Whisk Handcrafted Cuisine

The cozy atmosphere and satisfying cuisine at Whisk will transport you to the sun-splashed Mediterranean

"...stools that offer the perfect vantage point for observing cooking demonstrations or just chatting with the cooks while enjoying..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Urban Roots

Urban Roots gets kids growing vegetables and growing up, too

"...advisor, and the nonprofit project was given the green light...."

Oct. 3, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Food-o-File

Texas Democratic debate and the primaries had political celebrities dining at local favorites, and Manor Road's restaurant row gets some action

"...Manor Rd., 457-9900), and the dinner crowd at Hoover's Cooking (2002 Manor Rd., 479-5006) was all abuzz on primary..."

March 14, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

New & Noteworthy

Connie Rodriguez expands her catering business for eat-in or takeout

"...have to attend a catered shindig to enjoy her cooking...."

April 20, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Food-o-File

Pamela Boyar is the best, according to the North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association; plus, our cup runneth over with events you should consider attending

"...www.juniperhillsfarm.com) has added a Farmer's Series to their regular cooking-school schedule. Longtime area farmer Harley Clark will share lessons..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Amy's latest location and Dracula's wine list; plus, two benefits you'll benefit from by attending

"...12th) will offer gourmet gifts, flowers, Illy espresso, and light fare prepared by Gina's Kitchen... Pastry chef Katherine Clapner..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

After a Fashion

Whoa! Your Style Avatar is older than dirt! Oops, we mean, "just celebrated another b-day!" Come celebrate within.

"...said, "OK, girls, we're going to turn all the lights off, and I want you to put your hair..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Got Milk?™

On the trail of pastel de tres leches

"...are recipes from restaurants, bakeries, and myriad individuals and home-cooking sites. There are elaborately complicated concoctions from celebrity chefs,..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

True to Its Own Terroir

Can Saveur magazine save the soul of the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival?

"...top celebrity chefs at the Culinary Masters Dinner. The highlight of those years, in my estimation, was the first..."

April 4, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Our Dinner With Tony

Wes Marshall and Mick Vann do dinner with a worldly renegade chef.

"...biggest fear in life: Some morning he'll wake up, light up a Lark, go look in the bathroom mirror,..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Point About DemiEpicurious

Wes Marshall evaluates an Austin restaurant according to a legendary master's exacting standards.

"...of Texas Rabbit ($16) was made with three different cooking techniques. They wrapped the tenderloin in Serrano ham and..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Hottest Commodity

Once green with envy, Texas now joins New Mexico in championing the chile … just in time for the 12th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival!

"...was Real New Mexico Chile: An Insider's Guide to Cooking With Chile (Golden West Publishers, 1996). Her upcoming book..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Food Feature by Sandy Szwarc

Remembrance of Flavors Past

Holiday food memories

"...selected the recipes and imagined in detail the shopping, cooking, and eating. Years later, they both wrote of the..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

A Wink and a Smile

As Food editor Virginia B. Wood relates in a review of Wink, a new restaurant on North Lamar, two of Austin's longtime chefs are busy operating the restaurant of their dreams.

"...Hill Cafe. In addition to the potential for residual good-cooking karma, the space also boasted a great central city..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Articulations

Another Austin theatre company suffers a mid-performance disaster and responds to it with resourcefulness and pluck, and the Austin Community College Drama Department marks Shakespeare's 437th birth with an all-star "Billy Bash."

"...company salvaged the evening with a blend of home cooking and hospitality. This week, via longtime local theatre lover..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...months ago and operates a one-man show, greeting guests, cooking and waiting tables in a tall white toque. The..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Postmarks

Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...four years in the Pacific Northwest, and I was delighted to drive around town looking at the beautiful little..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...that it doesn't go far enough or that it slights various subgenres of jazz and therefore is a failure..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

Day Trips

"...Historical Places designation has been conferred on the Golden Light Cafe in Amarillo, the Inn at Brushy Creek in..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

On the Santa Trail

Ace reporter Jordan Smith is hot on the trail of Austin's own Santa.

"...spend some time with Austin's official 2000 Trail of Lights Santa, during this, his busiest season...."

Dec. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Eating Between the Lines

Books for Cooks

"...run the finances, the Italians are in charge of cooking, the French are in charge of romance, the Germans..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Eating Between the Lines

Books for Cooks

"...Cheese: Profiles of America's Great Cheesemakers and Recipes for Cooking With Cheeseby Laura Werlin..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Specialties of the House

Recent Publications From Our Contributors

"...of Louisiana, food (with its corollary activities of procuring, cooking and eating) is the collective passion at the core..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Food Feature

First Round Draft Picks

As owners, brewers and distributors of Austin's Live Oak Brewing Company, Chip McElroy and Brian Peters have reached the highest level of malty geekdom. They are self-described "beer nerds gone pro."

"...Legislature passed House Bill 1425 and gave the green light to brewpubs in Texas. Homebrewers all over the state..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

A Texan Does Toscana

While it's obvious that hours of work making stocks, sauces, marinades, and custards go into the production of every meal at Siena, the end result is an array of hearty and robust peasant dishes elegant in their simplicity and true to their heritage.

"...While native Texan chef Harvey Harris was studying Italian cooking in the medieval castle that houses the Italian Culinary..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Take Out the Heat

Sure, complaining about the heat only makes it worse. A long string of 100 degree days presents an unsolvable problem but it just so happens that there's one summer problem we can solve. What to do about dinner on a day when the ambient blast furnace is stuck in the triple digits and operating any appliance hotter than a microwave is a sure sign of madness? Where to go, what to buy, how to put a tasty meal on the table without working up a sweat?

"...the original store, mind you -- we love the cooking school, the music on the deck, the Grab n'..."

July 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

El Nopalito

It's All in the Latitude

"...where a cranky Virginia Daugherty served up exemplary downhome cooking and tart-tongued insults to a loyal and satisfied clientele...."

March 10, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Northwest Restaurant Boom

"...restaurants. While sitting through five changes of the traffic light at Hwy360 and FM2222 earlier this summer, the wisdom..."

July 30, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Crescent City Beignets

"...etc. The beignets here are the divine genuine article: light, puffy squares of dough, fried golden to order, capped..."

July 9, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Oh, Oh, Those Summer Bites

Camp Food

"...entire central Pennsylvania sky, a canvas permanently peppered with light. Once magnified, the web of constellations paralyzed me like..."

July 9, 1999 Food Feature

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