Respected Chef/Restaurateur Charlie Trotter Dead at 54

Trotter was known for innovation, dedication to excellence

"...this week mentioned the untimely death of Chicago chef/restaurateur Charlie Trotter, my first thought was that I should call..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Lightning Strikes

Austin's Food scene hits the big time

"...weren't the only ones eager to meet Chicago chef/restaurateur Charlie Trotter, Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl, and Saveur editor Colman..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Lightning Strikes

Austin's Food scene hits the big time

"...Charlie Trotter Teaches Philosophy at Central Market Fans of Charlie..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Food-o-File

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

"...helping to prepare the signature appetizers that festival headliner Charlie Trotter served at the Bon Appetite, Y'all! party. During..."

June 27, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Best Bites

The Food writers gobble through 2001

"...9. Pumpkin Soup à la Charlie Trotter: Rain-soaked guests at the Texas Book Festival's Bon..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Prime Considerations

Chronicle Food writer Rebecca Chastenet de Géry on why 1,000 head of Japenese Wagyu cattle are thriving in Central Texas.

"...13 to 14 million head of cattle. Renowned chef Charlie Trotter of Chicago uses Harrell Ranch Prime grade Wagyu..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Food-o-File

"...meal to the waiter? Never happens. Celebrated Chicago chef/restaurateur Charlie Trotter in a movie? Well, actually, the frantic chef..."

July 18, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

And to Top It Off...

"...location. Author MacLauchlan was the executive pastry chef at Charlie Trotter's in Chicago when the book was written, but..."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature

Homaro Cantu's Moto-Vation

Documentary charts a dazzling chef's tragic end

"...from a troubled childhood to a coveted position at Charlie Trotter's, from the Moto-driven heights of fame to whatever..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Emeril, Live

Celebrity chef talks Austin, new cookbook

"...I dedicated the book to my friend, the late Charlie Trotter. I mean, yesterday it was the mortadella and..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Food Post by Nina Hernandez

In the Wink of an Eye

An Austin slow-food pioneer celebrates a dozen years in operation

"...James Beard Foundation and Le Cirque in NYC and Charlie Trotter's in Chicago; Scruggs at Four Seasons New York..."

July 12, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Dude, Sweet Chocolate

Katherine Clapner's incredible chocolate confections mix sweet and savory ingredients in unexpected flavor combinations

"...London and her work with American überchefs such as Charlie Trotter, Kevin Graham, and Stephan Pyles. In Austin, she..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Cathy Cochran-Lewis

Cathy Cochran-Lewis has been instrumental in putting Austin on the global culinary map

"...premier chefs, including Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, Martin Yan, Charlie Trotter, and Lidia Bastianich. "In 1997, we got every..."

April 17, 2009 Food Feature by MM Pack

Yummer Reading

"...doesn't know the names Rick Bayless, Bobby Flay, and Charlie Trotter, but enough of us do to warrant a..."

June 8, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Food-o-File

Reports from Deep Eddy, Zilker Park, and ... Chicago

"...at the ultrahot Moto (www.motorestaurant.com), where a team of Charlie Trotter alumni is wowing crowds with tasting menus of..."

April 27, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Host on High

Some entertaining words of caution

"...advance. Perhaps he does not realize Joel Robuchon and Charlie Trotter didn't make it, and since all but other..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Food Feature by Marion Winik

Raw References

"...Raw by Charlie Trotter, Thomas Keller and Norman Van Aken (Ten Speed..."

May 5, 2006 Food Feature

Food-o-File

The Meat Shop shuts its doors in anticipation of SH 130; plus, the Shoal Creek Saloon's Ski Lodge and Quack's Maplewood Bakery

"...the menus of such nationally renowned chefs as Chicago's Charlie Trotter and Thomas Keller of Napa Valley's French Laundry...."

Feb. 18, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Accomplishments and accolades, bocaditos and hot bites

"...sizes some," Scruggs says. "We're not trying to be Charlie Trotter's, we just want to make it the neighborhood..."

April 9, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Cut and Dried: A Primer

The Central Texas meat market roundup

"...the French Laundry in the Napa Valley and by Charlie Trotter's restaurants in the Northeast. All of the beef..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Food Feature

Will Travel for Food

Central Market's Jane King visits the gentrified Grassmarket area of Edinburgh and the used-cookbook store of Clarissa Dickson Wright, formerly of Two Fat Ladies.

"...books. She also has some books by contemporary authors; Charlie Trotter is apparently revered here. Her own latest is..."

July 19, 2002 Food Feature by Jane King

Lightning Strikes

Austin's food scene hits the big time.

Nov. 30, 2001 Food Feature

Eating Between the Lines

Summer Reading, Culinarily Speaking

"...clear that the restaurant life is not all celebrity, Charlie Trotter's, and the French Laundry. You might as well..."

June 2, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Winter Calls and It's Asking for Syrah

"...chefs propose a food match of lamb. Chicago chef Charlie Trotter is no exception, adding lamb and Cote Rotie..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Food Feature

Gay Place

Welcome to your warm gay port in the storm, sailor.

"...helpin' of electronica. Thursday, March 17, noon-7pm. Cheer Up Charlie's, 1104 E. Sixth...."

March 18, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer