TRACE's New Chef: Ben Hightower

Louisiana Boy Heads Up the W Hotel's Signature Restaurant

"...TRACE is the restaurant in the downtown W Hotel, a..."

June 20, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Takoba

Takoba looks the part, but the kitchen is still catching up

"...Over the past 20 years, restaurants have come and gone in the small, nondescript building..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Bombay Express

Bombay Express presents a cornucopia of exotic spices to transform mundane vegetables into works of culinary street-food art

"...flavor of cumin and curry leaves and nary a trace of oiliness. Again, served with coconut chutney and sambar;..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Food Review by Mick Vann

Simply Irresistible

"...(Pecker and Serial Mom). There is, of course, no trace of Waters' naughty subversion here; instead, we have two..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chef Genealogy

Tracing culinary family trees to the roots of four local mentors

"...Making the rounds of restaurant openings the past couple of years, it became apparent..."

Sept. 16, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Life Is Sweet

Three talented restaurant professionals run the show at LaV

"...LaV, the newly opened high-end wine bar and Provençal-inspired restaurant on East Seventh, charming guests as she gently grills..."

May 9, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Food and a Movie

Strategic local restaurant suggestions to enhance your SXSW Film Festival schedule

"...perfect for an after-the-movies dessert outing. The high-end sister restaurant Driskill Grill (604 Brazos) is set in an elegant..."

March 11, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Honey, I'm Home

The bees of Block 21 get busy on top of the W

"...condos, Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater, restaurants, shops, and an underground parking garage...."

May 17, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Have Dinner with Supper Friends

2Dine4 Catering's Swoop House pop-up restaurant offers tasty options

"...Supper Friends is the pop-up restaurant created by 2Dine4 Catering in the cozy Swoop House..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

White Linen Night Announces Lineup

Annual party offers first tastes of Henbit and Contigo Fareground

"...The 2nd Street District announced the restaurant lineup today for the fifth annual White Linen Night..."

July 11, 2017 Food Post by Sierra Diaz

Tiny Live Crappie and Mother's Iced Lemonade Cookies

Citywide 86'd round two offered challenging ingredients

"...audience of friends and co-workers, contestants from four local restaurant kitchens started the day with 25 minutes to prepare..."

March 5, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Central Texas Bee Rescue Inks Honey of a Deal

No-kill bee removers become of one hive mind with Omni Hotels

"...honey is featured prominently on the menu at W’s TRACE restaurant and used in treatments at the AWAY spa...."

Feb. 20, 2014 Food Post by Claire Gordon

Food Events

"...Ribera. Drink Spain. Sample Spanish vintages and bites from Trace restaurant. Reserve tickets online. Sun., April 7, 2-4pm. W..."

April 5, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Three restaurants open as 2010 draws to a close

"...over town. That could explain why all the holiday restaurant openings are attracting so much attention – they're a..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Undiscovered Jewels

Formula One visitors get a taste of Austin's best hotel dining

"...Salem, and I share our thoughts about the hotel restaurants we admire. If you're a guest at one of..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Unwrapping the Package

Beneath all the glitter and glamour at Kenichi lies a restaurant of authentic substance, Chronicle Food writer Rachel Feit observes. Kenichi's executive chef Shane Stark knows more than the fine art of raw fish and rice.

"...essential beauty. Inspired by this Japanese aesthetic, a new restaurant in Austin, Kenichi, seems to have captured the spirit..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Taste of Texas Revisited

Texas' best chefs strut their stuff for festival visitors

"...with a two- or three-bite dish that evokes the restaurant's culinary focus. That dish must travel well; be kept..."

May 10, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-O-File

Local restaurant news never stops

"...Local restaurant news isn't taking a break just because we're faced..."

March 8, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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"

"...with Cherokee stirred in a few generations back. Many traced their American ancestry to well before the Civil War...."

Dec. 7, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Food-O-File

Jodi Elliott branches out with Bribery and other chef comings and goings

"...but Ned Elliott is buying her out of the restaurant they built together. Jodi will step away from daily..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Local Is as Local Does

Why area farmers want you to beware of faux local

"...is hot all around the country just now, prompting restaurants, grocery stores, and produce distributors to use the "We..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food Events

Sharpen your wits and your appetite with this week's 'Meal Times'

"...card or drop off a business card at the restaurant by Aug. 31. Winner will be announced Sept. 10...."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

As the hotel system's only official forager, Valerie Broussard brings chefs and farmers together at the W

"...Calif., was the first place to designate a full-time restaurant forager with the job of combing the vicinity for..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Food-O-File

Another day, another barbecue dynasty fracas

"...she's the executive pastry chef for the upcoming LaV restaurant (1501 E. Seventh), which opens in early 2014. She's..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...followed one another to a Jack in the Box restaurant on Airport Boulevard, not far from Chester's Club on..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Asia Cafe

The best and most authentic Chinese in town?

"...foreign graduate students, who provide excellent recommendations on international restaurants around town. A friend's lab partner had told us..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Food Review by Mick Vann

In Fabric

Marianne Jean-Baptiste says yes yes yessss to the dress

"...sink drama and Italian giallo kink as Without a Trace star Marianne Jean-Baptiste gets to bring back her native..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Food-O-File

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

"...tartare by the new Say laV trailer (and eventual restaurant) and a goat curry from Congress. There were also..."

May 17, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Chinatown chef worth writing (by hand) about

"...the reader advocates to turn his new favorite Chinese restaurant into a fine-dining mecca, but Hunan Lion is certainly..."

July 13, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

New spirits wizardry at the Alamo Drafthouse, a food court recovery at Highland Mall, and more food news

"...Now for a lightning round of local restaurant news: Stewart Scruggs and Mark Paul last week announced..."

July 15, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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