A Baker's Half-Dozen

The best books of the season on breads, pastries, and desserts

"...time schedule, a list of necessary equipment, and ingredient lists, which are so detailed as to point out which..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...is about Van Halen ["Texas Platters," May 16]. He lists the band's albums in chronological order through 1984 when..."

May 23, 2003 Column

The Hightower Report

McCarthyism rears its ugly head; and taxpayers pay for a Bush campaign commercial.

"...they don't have to reveal who is on their lists ... or why...."

May 23, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...the brightest and jangliest parts of the past few decades. (Opal Divine's, 9pm) -- Kate X Messer..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...have been spreading the good word for over four decades and even onto disc for 1998's Second Time Around...."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

From the Bistro to the Beard

Austinite Shawn Cirkiel makes a pilgrimage to the home of American gastronomy, the James Beard House in New York.

"...achievement in a chef's career and over the past decade, more than 1,000 chefs have been presented. Beard House..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Goodbye to Big Pink

The Rio Motel faces new ownership, a new name, and perhaps a new future.

"...the stories about the rowdy Rio of the past decade: how club patrons at the motel's Rio Club mixed..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Preserving Planet Texas

Outdoor-loving Texans can thank the federal government for requiring the state to firm up its state parks planning over the next decade.

"...firm up its state parks planning over the next decade. Last week the Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. released..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

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"...Slusher was instrumental in getting environmentalists to understand that the priorities of communities of color..."

May 3, 2002 Column

The Latest Catch

Food writer Mick Vann on the hits -- and the misses -- of Roy's

"...concept and menu fresh, new, and appealing after a decade-plus of business. We also wanted to see how what..."

March 29, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...UNWRITTEN LAW: Although this SoCal outfit spent a decade cutting its teeth on gritty skatepunk, this year's pop-oriented..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Things Have Changed

A brief, very general overview of the year in albums 2001

"...intuition, however faint, said so; Slick Willie's ecstatic rave decade, the Nineties, had come to an end, and the..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Smells Like Preteen Spirit

Kid rockers Three Hourz Sleep confront their first major crisis when their drummer moves away.

"..."Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana's decade-old anthem, didn't translate literally into teen angst here --..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Seton's Secrets

Seton HMO comes under fire for failing to report data that could be helpful to consumers.

"...children's health care program serving kids ineligible for Medicaid, lists Seton as the only participating HMO in Travis, Hays,..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...more, including the TFC's film production hotline (463-7799), which lists every production being shot in the state, an online..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...has been spent. Austin's affluence grew exponentially this past decade, but so did Austin itself, and the fiscal tune..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...HUEVOS RANCHEROS: For the better part of a decade, landlocked Calgary has emerged as Surf City, Canada, on..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Dot-bombers

Despite the clouds of layoffs, a virtual silver lining shines for some caught in Austin's online bust.

"...dot-com dead pool tracking of www.fuckedcompany.com to the comprehensive lists of e-commerce job cuts and closures on The Wall..."

March 2, 2001 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen

Gardens of Eden

Entertainment has always been a keystone of Austin's identity, Cuisines writer Rachel Feit observes. And among Austin's numerous diversions were German beer gardens.

"...when the local "ladies" threatened to publish their client lists...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Letters at 3AM

They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.

"...afresh. You can go through years of Top 10 lists without watching a film that can do that. Crouching..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...centers in the United States alone, and the waiting lists at many centers are still months long. Few of..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...near 100% occupancy -- some are even keeping waiting lists. Gone are the days of the $35-per-month locker in..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Going Home Again

"East Side Cafe is obviously doing something right," Chronicle Cuisines writer Rebecca Chastenet de Géry writes. "You don't draw waiting crowds continually for over a decade without conscious effort. The cafe's menu certainly isn't Austin's splashiest, but for many, the cafe simply feels right. There's no place like home."

"...For the time being (this being summertime), the cafe lists at least one of its bright, chilled fruit soup..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Naked City

The city and the Anderson Community Development Corp. part ways over the Anderson Hills development in East Austin, which suffered from costs overruns and excessive developer’s fees, but the project will likely still be built with loans and private funds.

"...For nearly a decade, the Anderson Community Development Corporation (ACDC) has been trying..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Kings of Monterrey

Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers

"...flagship of conservative, old-world values, the Monterrey of a decade ago was the type of city where if you..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...least once. They've had the better part of two decades to do it in after all...."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Winds of Change

As electric industry restructuring opens utilities up to competition, some, including Austin's municipally-owned utility, are looking to renewable energy sources to win customers and meet the requirements of a 1999 law.

"...by 2002 -- and, in a surprising victory for environmentalists, requires that at least 2,000 additional MW of electricity..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Home of the Blues for so long, Clifford Antone lists him as a dependent on his tax form. Master..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...to list our favorite books of the year, the decade, and the books we would take to a desert..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Decade 1. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy 2...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

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