Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...There's a full-color painting hidden beneath several coats of white latex on one..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...document said that his cousin Donna's estate included a painting by a major 20th century artist. Ruth Riesenkalmar's work..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

Setting the Table

New director Ned Rifkin wants to bring more people to the feast that is the Blanton

"...Garland wore or Archie Bunker's chair or a Rothko painting. They really want to experience the real thing on..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Mattie's

Green Pastures lives at revitalized grande dame

"...dining area are watched over by an abstract expressionist painting in shades of millennial pink. There's even a touch..."

July 7, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Uchiko

Chef Tyson Cole and company continue redefining 'revelatory' at Uchiko

"...resting on those laurels; along with Cole and Executive Dessert Chef Philip Speer, he's creating a menu as exciting..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Food-o-File

Thoughts on the feeding tube; plus, Nu Age, El Chilito, and everything you need to know, event-wise, for the upcoming week on the Austin food scene

"...Market Westgate (4521 Westgate Blvd., 899-4300) and order some dessert for a special treat: As a summer project, kids..."

July 22, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Serve Chilled

The Summer Reading Menu

"...drinking can be a form of expression, like writing, painting, or music...."

Aug. 3, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Sophisticated Italian

Fine Dining at the Arboretum

"...excellence at Trattoria Grande can be found on the dessert cart. We had a very difficult time making choices..."

July 5, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Your Betrayal, Caked on the Wall

Painting desserts like it's murder, baby

"...Maybe you've seen some of Kaci Beeler's food porn paintings, like the Cuban Sandwich featured in the April 2011..."

April 26, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gift guide

"...Peter Jackson's King Kong and a really nice dinosaur painting inside its box. No new extras or bonus discs..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Gina’s on Congress Opens the Next Chapter for an Enduring Congress Avenue Address

A new name settles into La Traviata’s old stomping grounds

"...the Austin culinary scene, its inspiration came from a painting hung in his first restaurant. “We have a custom..."

Jan. 30, 2024 Food Post by Hannah Rossi

The First Rule of Dinner Club Is ... Well, Let’s Talk About It

Austin’s array of subscription-based nomfests will please your palate, expand your experience, and maybe even comfort your budget

"...about those, and prepare people for what's coming for dessert. And if there are any questions for the chefs..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food-o-File

Wrapping up the Saveur Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival means good news and bad

"...Across Texas Grand Tasting is a mystery to me. Dessert and pastry professionals are every bit as deserving of..."

April 23, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

New Year's Eve Dining & Lodging

It's time to start making reservations, party people

"...with the Sangre del Sol fire spinners, air-brush body painting, tarot card readings, and an after-hours hookah bar, plus..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Food Feature by Sara Robberson

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...first known red was red ochre, found in cave paintings a million zillion years ago – give or take...."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fat City’s at Yard Bar, Chicken Salad Shoppe Embiggens, Try Hard Succeeds, and There’s Austin Oysters for Everyone

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...panang curry, or roti chicken curry), and a new dessert (makrut lime leaf cheesecake). Jesus, whut, makrut lime leaf..."

July 28, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Come Sail Away With Amanda Ward's The Jetsetters

Local author asks, "Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?"

"...striking resemblance to Pablo Picasso – while he was painting her. The "Become a Jetsetter" contest that Charlotte sees..."

April 22, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Best of Oktoberfest

Seven local picks for celebrating pretzels, brats, and beer

"...German food, the celebrations feature artisan craft booths, face painting, live music from the TubaMeisters, the Oompahs, and the..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Review: Tillery Kitchen & Bar

Eastside eatery offers confusing experience

"...immediately heightened my caution. Had the staff taken up finger-painting?..."

June 30, 2017 Food Feature by Melody Fury

Review: Bonhomie

Philip Speer brings friendly French to Austin

"...full as you might get from all that, the dessert selection is essential. Two – the chicory-cream filled mille..."

June 2, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Citywide Talent - Meet the Finalists of Citywide 86'd

Four young cooks compete in the finals tonight

"...last semester of high school, he went to study painting on a campus that focused on teaching art. One..."

June 17, 2013 Food Post by Carly Yansak

Arcadia

A magnificent-looking and intelligent staging of Tom Stoppard's masterpiece

"...pudding awaiting Thomasina. The girl's subsequent observations on this dessert are a crucial impetus for her primitive discovery of..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

A Taste of Honey

How we get honey now, and what might happen to the industry in the future

"...There's a cave painting in Spain that shows early humans gathering honey –..."

June 12, 2009 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Event Menu

Feb. 9-15

"...Vineyards (830/693-5328; www.spicewoodvineyards.com) invite you to their annual Valentine's Dessert Extravaganza during the two-weekend Wine Lover's Trail, where $10..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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.

"...an enormous stone fireplace graced with a large oil painting depicting the Palio, a famous Italian horse race. The..."

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

That's Amore!

"...menus, the frosted mirror, the marble table tops, the painting of Baby With Food -- seems so purposefully placed,..."

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