Yes, Chef: A Memoir

Confessions of cosmopolitan chef Marcus Samuelsson

"...reading public has developed a taste for books about chefs – especially memoirs, and preferably ones of the tell-all..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Chef Genealogy

Tracing culinary family trees to the roots of four local mentors

"...apparent that many of the new generation of young chefs could trace their local work history through the kitchens..."

Sept. 16, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Launderette

Ortiz and Sawicki hit all the right notes

"...Chef Rene Ortiz has no hesitation when it comes to..."

April 17, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Catching Up With Jacques Pépin

Culinary legend visits Austin for talk, benefit dinner

"...Texan than most of us. After all, the iconic chef has been named an honorary Texan by three different..."

June 10, 2016 Food Post by Veronica Meewes

'Bizarre Foods America' Bites Austin

The Travel Channel's Andrew Zimmern visits Central Texas

"...Globe-trotting chef Andrew Zimmern and a crew from Bizarre Foods America..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez Invests in Local Restaurant Concept

Director, restaurateur, and chef join forces with Fresa’s

"...insists on good food. “I’ve always been a huge Rene Ortiz fan. Anytime I needed to take someone out..."

March 14, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

IACP conference brings 1,000 more foodies to town

"...week for their annual conference. Austinites David Bull, executive chef of Congress, Second Bar + Kitchen, and Bar Congress,..."

June 3, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

La Condesa

Neo-Mexicano has arrived in Austin via La Condesa

"...street food to classic cantina staples to sophisticated specialties. Chef Rene Ortiz, a native Texan who grew up in..."

May 1, 2009 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Don't go Home Hungry: Festival Eats Not to be Missed

"...La Condesa Chef Rene Ortiz and pastry chef Laura Sawicki whip up..."

March 9, 2012 Food Feature

Let's Get Ready to Scramble

The Thrilla in the Tortilla

"...Of course, I also enlisted some of my favorite chefs, whose refined palates continue to inform my own –..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Food Column by Brandon Watson

Highfalutin Without the Gluten Roulette

"...La Condesa Chef Rene Ortiz and pastry chef Laura Sawicki whip up..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Food Feature

Food-o-File

Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Fest gets its Sunday Fair deliciously right

"...• Chefs at the Stars Across Texas Classic presented an eclectic..."

April 8, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Restaurant Roulette

The 10 you clicked

"...La Condesa Chef Rene Ortiz and pastry chef Laura Sawicki serve up..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Food Feature by Anne Harris

A First Look at Sway in West Lake Hills

The neon lotus sigil expands its empire

"...the food. Now under the helm of Corporate Executive Chef Charles Schlienger (chef Rene Ortiz, who opened Sway in..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Food Column by Jessi Cape

Hot Luck Announces Culinary Talent

Tickets to Aaron Franklin's new festival on sale now

"...Moody, and Feast Portland cofounder Mike Thelin, announced the chef lineup for their inaugural event and it’s a lot..."

March 7, 2017 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Hot Tamales, Baby!

Our favorite holiday wrappings

"...• Fresa's Chicken al Carbon (915 N. Lamar, 512/428-5077) Chef Rene Ortiz's tamales are filled with chicken adobado, queso..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

I'm Swayed

A preview of South First's hottest new restaurant

"...Ever since word got out that La Condesa chef Rene Ortiz was launching a new restaurant concept based..."

Dec. 9, 2012 Food Post by Rachel Feit

Circling Back to La Condesa

After so much tumult, is the perennial favorite still on point?

"...However, when a multiple award-winning restaurant loses its high-profile chef and pastry chef, turns its cocktail lounge into a..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-O-File

Comings and goings at local kitchens

"...It's a stream-of-consciousness column of local chef and restaurant news this week. Ran into former Trace..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-O-File

Looking ahead to the most anticipated restaurant openings of early 2014

"...Elliott's Bribery, but Launderette and Angry Bear, both from Rene Ortiz and Laura Sawicki, have found a home at..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Roving restaurants adventure through Austin

"...are a hot trend just now. Our own top chef, Paul Qui, just returned from participating in one in..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Live Fire!, Farm to Plate Debut Lineups

Daily Austin food news

"...out major talent including Aaron Franklin of Franklin Barbecue, Rene Ortiz and Laura Sawicki of Fresa’s Al Carbon and..."

March 2, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Food-o-File

TRIO at the Four Seasons' Todd Duplechan won the Texas Chef Showdown last week during Go Texan Restaurant Round-Up, and the event's produce proved that even corporate restaurants are supporting local food sources

"...Go Texan Res­taurant Round-Up was the first ever Texas Chef Showdown held last week at the Hyatt Regency. I..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Event Menu

Pairing and learning and cooking and more

"...Malverde (400-B W. Second) with locally sourced appetizers from chef Rene Ortiz of La Condesa and drinks from a..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Difficulties of Dining With Kids

Is the restaurant industry making a bad situation worse?

"...by offering an omnibus comic book and menu. Burger Chef offered decorations with which children could adorn their bicycle..."

March 3, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Food-O-File

Get a room: Treaty Oak debuts its new tasting room on Dec. 14

"...long-awaited openings within the coming week. Second generation Austin chef/restaurateur Bryce Gilmore says that if all goes smoothly with..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Are DIY Chefs Biting Off More Than They Can Chew?

Five local foodies convene on kitchen DIY

"...Paul Qui of East Side King and Qui, and Rene Ortiz and Laura Sawicki of Fresa’s and the forthcoming..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

"Local" filmmaker chews on Staff Meals

Christian Remde has turned his lens on local restos' staff meals

"...at Uchi Houston and starring a certain local Top Chef winner...."

Aug. 28, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

For One Week Only: Sway’s Seventh Anniversary Dinner Menu

This is a dining experience that’s worth, we daresay, Hollering about

"...And since chef Rene Ortiz opened the acclaimed restaurant Sway in the..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food-o-File

The icing on the cake

"...Launderette (2115 Holly), the first joint restaurant venture of chefs Rene Ortiz and Laura Sawicki, opens Thursday, Feb. 19,..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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