Milk

Gus Van Sant's deeply heartfelt Milk, which features a magnificent performance by Sean Penn as the crusading gay activist, is a finely wrought yet fairly standard biopic.

"...Victor Garber and Denis O’Hare. “My name is Harvey Milk, and I want to recruit you.” Milk liked to..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bigger, Bitter

Ever-Evolving Bitter End Offers Something for Everyone

"...Bitter End Bistro & Brewery..."

March 6, 1998 Food Feature by Patrick Earvolino

The Bitter and the Sweet

How Delysia Chocolatier built their brand

"...factor this season comes in the form of a milk chocolate salted caramel truffle (the company's bestseller) and the..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Edge of Darkness

This thriller marks a middling comeback for Mad Mel Gibson

"...helmed the terrific James Bond reboot Casino Royale, can milk suspense and a smattering of action out of practically..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Reading

One big, crippling thought that makes you wonder how long John McManus has been waiting to confide it, this naturalistic first novel from the former Michener fellow and author of the short-story collections 'Born on a Train' and 'Stop Breakin Down' takes place in late-Eighties East Tennessee at the base of a ridge in the Smokies

"...Bitter Milk..."

May 27, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Paradise, Loss

The year in reading, 2005

"...Other favorites: John Banville's The Sea (Knopf), John McManus' Bitter Milk (Picador), the aforementioned Paradise, Michele J. Hale's Undone..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Lovejoy's

"...who is ever present at the pub. An American-style bitter using American hops instead of British hops and served..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Feature

As Many Culinary Influences as Islands

Austin's Philippine "turo-turo" uprising

"...creates masterful bubble teas. Their slushy, pale lavender taro milk tea is exquisite. Along with drinks, they offer other..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Gay Place

This week, Polari zhoooshes our town

"...KELLY HOGAN AND BITTER HEART SOCIETY Jody Grind ex-lead and current Neko Case..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Fat-Washed Cocktails Make a Comeback

Your next drink might involve foie gras and a centrifuge

"...A few miles west, Clark's Oyster Bar is using milk to wash their cocktails – a process that dates..."

June 1, 2018 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Designate Your Favorite Austin FC Star Based on Your Beer Preference

Some soccer talent to go with that brew?

"...to stomp on your best striker's calves like the bitter Finnish midfielder he's destined to be. And what has..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Pam Pritchard Serves Up Unpretentious Hospitality at the Tigress Pub

The Tigress of North Loop heads Austin's coziest neighborhood pub

"...the first chance to offer a taste of Coleman's bitters brand, Bitter Bitch. Each cocktail is created by either..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Index Fest Announces Its Beer List

The fest formally known as Untapped drops it like it's hops

"...Lager – Vienna Lager - The Temptress – Imperial Milk Stout - All Call – Kölsch - Goatman –..."

May 2, 2017 Food Post by James Renovitch

From Soup to Nuts (Hold the Nuts)

A hardly comprehensive look at Austin's soup scene

"...than a neti pot. A must-have for those rare, bitter-cold nights, though, is the chicken-tamale chowder from Central Market...."

Jan. 27, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Food Top Tens 1996: A Year of Good Tastes

Top Ten Bites of 1996

"...2. Goat cheese and milk from White Egret Farm..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...neighborhood while drinking fresh pints of NutBush Extra Special Bitter, Trophy English pale ale, and their criminally overlooked Vanilla..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

Six Great Breweries Off the Beaten Path

In tumultuous times for Austin beer, these undersung gems are worth seeking out

"...the entire state into a beermaking frenzy: Waterloo, the Bitter End, Copper Tank, and Lovejoys. The failure of those..."

March 1, 2024 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Austin Beer for the World Cup

Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win

"...that subtle charm in a 4.9%, sessionable, extra special bitter. Truly, most fans of the Three Lions already realize..."

June 13, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood brings good news, good food, and good gossip in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...back, I mentioned the wonderful new goat-cheese ricotta and goat's-milk ice cream from Water Oak Farms near Bryan that's..."

July 25, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Picnic in a Cemetery

Food and Festivities of Dias de Los Muertos

"...to prepare nothing but a camote de malango (a bitter-tasting tuber) for his parents' altar. As the souls returned..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Food Feature

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...in barbecue sauce, Spanish rice, green beans, cartons of milk, and a choice of bright green Jell-O or a..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Genre-Hopping Hustler Quentin Arispe Wants to Be in Every Room

The Past Lives’ theatrical lead singer takes on a party girl role on new solo LP, As Above, So Below

"...the Meteor. I have four shots of espresso, no milk or anything. Quentin gets an oat milk lavender latte...."

Sept. 20, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Review: Mattie's

Green Pastures lives at revitalized grande dame

"...photos or attempted to get Mom tipsy on bourbon milk punch, I had no benefit of personal history...."

July 7, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Review: Kuneho

Does Paul Qui's new concept offer redemption?

"...heart of palm bathed in a luscious chile-laced coconut milk and coconut vinegar dressing...."

April 14, 2017 Food Feature by Melody Fury

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...Black Milk 1am, Maggie Mae's Gibson Room Slept-on to the point..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Thai-Brids

Blurring the lines of Thai cuisine

"...featured with comforting consistency: Fish sauce. Rice. Chiles. Coconut milk. Galangal. Lemongrass. Basil. They're all deployed in the interest..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

What Is Passover?

A newbie's guide to a Seder

"...Maror: bitter herbs, usually horseradish, that represent the bitter experience of..."

March 22, 2013 Food Feature by Amy Kritzer

The First Annual Rancho Winslow Mayan Fin del Mundo Fiesta!

Friday, Dec. 21, 2012

"...Dash of grapefruit bitters (Bittermens, Scrappy's, Fee Brothers, or Regan's Orange Bitters No...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...to see that. Coors beer, which, there's the Harvey Milk connection: Harvey Milk organized a boycott of Coors beer...."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

A Cook's Tour

You just had to be there: The Chronicle's Mick Vann compasses the cuisine of Thailand, in Bangkok and beyond.

"...cloyingly sweet chile sauce and a platter of intensely bitter ka-tin herb leaves. Eaten separately, the three components were..."

June 28, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

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