Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood updates us on Alex Kahn and the latest happy hour deal at the Roaring Fork.

"...After the Texas Book Festival in the fall of 2001, I wrote a piece about..."

June 27, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

"...Rainbow Courts Motel in Rockdale began with America's love with..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters at 3AM

We call them "retirees," although in other cultures and eras they would be elders, but if they had anything real to do they wouldn't be coming here to Jean, Nevada.

"...Two gaudy, cheap-looking, neon-lit structures constitute most of what there is of..."

May 2, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to take the opportunity to thank the APD for being as cooperative as they were on March 24, the..."

April 11, 2003 Column

'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival Event Schedule

If you've got the money, you've got a great time in store.

"...at the Four Seasons Hotel throughout the festival. Call 542-WINE for more information, or visit www.texaswineandfood.org...."

April 4, 2003 Food Feature

War Drums: Rumblings on the Home Front

As an Iraq war becomes inevitable, local responses range from the stupid to the sublime.

"...Frenchdom focused their energies on the Eiffel Tower replica in front of Dreyfus Antiques, at the corner of MLK..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature

Food on the Fly

Airport food isn't the same as airline food, especially at Austin-Bergstrom.

"...so long that it's beyond cliché. And yet, the diminishment of in-flight food service, resulting from airlines' economic woes,..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Arkie's Grill

Rachel Feit steps out of time to sample the soulful fare at a longtime Eastside lunch counter.

"...Deep in the heart of East Austin, there's a little lunch..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Bright Lights, Little City

It's maybe silly to fix a personality on a place, but something happens when you hook a left onto Austin Ave. and drive into Georgetown's historic district. Everything slows down, just a little bit, and then there's that marquee, neon and spangly, lighting up downtown. Welcome to the Palace.

"...It's Friday night, and the audience is trickling in, mostly families with young daughters eager to see..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Cheese Library

Virginia B. Wood checks out the cheese library.

"...In keeping with the emerging trend, national publishing houses have..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Forty Acres of Fresh, Ethnic Eats

Mick Vann teaches you a lesson on UT's campus-area restaurant resurgence.

"...worse dorm cafeterias, which catered to the less than demanding tastes of the average student. If food was cheap..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Food Review by Mick Vann

Coach's Corner

Anna wants to become a top-flight tennis star? Kan o' kourn. Just become a Williams sister.

"...You don't, I hope, overthink the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks..."

July 12, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Hill Country Food and Wine Guide

"...FredericksburgThe Bierschwale Estate Bed & Breakfast (28)..."

April 5, 2002 Food Feature

Second Helpings: Downtown Coffeehouses

Downhome coffeehouses in today's "Second Helpings."

"..."Second Helpings" offers tasty, bite-sized listings compiled from new and previous..."

March 15, 2002 Food Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...In 1997, when I turned 18 years old and got..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Coach's Corner

Nebraska and OU both had their seasons ruined on the same weekend, but Coach saw it coming -- now, if he'd only foreseen this global warming thing …

"...Something's wrong in Chicago. Yes, it's true the Bears are..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...August of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved out of Austin, Joe Dishner had left to go into film production,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...It starts in her full, peachy-pink lips. Puckers and creases broaden and..."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's regulatory rollback, the Codex Alimentarius & McCain-Feingold

"...Bush's Balancing Act Our boy Bush has been a busy beaver,..."

April 13, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...FredericksburgRose Hill Manor, A Country Inn (25) 2614 Upper Albert Rd., 830/644-5541 or 877/ROS-EHIL..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Guys Like Me

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

"...In his song "All Grown Up and No Place to..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Worlds of Flavor

As a food writer with a special passion for the foods of Southeast Asia, I was excited about the 2000 Worlds of Flavor International Conference and Festival, Mick Vann writes. My pulse quickened and I salivated uncontrollably every time the possibility of attending crossed my mind. I would love to go, but my financial picture was in its usual bleak and blurry mode. Then came the call from my editor. I had gotten a surprise, last-minute press pass.

"...I was excited about the 2000 Worlds of Flavor International Conference and Festival. I had seen ads for the..."

March 23, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...1998's Life of the Party proved a late bloomer, Austin country maverick Charlie Robison earned a call-up from Lucky..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Talk Stories

"...Talk Stories by Jamaica Kincaid..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Review by Robin Bradford

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"...Amateur historian Jeanine Plumer is one of the few people in Austin..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Years With Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes says he can not imagine a world without Shakespeare and Cervantes, but it is impossible to imagine a Mexico without Fuentes.

"...the historical events and personal lives that shaped Mexico during the past century, it fully serves to create and..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...problem? It might soon require a Higher Authority to intervene on behalf of Pilgrim...."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Noshing Kosher

Lorne Oppler gives the lowdown on eating kosher in Austin.

"...It's Sunday afternoon and you're cruising down the aisle of your local supermarket for a..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Food Feature by Lorne Opler

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...It may be winter everywhere on Earth below the equator, but that technicality..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

The Mindful Cook: Finding Awareness, Simplicity, and Freedom in the Kitchen

"...The Mindful Cook: Finding Awareness, Simplicity, and Freedom in the Kitchen..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Food Review by Sandy Szwarc

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