Counter Culture Is Closing and Rents Are Rising, Brunch Is Opening at Asti and Maie Day and Side Eye and Pretty Much Everywhere In Town, Gift Guides Are Clamoring For Your Hard-Earned Spondulics, and OMG What Is This Armadillo Rangoon?

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

"...circling the drain, as Anthony Bourdain noted in his Kitchen Confidential; no, it’s more like a move from power,..."

Dec. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What the Broken Spoke's Historic Designation Could Mean for Music Venue Preservation

Honky-tonk could join sites eyed for city venue investments

"...marker expected there in April 2023. Council Member Ann Kitchen, whose southwest District 5 includes the venue, sponsored the..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The life, passions, and shattering death of the traveler

"...habits, or his mental health struggles with addiction. The Kitchen Confidential author was cursed with a romanticized view of..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...• Esteban Castillo, Chicano Eats: Recipes from My Mexican-American Kitchen • Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Children of the Land •..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...4, with Council Members Kathie Tovo, Leslie Pool, Ann Kitchen, and Alison Alter voting against). This calls for large..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Rebooting Kitchen Culture With a Novel Concept: Sober Living

Food industry support groups encourage healthier lifestyles for restaurant workers

"...story of Anthony Bourdain's life – as told within Kitchen Confidential, his rollicking exposé of the restaurant industry's seedy..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Headlines

"...MLS team's target of Butler Shores. Council Member Ann Kitchen says she's drafting a resolution that would block the..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature

Managing Secrets

Council's search for city manager may be confidential ... or not

"...seems to be wavering about its commitment to full confidentiality...."

April 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Sweetbitter

by Stephanie Danler

"...cuisine: Danler is deliciously mixing genres here – the kitchen confidential with a bildungsroman about a naif in the..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW: Anthony Bourdain

“I’ll go back to brunch, motherfucker. I don’t care.”

"...that his past, on display in his best-selling memoir Kitchen Confidential, actually led to his success, saying that he’s..."

March 14, 2016 SXSW Post by Kahron Spearman

Can She Take the Heat?

Culinary pros discuss gender inequities

"...Heat: Women Chefs and Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen (Rutgers Press, 231 pp., $27.95)...."

Sept. 3, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Helenowski A documentary about food, family and sacrifice: The kitchen became Curtis Duffy's refuge after an unimaginable tragedy. Now,..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cooking in Context

A conduit for civilization, culture, and technology

"...restaurant cooks of my generation the way Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential eventually would more recent up-and-comers; and Diana Kennedy’s..."

Oct. 17, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Yes, Chef: A Memoir

Confessions of cosmopolitan chef Marcus Samuelsson

"...Ever since Kitchen Confidential, the reading public has developed a taste for..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

What Are You Looking At?

Thanksgiving viewing guide

"...Thanksgiving-themed cooking shows from its vault, including America's Test Kitchen and Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home. Don't blame..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

With Medium Raw, the wit is dry, the humor is laugh-out-oud, the attacks sharp and well-honed

"...Ten years ago Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential shattered the culinary book scene with its funny..."

July 23, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love, and Death in the Kitchen

Sheehan knows how to weave a good story while still being brutally honest about himself

"...Story of Life, Sex, Love, and Death in the Kitchenby Jason Sheehan Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 368 pp., $26..."

May 29, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...(Williamson appealed the decision but this month reached a confidential settlement, under which he is leaving the department and..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...investigators. Looking across the living room and into the kitchen, Bishop first saw an unarmed Hispanic male, later identified..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dinner Partier

Anthony Bourdain comes back to Austin

"...Fox canceled that god-awful show based on you and Kitchen Confidential? Hopefully you were paid up front!..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

NFL Analysis 101: 100 Years of Epicurean, Hedonistic Hound Dogs

Timothy Braun brings you, dear reader, up to date on the AFC North

"...grab Florida A&M's Daniel Parrish. Cincinnati Bengals Printed Comparison: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Epicurean, hedonistic criminals are at..."

April 4, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

In Print

An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany

"...Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and..."

July 28, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Art of the Pot

Art of the Pot, the annual showcase of local and national pottery, is here for your Mother's Day weekend family activity and gifting pleasure

"...Creuset items in San Marcos after 8pm, but the kitchen items I never regret are the handmade pieces. When..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Top Shelf

Austin's latest offerings for a little kitchen reading

"...& Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Gratuitous Advice, Rants, and Revelations

"...of your time. Lastly, if you still haven't read Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...always open, Joycelyn always had something cooking in the kitchen, and Rick often left his keys in his car..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

TV Eye

Next week is a big week in network TV

"...Kitchen Confidential (Fox), Sept. 19 at 7:30pm: The excruciatingly charming..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta got touched by a TV

"...And Bourdain's TV series are iterations of his books (Kitchen Confidential, A Cook's Tour) recounting his ongoing obsessions with..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The flirting has just begun. Yes, it's only the end of July, and yet the networks are already running promos for new shows that may not even premiere until late fall.

"...Kitchen Confidential (Fox): A great ensemble is led by Bradley..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File

More food on TV, openings across Austin, and wine flowing in the streets

"...food TV bonanza, on May 30 Fox premiered Hell's Kitchen, with frequently bleeped British chef Gordon Ramsay heaping verbal..."

June 3, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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