After a Fashion

Stephen has to go all the way to Seattle and Tijuana just to appreciate Austin style

"...but she is not. My apologies for popping the cork too soon. Let me take you all out to..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Barbara Chisholm on the Top 10 Things to Top It Off

"...results is your first clue as to why good cooks insist on it...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Long-Winded, Psychotic, Gonzo, Reactionary, Pandering yet Honored Whore

"...to Hitler, when not directed at the vast right-wing conspiracy, isn't so funny to nonreactionary liberals who seem to..."

Dec. 27, 2006 Postmarks

Just Another Drop of the Midleton, Please

It's Irish whiskey weather

"...Just for the record, I love Irish whiskey. There's something about the smooth,..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

ColdTowne Theater: Comedy moves uptown

You can count all the comedy venues in Austin on the fingers of one hand, so the opening of a new one, ColdTowne Theater, qualifies as a real occasion

"...When you can count all the comedy venues in Austin on the fingers..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Forgotten Storm

One year later, Rita's invisible evacuees still wait in the shadow of Katrina

"...Imagine having recently graduated from college and applying for job after job, month after month,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Wine of the Week

A little bubbly for poolside?

"...Summer is slowly rolling to its conclusion, and what better way to celebrate than with a..."

July 21, 2006 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Wine of the Week

Hook and Ladder

"...some success, and kept plowingthe profits back into the company, finally creating a huge winery called DeLoach...."

June 2, 2006 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...this issue would put half as much effort into correcting some of the problems plaguing our state instead of..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Talented Tenth

Complaints arise over the Top 10% law – because it's working too well

"...There's a Texas legislative corollary to the old saw, "No good deed goes unpunished."..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Liquid Assets

Unscrew your wine!

"...After decades of cork supremacy, screw tops are suddenly the rage in wine...."

June 4, 2004 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Liquid Assets

Texas Wine Month

"...October is Texas Wine Month, and corks are poppin' all over the state. This is a..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Fusion Confusion

The menu at Zin is a masterpiece, but what about the meals?

"...hummed with activity. Servers zipped in between tables with colorful platters of artfully arranged food. They deftly whisked away..."

July 25, 2003 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

On the Lege

Issues other than redistricting found space on the guv's special-session plate -- some were even important.

"...seems that way. And if the not-quite redistricting isn't accomplished by the time you read this, the governor has..."

July 18, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Play Ball!

Microsoft Game Studios steps up to the plate with its first Xbox baseball title while EA and 3D0 improve upon last year's Playstation2 models

"...Sammy "Say It Ain't" Sosa. With his bat now uncorked, it opens the question of exactly how many players..."

June 20, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

The Latest in Paper

'Portis' characters are painfully human; they are often complicated, sometimes plain wretched, and always worth the price of admission," writes Anne Harris of the great man's True Grit. "And his frugal comic dexterity can be so subtle as to just whisper beneath catastrophe."

"...keep reading. No disrespect to the Duke -- Rooster Cogburn brought home an Oscar, Wayne's only Academy Award --..."

March 21, 2003 Books Feature by Anne Harris

Tasting 2002

The year in food

"...allowing you to try a different wine with each course...."

Jan. 3, 2003 Food Feature

Holiday Wish Lists 2002

Presents for public service

"...have removed the somewhat universal pleas for cash, volunteers, printing/copier/office supplies, and computer systems. Once you choose which group..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Features Feature

Liquid Assets

Holiday Wines

"...We've been tasting lots of wines to help develop recommendations for your table. We were forced into this tasting..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Hiiiiiiiii-Yah!

Austin foley artist Buzz Moran strips the sound out of a forgotten kung fu flick and redubs it live at the Drafthouse. The result? Something to chop about it.

"...that burgeoning new genre of Alamo Drafthouse programs that combine screened films and live performance, often for the benefit..."

May 17, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Liquid Assets

Some of our top proposals for quaffing wines that taste great ice-cold.

"...Hot weather and cold wine make a great combination. Below you'll find some..."

July 6, 2001 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Transforming Herself

Sissy Spacek's Most Memorable Movies

"...the expansive charms of Kit Carruthers (Sheen), but she could have just as easily been swept away by a..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Proust Biographies

"...Proust, Jean-Yves Tadié, who edited the latest Pléiade edition containing the most exhaustive version of In Search of Lost..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

Liquid Assets

Chronicle Wine writer Wes Marshall scours the city for fine wines both under $10 and over $10.

"...N. V. Francois Montand Blanc de Blanc ($8.99)..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Wild, Wild Webcasts

Why party in line when you can party online?

"...much sand in a busted hourglass. And not a second too soon. If you're like most of the first..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Public Notice

Pull the Jumpsuit Outta the Closet, Elvis

"...airline tickets! Where would you go? To Las Vegas, o'course, pussycat!), a Vegas-style buffet, a drawing for a 1999..."

July 9, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

A Pinch of History, A Dash of Memoir

Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

"...by Kevin Zraly Sterling Publishing Company Inc., $24.95 hard..."

June 11, 1999 Food Feature

Mexican Food 101

Salvation in a Glass: An Ode to the Frozen Margarita

"...endure it, or resign yourself to it, but don't welcome it. At least not out loud...."

March 12, 1999 Food Feature

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...Cornelius WEDNESDAY..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Catching His Breath

For Performance Artist Sxip, It's All in the Breathing

"...be an elephant struggling to bring its trunk under control -- "He was making all these weird sounds... it..."

April 11, 1997 Arts Feature

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