A Taste of Summer

This week, the Chronicle Cuisines writers savor their summer food memories. They're free, they're delectable, and best of all this time of year, they won't heat up the house.

"...Every year, I find myself looking forward to assigning summer food..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...Corn Suppers Fritz and Tim Kate are practical, hardworking Midwesterners. They raised a..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...A Dram of Nectar The summer sun spilled into my..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...Trout of a Lifetime Any fisherman will tell you that angling..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...Peach Season On the second Saturday in June, I went..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by MM Pack

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...Pasties of the Upper Peninsula The summers of my early..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...The Summer Snowball Fight We're standing outside, the swampy "climate" is registering..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

The Taste of Summer

The perfect meal, searching for seafood tamales, eating wild strawberries stoned, and more memories of heat and hunger

"...Deviled Eggs, Angelic Eating Not too long ago, I attended a potluck..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

A Toast to Tradition

The Foods of New Year's Around the World

"...illustration by Lisa Kirkpatrick Chalk it up to an emphasis..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

A Lot of Cojones and a Little Faith

The art of Micael Priest

"...On Thursday afternoon, two days before the opening of Micael Priest's..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

A Pinch of History, A Dash of Memoir

Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

"...by Kevin Zraly Sterling Publishing Company Inc., $24.95 hard..."

June 11, 1999 Food Feature

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...Tourists snap photographs. Health care providers offer cholesterol and blood-pressure screening...."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Juarez: Stages of Fear

This film is a passionate if clunky cri du coeur for the kidnapped and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico – a silent epidemic of as many as 450 crimes in the last 10 years.

"...Directed by: César Alejandro. Starring: Chris Penn, María Rebeca, César Alejandro, Elizabeth..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bao'd Up Co-Founders Talk Mulan and the Special Appeal of Bao

Celebrate the live-action release with a family movie meal

"...The much-anticipated September 4 release of live-action Mulan via Disney Plus..."

Sept. 3, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Spanish Cuisine in a Tex-Mex Town

There’s a new kind of tortilla in Austin

"...Austinites may love tortillas, but generally they think of them..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

16 of Austin's Best Downtown Restaurants

Excellent eateries to explore on foot

"...If you’re spending a day in Downtown Austin, don’t bother looking for a..."

July 22, 2019 Food Post

A Snowball's Chance

Casey's New Orleans Snowballs, the little family business that could at 51st and Airport, packs a year's worth of fun and flavor into six months, writes the Chronicle's Rae Nadler-Olenick.

"...Near the busy northeast corner of 51st Street and Airport..."

July 5, 2002 Food Feature by Rae Nadler-Olenick

The Butt-Numb-a-Thon 14 Lineup

Harry Knowles' annual film fest sneaks 'The Hobbit,' 'Mama'

"...There was a time in my life where 24 hours of..."

Dec. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Louis Black

Samantha in a Sari

Western women wearing Indian clothing is on the rise & so are the scoffs.

"...As seen on celebrities and wanna-be celebrities alike, the trend..."

May 3, 2012 Design Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

A Trip to Segura Viudas

Can a huge winery act like a small, family kept operation?

"...Is it possible for a huge winery, owned by a mega-corporation to act like..."

March 26, 2011 Food Post by Wes Marshall

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...Tom Pedersen: Chocolate Explorer..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Last week, SXSW announced that high-concept horror A Quiet Place..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Win a Franklin Barbecue Smoking Pit at "You Grill, Girl!"

Help these chefs raise funds for Les Dames d'Escoffier

"...Good news, fans of al fresco dining! Les Dames d'Escoffier is hosting..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

5 Days of Dragmas!

We're celebrating drag in the city all holiday week long

"...It's an act of gender-bending self expression. It's an act of..."

Dec. 23, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

17 of the Best Ice Cream Shops in Austin

From East Austin to Downtown, here are our favorite cold, creamy treats

"...There isn't a day that can't be improved with ice cream. Something..."

Aug. 10, 2019 Food Post by Jessika Roth

In the Line of Fire

How a home remedy started a flame war

"...Some feuds are larger than the sum of their parts: Capulets vs...."

Oct. 17, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...The years change, the decades fall away, but here at DVDanger..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Out of Commission

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

"...They seem about as improbable as lizard-skin boots on Victoria Regina: 20..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Joycean Riff of Race

Juneteenth

"...by Ralph Ellison, edited by John F. Callahan Random House, $25..."

June 18, 1999 Books Feature by Mark Busby

The Spirit of Giving

A Special Christmas Wish List for the Local Media

"...Surely the value of giving is more symbolic than practical. A gift..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

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