I Learned to Cook at Bad Restaurants

Cooking mediocre food results in a priceless skill set

"...I remember the owner of the humble, family-owned Italian restaurant being impressed that I was sautéing at age..."

April 4, 2018 Food Post by Danny Palumbo

Call Me by Your Name

Tenderness comes in many tongues in this coming-of-age romance

"...family slides in and out of languages, English, French, Italian, and dead, the latter in a charmingly eggheaded pas..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"..."Avant Cinema," "Classical Mexican Cinema," and "Recently Restored." "Comedy Italian Style" is the subject of the seven-film Essential Cinema..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crimson Peak

Guillermo del Toro goes Gothic, but falls short

"...realm of Gothic horror-romance, leavened with a hint of Italian giallo, is a departure of sorts for the Mexican..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ascent of Mandolin

The next step in Avi Avital's mission to convert the world to mandolin: Vivaldi

"...AC: So how has your Italian immersion enhanced your understanding of the music?..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

The Trip to Italy

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continues their journeys as a couple of guys attached at the funny bone.

"...which tracks the 19th century poets’ travels along the Italian peninsula.) Call this bromance My Dinner With Steve, or..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dining Beyond the Chains

Good food moves to the 'burbs

"...Solving the age-old dilemma between Mexican or Italian cuisine, La Cocina owners Ismael and Amelia Diaz offer..."

July 18, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Estate Sale Roundup: May 22-25

Take Monday to admire your loot.

"...wood frame; small stained glass panel; three large Lupori Italian scenes in oil on canvas; vintage wood side table;..."

May 22, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Funambulist: Giulia Millanta

Florentine transplant walks the singer-songwriter tightrope

"...I was asked to write a journal for the Italian magazine Tuttafirenze about about my “bi­-continental life,” reporting on..."

April 23, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The New Look of Fine Dining

Austin's emerging restaurant empires

"...over the lease on that space for a new Italian restaurant that will open later this year. The Austin..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...Body (Kino Lorber) is the most curious of meldings: Italian S&M gothic auteur Mario Bava and the king of..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Frank and Angie's, Now and Forever

Superior pizza served with Rat Pack panache

"...was one of the start-ups. The owners revered two Italians: Frank Sinatra and the owner's Sicilian mother, Angie. Frank..."

May 3, 2013 Food Review by Wes Marshall

Letters at 3AM: Did Abraham Lincoln Deserve a Second Term?

In 1864, Lincoln would have seemed more in favor of war than peace

"...Sicilian Mike's mother, like my mother, reads English, French, Italian, and German, follows European events closely, and speaks her..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Food Events

You could keep Mardis Gras going for a week with this smorgasbord

"...(Waller & E. Sixth) issues round two of the Italian Stallion Challenge: Win bragging rights by eating one of..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

the backspace

Cirkiel shifts his command to the backspace

"...Halved brussels sprouts, quick-roasted to caramelized tenderness with crisp Italian bacon and cheese – once you've had brussels sprouts..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Why Italians Love to Talk About Food

"...Why Italians Love to Talk About Foodby Elena Kostioukovitch Farrar, Straus..."

May 28, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Restaurants Near Zilker

"...8) ITALIAN: Romeo's Familiar Americanized Italian food in a fun, romantically..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature

The Pilgrim and the Stars

Q&A with Italian trumpet standard Enrico Rava at the Montréal Jazz Festival

"...Carolina, Atlanta. In Atlanta, I worked with a well-known Italian visual artist by the name of Michelangelo Pistoletto, and..."

July 10, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Food-o-File

Lots of news on reataurants opening and closing

"...Adams still owns the eatery, but now that the Italian menu is gone, chef Harvey Harris is no longer..."

July 4, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Read to Eat

Start the summer with great food stories and recipes worth a little perspiration

"...Italian Grillby Mario Batali, with Judith Sutton Ecco Press, 256..."

May 30, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Letters @ 3AM

Globalization isn't only something that's happening to our economy: Globalization is happening to us – to our bodies, our families, and our psyches

"...grandchildren of immigrants. The city's non-WASP population was mostly Italian, Jewish, and Puerto Rican. Also among the non-WASPs were..."

April 25, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Holiday Cookbook Roundup

Gift Guide

"...Cucina del Sole: A Celebration of Southern Italian Cookingby Nancy Harmon Jenkins William Morrow, 464 pp., $29.95..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Letters @ 3AM

Americans no longer look or sound like, and will never again look or sound like, this country's rigid image of an "American"

"...Texan diner food, some Mexican, a Chinese restaurant, an Italian restaurant, and that was about it. Back then, Lubbock..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

The Staff of Life

"...Sun-Dried Tomato and Mozza­rel­la Bread, Mandola's Italian Market..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

Botticelli's

Can this South Congress eatery reverse its location's curse?

"...seems to be in place at Botticelli's, a new Italian eatery in a South Congress location plagued by failed..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Restaurants Near Zilker

"...9) ITALIAN: Romeo's Familiar Americanized Italian food in a fun, romantically..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Restaurants Near Zilker

"...8) ITALIAN: Romeo's..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Food Feature

Restaurants Near Zilker

"...8) ITALIAN:..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Home Slice Pizza

SoCo Dining Spots

"...amount of tomato sauce. The correct amount of (real Italian) cheese. The toppings that adorn the pizza are prepared..."

March 3, 2006 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Restaurants Near Zilker

"...9) ITALIAN: Romeo's Familiar Americanized Italian food in a fun, romantically..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

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