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Rebecca Rather Closes the Pink Pig
Bakery and cafe was popular wine country dining destination
"...Pastry Queen Rebecca Rather has actively promoted her Pink Pig Bakery & Cafe..."

Aug. 20, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Sour Duck Market’s Fried Sweet Potatoes (and Goat Cheese Onion Dip) Recipe
Shouldn’t be too hard; now if we could only bake bread like they do
"...Sometimes, rather than using a sweet potato or yam to craft..."

April 25, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Short Film “Sweet Steel” Tells Heartfelt Story of Suicide
Austin filmmaker Will Goss on his new film about depression
"...Welcome to Short and Sweet, the Chronicle’s spotlight on short films at SXSW. One..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Short and Sweet: "The Recordist"
Award-winning short plays with ASMR psychohorror
"...Welcome to Short and Sweet, our look at short films playing at Austin Film..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: ‘Life Is Sweet
What a gorgeous ensemble of oddballs and misfits
"...of his director’s commentary to confide that Life Is Sweet is his least favorite film. Even Leigh admits it’s..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Roam Sweet Home
Filmmaker Ellen Spiro and the Texas Documentary Tour
"...work -- she lives her work. The documentary, Roam Sweet Home, is a meandering and intensely poetic look at..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Spider House Is Gone, Sweet Ritual’s on Hiatus, Kerlin’s Got Brisket-Filled Kolaches, Home Slice Celebrates National Pizza Day, Jo’s Coffee Hosts Annual Chili Cook-Off, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...It wasn’t the quick combustion of fire but, rather, the slow erosion from various aspects of Our Pandemic..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Big Sweet Life
"...better things in this world in songs like "Big Sweet Life," while still keeping his sly wit sharp. He's..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Slum, Sweet Slum?
An Annual Look at My Own Backyard
"...(None of these ideas targeted specific board members, but rather board seats held, in theory, by one or another..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Finding the Sweet Spot
Mayor, Council seek consensus on a transportation bond
"...in general support of a possible bond – but rather than specific transportation projects, she briefly addressed the question..."

June 21, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Gay Place: Sweet Nothings
Bedpost poetry is back
"...sex-poz, justice and fairness-poz babes, like our Bedposters. Their sweet nothings are something. Something fierce, for sure. Bedpost returns..."

May 29, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Frank Ocean's Sweet Life
Live Shot of Odd Future rapper at La Zona Rosa last night
"...a TV screen wall, Ocean's neo-soul shown early on "Sweet Life," sexy commentary on the dangers of wealth. The..."

July 20, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Home Sweet Home
"...quality of the venue. People drive here because they'd rather see bands at Strange Brew than in their own..."

July 25, 2014 Music Feature

Life Is Sweet
Three talented restaurant professionals run the show at LaV
"...give her exposure, we're going to make her great,' rather than focusing on her skills." For men, the assumption..."

May 9, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

I'd Much Rather Be With the Girls
What a box set should be:'One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found'
"...should be. It's your mother's taffeta prom dress whispering sweet nothings in the back of the closet, layered in..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Stay Sweet, BFF, KIT
'Freaks and Geeks' fans and their bittersweet assembly at the Alamo
"...numbness, nicotine withdrawal, or the thwarted urge to eliminate. Rather, it's the prolonged chafing sensation produced by the show's..."

June 10, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Home, Sweet Home
(Or Slum, Slum, Slum?)
"...he paid the fine levied by the Attorney General rather than taking the case to court, which would have..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Foot Fist Way
Faux documentary about a strip-mall kung-fu sensei without the sense to come in out of the pain has moments of laugh-out-loud greatness but also much dopiness.
"...on both his ass and his wife). There's a rather sweet message here about not giving up on one's..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bratz
Bring some bratitude and a passion for fashion, and you'll be almost as giddy as a 10-year-old girl.
"...Jade (Parrish), Sasha (Browning), and Cloe (Shaye) are actually rather sweet, though their “passion for fashion” is unabated. The..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Think Pink
Pastry Queen and the Pink Pig proprietor Rebecca Rather keeps giving us reasons to drive to Fredericksburg
"...the last two decades should be familiar with Rebecca Rather. She was the co-owner of Rather Sweet Bakery and..."

May 17, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Austin Powers in Goldmember
"...he's like some mad genius running on Ritalin and Sweet Tarts, rooting out the charm in every crass moment...."

July 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Monsters vs. Aliens
In this animated film, a misfit band of monsters unleashed from quarantine defend Earth from an alien invader.
"...Conrad Vernon. Back in 2007, DreamWorks mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg rather boldly stated that he intended to only release films..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hanging Garden
"...or celebrate its ghosts. The Hanging Garden begins as Sweet William (Leavins) returns to his childhood home to attend..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cape of Good Hope
There's a sweet bent to this simple South African film about a multicultural group of employees at a Cape Town animal shelter who find both goodness and hope in their troubled lives.
"...goodness and hope in their troubled lives has a sweet bent to it. It’s not a terribly sophisticated movie,..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Whole Woman
The profound underexposure of women among Austin's food luminaries causes one to wonder whether a certain locker-room mentality still prevails in kitchens around the city.
"...whom now work in upper-level positions in restaurants. Rebecca Rather is the chef and owner of the Rather Sweet..."

May 5, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

King Ranch
Bring your appetite and a healthy Western palate to Ranch 616.
"...their hangout. Along with partners Darryl Sneary and Rebecca Rather, Williamson and Gerhardt found a smallish building on the..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File
More Barbecue
"...include afternoon tea with a prix fixe menu of sweet and savory delicacies, plus delicious, light summer dishes based..."

June 25, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Imagine That
Eddie Murphy has made an agreeable, family-friendly, kid-centric film without – lo and behold – a single fart joke.
"...Trading Places, the scathing stand-up of Raw, and the sweet-natured romance of Coming to America in what now feels..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Still Breathing
"...McKean and Junior Brown. Fletcher McBracken (Fraser) is a sweet, dreamy young man who suffers the same curse that..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The To Do List
The twist in this raunchy loss-of-virginity comedy starring Aubrey Plaza is that it comes from a teenage girls' perspective.
"...the ratings board the vapors. In fact, there’s something rather retro-sweet about The To Do List, with its pre-Internet..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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