Farmers’ Market Report: Jan 25-26, 2014

Breathtaking tomatoes, local lemons, Dai Due, and duck eggs

"...The local greenhouse tomatoes are pouring into the Farmers’ Markets, and here is the photographic evidence. These are the..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers Market Report: April 20-21

Perfect conditions this weekend

"...this weekend, in the seventies with cool breezes: perfect market weather...."

April 19, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers Market Report: December 1

Another week with no freeze!

"...8-day forecast – we could get one more pre-freeze market, but I wouldn’t count on it...."

Nov. 29, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Farmers’ Market Report: March 22-23, 2014

Feta, spring vegetables, lavender, and asparagus, if you're lucky

"...bringing tender, young asparagus to the Barton Creek Farmers’ Market and the Mueller Farmers’ Market. You have to get..."

March 21, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers Market Report: November 17

Gearing up for Thanksgiving

"...streets on one side of the Downtown SFC Farmers Market, and it probably will make getting to that market..."

Nov. 15, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers Market Report: May 25-26, 2013

Peaches, Blackberries, and Lobster Rolls

"...are going to be Hill Country peaches at the markets this weekend! The peach crop is going to be..."

May 24, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers Market Report: April 28-29

Farmers Markets shift a few hundred yards in either direction

"...the biggest news this week is that the SFC Markets (Downtown and Sunset Valley) now have a fishmonger! Yvonne..."

April 26, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers Market Report: July 27-28, 2013

Baking pears, watermelon, sweet peppers, popcorn

"...butter, or anything where pears are cooked. The sweet supermarket Bartlett pears are great for eating out of hand,..."

July 26, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers Market Report: February 2-3

It might be Spring already

"...will be at both the Sunset Valley and Downtown Markets this Saturday. They had some feral hog action this..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Gay Place

Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer

"...of Austin's most talented painters, photographers, comics, and more. Marmalade Market celebrates intersectional feminism all night Saturday. Sunday, skip..."

May 26, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Food-O-File

New menus, remodeling, and a fresh crop of weekends for Austin Restaurant Week? Spring has sprung in the Austin foodie scene.

"...for their recent silver medal in Great Britain's Dalemain Marmalade Awards for their blood orange and lavender marmalades. They..."

April 4, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Fresh and the Cured

Two local charcuterie wizards surf the old wave

"...On a blustery, cold Sunday at HOPE Market, the aroma and smoke draw you toward Ben Runkle's..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Virginia B. Wood's Best Bites of 2008

Sweet and savory seasonal favorites

"...picnic-style fried chicken, hot biscuits with lemon curd and marmalade – bring it on!..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Place of Honor

Twelve rounds between Hiroko Shimbo and Tyson Cole

"...work on Japanese cuisine. She was teaching at Central Market Cooking School in spring 2003, and I had the..."

June 1, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Giveable City

The treat of Austin eats

"...Marseillais' Confiture de Tomates – a delicious sweet-tangy-spicy tomato marmalade – over crackers or French bread slices and top..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...in 2020 was one of enthusiastic growth for the market, particularly in Texas who had just passed the Beer-to-Go..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

In Brief

A few other spots not to be overlooked

"...here that it's hard to keep up. The Mandola's Market (12815 Shops Pkwy. #400) is doing a land-office business,..."

July 1, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Lightning Strikes

Austin's Food scene hits the big time

"...topped with slivers of foie gras and sweet onion marmalade. David Garrido paired his crispy oysters, the most popular..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...put her California home and business partnership on the market and moved to Texas, lock, stock, and soup pot...."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Simply Sensational Desserts / Room for Dessert

"...interested when new baking books show up on the market. However, in recent years my interest has been tempered..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Inside Sightseer Coffee's Roasting Operation

"...any bean blend before it gets officially sent to market. The blended beans are ground, placed in multiple cups,..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Photo Gallery

VOX Table

Dining for Austin's next generation

"...I realize such presentation creates buzz in a crowded market, and I don't blame chef Joe Anguiano for including..."

July 31, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Burger Mary and the Carnivore's Ball

A few things you should know about the annual meat-fest.

"...of savory pork pound cake (!) with Fresno pepper marmalade provided by Jack Perkins and the Slow Bone gang..."

Oct. 30, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fermentation Party in Your Mouth

New fermentation books rounded up

"...geared for small spaces and batches, and all farmers’ market friendly, span categories ranging from naturally fermented soda pop..."

July 22, 2013 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Food-O-File

With so many freezes, Fredericksburg's not looking so peachy-keen this year

"...for sale this weekend at the Barton Creek Farmers Market, and some of his later-ripening varieties are still looking..."

May 17, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook

Now I think you're ready for this jelly

"...acreage, has been on the forefront of the farmers' market and locavore movements, and unsurprisingly also boasts premier organic,..."

May 27, 2011 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Liquid Assets

Holiday Wines

"...wine paired with Mirabelle's Pork Porterhouse With Acorn Squash Marmalade and was again stunned at the quality the Trimbach..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...Circle Jerks), menages de trois, and from the "Lady Marmalade" disco song, Voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?"..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Sam Choy's Island Flavors

"...with bread crumbs and macadamia nuts, and sautéed. The marmalade was composed of pineapple, papaya, cape gooseberries, mint, and..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Food Feature