. Maybe you didn’t drink too much the night before; instead you just wanted to leave the club without waiting in a long line to close your tab. Read More | Comment »

10:14PM Mon. Mar. 19, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Eating Alabama

On Thursday morning, theater C at the Alamo Drafthouse Lamar was packed for the 11:30am screening of Eating Alabama, filmmaker Andy Grace's documentary about this year-long efforts to eat only local food in his home state. Read More | Comment »

11:22PM Fri. Mar. 16, Virginia B. Wood

BBQ Crash Course

The 4th annual Barbecue Crash Course, a showcase of authentic Central Texas barbecue, was held March 9 as a kick-off to South by Southwest Interactive and it was the most challenging event in the series to date. The 2011 sale of Emo’s meant the loss of the only home venue the sold-out private party had ever known. Read More | Comment »

4:17PM Wed. Mar. 14, Virginia B. Wood

Taco Experiment

Brooklyn Brewery and Theo Peck were back in town for South by Southwest this year, bringing the Taco Experiment to Austin. The amateur taco cook-off contest was held in ND at 501 Studios, the intimate new venue from former Electric Lounge honcho Mike Henry. Read More | Comment »

3:23PM Wed. Mar. 14, Virginia B. Wood

Midnight Cowboy Lounge

Midnight Cowboy, Austin’s newest speakeasy experience, opened its doors to a few select customers on March 9th, and I am here to tell you it is every bit as cool as advertised. Read More | Comment »

11:55AM Wed. Mar. 14, Claudia Alarcón

SXSWi Panel Recap: Food Trucks Share Social Media Tips

Moderated by Bob Madden, GM and Senior VP for Digital Food Category at Scripps Networks Interactive, this panel started off with an introductory clip of the Food Network’s competitive reality show, The Great Food Truck Race, in which the three panelists competed last year. Read More | Comment »

8:42AM Mon. Mar. 12, Melanie Haupt

Papaquiles from the Munchie Mobile

Chances are that when Ryan Schierling and Julie Munroe cooked up a batch of chilaquiles with a nontraditional carbohydrate in their Seattle apartment a couple of years back, they would never have envisioned it being served from a food truck at all hours during SXSW. Read More | Comment »

4:42PM Sun. Mar. 11, Melanie Haupt

SXSWi Panel Recap: Top Chef: How Transmedia is Changing TV

Part legitimate discussion of using digital strategies to inform the way viewers experience their favorite television shows and part Top Chef poop-scooping, this morning’s panel put transmedia in action by structuring the discussion as an episode of Bravo executive Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live. Read More | Comment »

6:14PM Sat. Mar. 10, Melanie Haupt

Drink Well Opens Strong with Help From Old Friend

Austin’s brand-new Drink Well is already exciting locals in their first week with their bar/restaurant identity crisis. “It’s an interesting mix. Are you a bar that serves food, or are you a restaurant that serves drinks? We’re kind of walking that line. We want to be great at both,” owner Jessica Sanders said. Read More | Comment »

2:50AM Sat. Mar. 10, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Handicapping the SXSWi Food-Related Panels

Each year, the number of food-related panels at SXSW Interactive grows, with subtle shifts in scope and dimension. Recent years have seen conversations about building community through websites like Yelp, vegan activism on the Internet, and so on. Read More | Comment »

9:21PM Thu. Mar. 8, Melanie Haupt

SXSW Food Fun

The next few days are jam-packed with the debut of new apps focused on Austin food, food-related SXSW events, plenty of tasty street food, and cool parties. Be sure to check with us for the scoop on things you won’t want to miss. Read More | Comment »

9:22PM Wed. Mar. 7, Virginia B. Wood

Food & Wine Magazine Announces Austin Hopefuls for Best New Chef Award

Austin chefs are having a great run in all manner of culinary awards this year! Food & Wine magazine has released the names of chefs nominated for their Best New Chef of the year and three talented young Austinites made the roster for the Southwest region. Read More | Comment »

9:04PM Wed. Mar. 7, Virginia B. Wood

Top Chef Texas, The Finale. Finally.

There’s something so thrilling about the opening montage of Paul’s victories as the opening credits roll for the season finale of Top Chef: Texas. While it’s true that Sarah is on a roll for the Canada leg, she truly is the underdog both hard stats-wise and in America’s collective heart. Read More | Comment »

3:35PM Tue. Mar. 6, Melanie Haupt

StarChefs.com Celebrates Rising Stars of Austin/San Antonio

These days, it seems there are national awards and culinary galas every week in Austin. Hot on the heels on Austin chefs and restaurants being recognized by Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Esquire, the Daily Meal, and the James Beard Foundation, last week's most impressive shindig was an awards show and tasting party hosted by the Read More | Comment »

4:59PM Wed. Feb. 29, Virginia B. Wood

Top Chef Texas, Week 16: Preparing to Say Goodbye

So, we’re here today to talk about the penultimate episode of Top Chef: Texas. The fact that I’m writing this recap on the eve of the finale seems kind of moot, so I thought I’d do some reflecting on Top Chef: Texas before we say goodbye to it tomorrow night. Read More | Comment »

1:42PM Tue. Feb. 28, Melanie Haupt

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