Best Bites

The Cuisines Staff Noshes Through 2000

"...in Rao's Cookbook: Over 100 Years of Italian Home Cooking. I certainly have...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Confounded Carnivore

One bite of steak from Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and we were in meat-eater heaven, Mick Vann writes. It was the consummate carnivore's dream. Unfortunately, it's not a consistently dreamy experience at Ruth's Chris.

"...areas to the beautifully appointed dining room. Subdued, indirect lighting produces a warm glow that welcomes diners and cradles..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Eating Between the Lines

Books for Cooks

"...Immer from her frequent guest spots on Sarah Moulton's Cooking Live Primetime. In one of the bastions of absolute..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

A Mediterranean Feast: The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisines of the Mediterranean From the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs, With More Than 500 Recipes

"...traditional foods of the Circum-Mediterranean. Mr. Wright's directions for cooking a simple couscous covers several pages of text. Follow..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Food Poems

If reading this collection of haiku poems with a food theme entices you to cook something wonderful and have great sex, you can thank us later.

"...Eat & Feed Their Heads (Lazywood Press, paper), a delightful collection of culinary haiku culled from three years of..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Hudson's on the Bend

Lakeside Dining 2000: Many Restaurants, Not Much Water

"...amphibious appetizer of spicy snapping turtle étouffée with four feather-light fried frog legs. New main-plate offerings include an aged..."

July 7, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Opie's Barbecue

"...traveling to Cooper's any more. Herbie Lynn recently quit cooking at Cooper's and moved to Spicewood to open Opie's..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Food Review by Wes Marshall

Food-o-File

The new year has brought several big changes among Austin's restaurants; Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood provides the details.

"...last week. Founded in 1987 when Clemons returned from cooking school, the Granite was the foundation on which the..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Edibles in Isolation

Send Me to a Desert Island, but Let Me Have My ...

"...consummate comestible for the big but (or big butt) light lunch crowd. Laden with Romaine, feta, veggies, and gyro-chicken,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature

Cookbook Reviews

Eating Between the Lines

"...with information -- historical, practical, and contextual, and her cooking instructions are clear and concise. Serving suggestions follow each..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Naked City

More sponsors are added to A2K New Year's Eve party, Austin Energy Green Choice program is about to be announced.

"...Tuesday, Dec. 28 for the installation of a 50-foot light tower and countdown clock. The street reopens at 6am..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Electronic Edibles

Virginia B. Wood and Barbara Chisholm have spent some time going through a mountain of catalogs to cull some very interesting suggestions for the food lovers on folks' Christmas lists.

"...of online ordering. Relax in the easy chair and light a fire in the fireplace (depending on how well..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

Hard work is its own reward at Brazos de Dios, a community north of Waco.

"...well as displays and demonstrations on farming, alternative energy, cooking, gardening, and other skills. There will be lots of..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Server Error

"...porch or overlooking the pond on the "Tea Lawn." Highlights on the menu include fresh-squeezed lemonade complete with a..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Automat

Pacific Rim & Caribbean

"...west and the dynamic 360 bridge. Chef Michael Neff's cooking style reflects the influence of several years spent in..."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

Automat

Thai One On

"...just the right atmosphere in which to enjoy their light, fresh rendering of the cuisine of Northeastern Thailand. Stellar..."

June 25, 1999 Food Feature

Food-o-File

More Barbecue

"...parties, corporate lunches, and a personal shopping and in-home cooking service for families or individuals. Ms. Wakichef is a..."

June 25, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Italia With & Without

Week One: The Tour

"...incorporate a pasta or risotto with vegetables and a light, creamy cheese, then move to a cut of meat..."

May 28, 1999 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

The Sultan's Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook

"...As in Mediterranean cooking, garlic and olive oil are prevalent, as are eggplant,..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Food Feature

Gang of Guerillas

"...surprisingly, rarely do they call up their ghosts for cooking advice, and their loves are just as sweet when..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Books Review

That's Amore!

"...on me. If the plastic grapes and tiny white lights didn't transport me to another neighborhood, the music of..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Food Feature by Ronna N. Welsh

Postmarks

"...Fresh" on the label, yet get frozen right after cooking, be considered the best gourmet tamales in Austin? Seems..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Column

Withering on the Vine

One Gardening Group Struggles While Another Thrives

"...popular series of "La Cocina Allegre" (The Happy Kitchen) cooking classes for low-income women and teenagers, hires "at-risk" teens..."

July 31, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Dancing About Architecture

Conspiracy Theory #404

"...home as the theme for some incredibly popular, long-running cooking show or somesuch (the kind you never actually watch,..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Live Shots

"...Monday." Fantastic. Taylor and the Menagerie finished the evening cooking up a little "Chicken," and really, that was about..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Music Feature

Top Ten Food Stories of 1997

Best Bites of 1997

"...Food Options Expand In 1997, adventurous Austin palates were delighted by the opening of two Salvadoran eateries (Sabor and..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

No Noodlin' Around

Sea Dragon Offers an Ocean of Vietnamese Flavors

"...glass noodles in a divine ginger-soy sauce. Squeamishness became delight as we devoured the succulent talapia, leaving head and..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Food Feature by Patrick Earvolino

Eat Globally, Dine Locally

Ethnic Nights Offer Intercontinental Tastes at Home

"...the time, with Kurdish, Persian, Armenian, Arabic, and Turkish delights. It's a good bet any night of the week..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Getting the Shakes

Sippin' Your Sundaes Through a Straw

"...and summon a carhop by simply switching on your headlights. (That is, if you can survive in your car..."

July 18, 1997 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Scanlines

"...the Head, Hard-Boiled) to make Once a Thief, a light spoof of Jules and Jim set in a world..."

June 27, 1997 Screens Feature

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