Final Flowering

With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.

"...Based on the popular novel by Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree is the tale of..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

For the new year, resolve to support the new in the local arts scene. Here are several new projects that would welcome support.

"...commission this work, based on the popular novel by Olive Ann Burns about an unlikely romance in a small..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Best Bites

The Cuisines Staff Noshes Through 2000

"...fresh salsas, dips, fresh roasted corn, focaccia, guacamole, tortilla Española, Tres Leches cake, Tomato Tonic Bloody Marys, Live Oak..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Critics Poll 2000

"...Jay Trachtenberg: Honky Tonk & Western Swing Bash, Texicalli Grille, SXSW 2000..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature

Potluck at the Pedernales

'Chronicle' Cuisine Writers Prepare a Feast

"...2 tbsp olive oil..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Food Feature by MM Pack

A Place, a Time, a Memory

The Meaning of Thanksgiving

"...in the simplest of fashions, either lightly grilled, or sautéed with a bit of olive oil, garlic, salt, and..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Food Feature by MM Pack

Good Taste

You spontaneously slow down and breathe easier when you enter Basil's, Barbara Chisholm writes. This is not a hipster hot spot that is peopled with folks checking the door to see if someone more interesting than their current partner has entered. People come here to concentrate on each other without distraction.

"...as does aglio e olio (spaghetti with a garlic olive oil sauce), which is paired with fettuccine rather than..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Public Notice

Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers.

"...The beginning of the Nineties seemed like the dove, olive branch, and rainbow after the flood of the decade..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Operatic Success

La Traviata, a new Italian Trattoria in downton Austin, is a smashing new eatery which hopefully has many years of innovation and success ahead.

"...Our entrée choices that evening were equally impressive. I chose Spaghettini..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Doubting Thomas

Newly elected Council Member Danny Thomas is in a position to end the fighting over the Place 6 council seat.

"...a novitiate who too quickly aligned with Griffith, the bête noire of the Chamber of Commerce's grow-and-go agenda. To..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Take Out the Heat

Sure, complaining about the heat only makes it worse. A long string of 100 degree days presents an unsolvable problem but it just so happens that there's one summer problem we can solve. What to do about dinner on a day when the ambient blast furnace is stuck in the triple digits and operating any appliance hotter than a microwave is a sure sign of madness? Where to go, what to buy, how to put a tasty meal on the table without working up a sweat?

"...Suzann Garde keeps the Chef's Case packed with tantalizing entrées, soups and side dishes, an ever-changing menu featuring 55..."

July 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Your Name Here

Austin is becoming famous for its local brands; Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood reveals why.

"...homegrown restaurant chain, The Nighthawk, packaged some of their entrées as a line of frozen foods which ultimately outlasted..."

July 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Liquid Assets

A new column by Chronicle wine writer Wes Marshall that spotlights affordable wine choices and offers food pairing advice to complement them.

"...favorite pasta with a healthy dose of extra virgin olive oil. Serve with a piece of crusty bread and..."

July 28, 2000 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Cruel Summer

Kate X Messer remembers Lisa Davis: professional photographer, Austin music scenester, activist, suicide victim.

"...long time. It was one of those Austin rock & roll nights that people move here for, one of..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Snot Flap Manifesto

Snot-nosed Chronicle commentator Wayne Alan Brenner comments on the nature of mucous and somehow relates all this to one the great deities of the Roman Age. Okay!

"...your nostril and send The Flap whizzing like an olive-green bullet from the moist barrel of your snout...."

June 30, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dancing About Architecture

House of Blues breaks ground at Southpark Meadows where the old stage will be replaced, but not before Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic.

"...Sequoia in a car accident on the evening of June 4. Alyn's book I Say Me for a Parable,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Holiday In Town

Bed, Breakfast, and a Whole Lot More

"...The buildings are design firm Lake/Flato's magnificent, olive-green reconsideration of the 1936 originals, and they manage to..."

May 26, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World

"...class, and politics, the book's subjects include Gertrude Stein, Anaïs Nin, Marina Tsvetaeva, Ayn Rand, Zora Neale Hurston, Doris..."

May 5, 2000 Books Review by Stacy Bush

The Happy Kitchen

During classes at La Cocina Alegre (The Happy Kitchen) Food School, participants learn how to economically provide and prepare fresh, nutritious meals for their families.

"...Pasta with Beans & Vegetables..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature

True to Their (New) Roots

The Loiacono family, who own Bellagio Italian Bistro, apparently believe in two cornerstones of traditional cuisine -- fresh ingredients and sizable portions. They pride themselves in making upward of 30 different pastas on the premises : from bright spinach fettucine to rippled radiatore and ribbon-edged tagliatelle.

"...covered in a thin pesto-like sauce of fragrant basil, olive oil, and plenty of garlic. Crispy strips of prosciutto..."

April 21, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Class Credit

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...Winter Roasting & Braisingwith Bruce Aidells..."

March 24, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Tocai

"...sparkling wines on the planet: Zardetto Prosecco ($19) and François Montand Brut ($19). When was the last time you..."

March 24, 2000 Food Review by Wes Marshall

All in The Timing: Word Up!

Ada Calhoun critiques the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre's production of All in the Timing

"...clad Ronit Schlam walks onstage with a sign introducing, à la the WWF, Sure Thing, the first of David..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Thistle Cafe

"...crisp romaine lettuce, thin-sliced red onion, tomato, and kalamata olives...."

Feb. 4, 2000 Food Review by Rachel Feit

The Statesman of the House

Meredith Phillips shares space with a persnickety purebred named Winston.

"...staying up all night to slurp Rioja and spit olive pits on the floor, stomp out flashy flamencos, and..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Features Feature by Meredith Phillips

Edibles in Isolation

Send Me to a Desert Island, but Let Me Have My ...

"...I need olive oil too, but I'll have that on my person..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature

Cookbook Reviews

Eating Between the Lines

"...and unexceptional. Pastrami is tender, though tame with salt. Consommé is light, but bland. Pickles are dully under-brined. I..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Food Feature by Ronna Welsh

Desserts

"...Desserts by Pierre Hermé..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Food Feature by Ronna Welsh

Articulations

The loss of the architects for the new Blanton Museum of Art; a home for the Rude Mechanicals.

"...Auf Wiedersehn, Herzog & de Meuron..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Weir Cooking: Recipes From the Wine Country

"...Divided by subject, such as "The Olive Harvest," "The Meat of the Matter," and "Gathering From..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Food Review by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

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