Sweet Heat

The 16th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

"...Ever since the festival formerly known as the Saveur Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival got a divorce..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

Austin in the Big Apple

If Texas food can make it here, it can make it anywhere. MM Pack explains.

"...Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival Takes Manhattan by..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Warm up for summer with frozen margs and fests around Texas

"...the U.S., and the largest man-made structure in South Texas...."

May 1, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

What Makes Wine 100% Texan

Texas lawmakers debate state grapes

"...For the second time this decade, Texas lawmakers are fighting to ensure that winemakers laying claim..."

May 31, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Dripping With Taste Wine & Food Festival

The Dripping With Taste Festival finds a new home at the Texas Hill Country Olive Company

"...Texas Hill Country Olive Company (2530 W. Fitzhugh Rd., Dripping..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Unlike any other that we have had in Central Texas, a separate vote is required in my congressional race...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column

Food-o-File

Wrapping up the 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...Festival Wrap-Up In reflecting on the 20th annual Saveur Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival, I can report..."

April 22, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood loads up your plate with events and a piece of the Big Apple.

"...Hilbert Maldonado and his entire family invite you to Hill-Bert's Burgers (3303 N. Lamar, 452-2317) for their 30th anniversary..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Robert Earl Keen

Inside REK's inner sanctum, the "Scriptorium"

"...Earl Keen's Rosetta Ranch spreads serenely across the West Texas landscape. There's little movement or activity on the 500..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Day Trips

Stonehenge II beckons from its home near the Point Theater in Ingram

"...sculpture used to sit in a meadow surrounded by hills on a country road outside of Hunt. Unlike its..."

April 13, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-O-File

"...Hill Country vintners are certainly busy this month. Hot on..."

April 11, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

J. Scott Brownlee's Requiem for Used Ignition Cap

J. Scott Brownlee's first full-length poetry collection brings him back to Llano, powerfully

"...Every poem in the book is deeply rooted in Hill Country soil, with evocations of caliche, live oaks and..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Southwestern Concept Goes South

chavez is a better-than-average hotel restaurant, but is that enough to attract locals?

"...a term that evokes the late Eighties aesthetic of Texas and New Mexico celebrity chefs Stephan Pyles and Mark..."

June 20, 2014 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Holiday Gift Guide

Shopping ideas from the Chronicle News staff

"...2009 Texas Hill Country Calendar..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

The Best of Food in 2007

Best Bites of 2007

"...were a real revelation – the perfect burst of Hill Country summer flavor on the tongue...."

Jan. 4, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Election Notes

Prop. 2 will shape the way the area develops at a time when the community is trying to decide for itself what sort of neighborhood it wants to be

"...– and that's all before you get to Oak Hill, where things are really personal...."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...The sun is just coming up over the East Texas horizon as our aging, beat-up sedan cruises down U.S...."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Food-o-File

Travel Advisory

"...Brett Tisdale, Basil's owner Marshall Slacter, Chronicle contributor Meredith Phillips, and soon-to-be Italian restaurant partners Stan Adams and chef..."

April 16, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Opinion: In Permian Highway Pipeline Fight, Property Rights Are the Answer

Eminent domain reform allows us to protect our environment and the rights of Texas landowners simultaneously

"...few things closer to our collective imagination than iconic Texas landscapes and the wildlife that fills them. An ongoing..."

May 1, 2020 Column by Cutter W. González

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Over 70 Texas fairs, fests, fetes, and more

"...It’s harvest season in Texas with lots of spooky fun festivals and a round..."

Oct. 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-o-File

Wine and dine your valentine, chefs play matchmakers with a Texas food and wine competition, and more cheese, please

"...The Texas Hill Country is a very popular wine travel destination,..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Liquid Assets

Wes Marshall knows how to celebrate his wines, and he's willing to share that information in this week's "Liquid Assets."

"...Food Fest Take a short drive through the lovely Hill Country on Saturday, Oct. 26, and go to the..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Liquid Assets

Chronicle wine expert Wes Marshall serves up the latest best deals to wine lovers in Austin and updates readers on the festivities surrounding this year's Texas Hill Country Wine Lovers' Trail.

"...to some of the best wine makers in that country. Yet, for some reason that I've never been able..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Coach's Corner

On a drive through the Hill Country and up to West Texas, Coach falls in love with the land all over again.

"...I'd forgotten why I settled for life in the Texas Hill Country. At about the time 183 reached Lampasas..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Day Trips

By the books: two new tomes to whet your traveler's appetite for adventure

"...Walking Hill Country Towns: 38 Unique Walks in the Texas Hill..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-O-File

"...enjoy many of the events I covered at the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festivals in 1996 and..."

April 17, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

March out there and celebrate spring

"...strawberries, plus lots of other ways to enjoy a Texas spring...."

Feb. 28, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Fall into fun!

"...time for Buddy Holly’s birthday, the State Fair of Texas, and a host of activities in between...."

Aug. 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Hill Country Property

Passion, compromise, and human frailty figure large in this touching and funny Texas novel

"...birth-of-a-boom year is the anchor of Jim Sanderson's novel Hill Country Property, which trails Roger Jackson, a private detective..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Day Trips

Christmas-light displays are one of the many holiday traditions that all ages seem to enjoy with equal enthusiasm

"...Almost every town and village in the Hill Country has some sort of lighting display, but the..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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