A Texan Does Toscana

While it's obvious that hours of work making stocks, sauces, marinades, and custards go into the production of every meal at Siena, the end result is an array of hearty and robust peasant dishes elegant in their simplicity and true to their heritage.

"...Dinner: Sun-Thu, 5:30-10pm; Fri-Sat, 5:30-11pm..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Express Success

Sometimes a Round Rock Express game resembles a combination county fair and amusement park : with the baseball game as background more than a sporting event.

"...It's been 30 minutes since the last out of the Round Rock Express' 3-1 victory..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Sports Feature by Mike Butts

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?

"...I know, I know, complaining about the heat only makes it worse. A long string of..."

July 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dining del Lago

Lakeside Dining 2000: Many Restaurants, Not Much Water

"...The Travis Room at Lakeway Inn 101 Lakeway Drive, 261-6600..."

July 7, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Collective Sole

City Grill hasn't lost its stride, Barbara Chisholm writes. In its early days, it was one of a few spots in Austin that offered good dining in a sophisticated atmosphere. These days, the competition in that arena is considerably more intense, and yet it remains popular and perfectly in style. It's not an easy trick.

"...Some images become so seared in the collective mind, they are indelible and instantly recognizable. Many..."

June 30, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Toying With Tradition

Lots has changed of late at the Empanada Parlour, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry writes, but the restaurant's festive little pockets stuffed with spirited meat, vegetable, and fruit blends are as delicious as ever, and continue to enjoy a dedicated local following.

"...The Empanada Parlour707-709 E. Sixth, 480-8902..."

June 16, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Book Reviews

Southerners, Strange Foreigners, and Unabashed Perverts

"...When 17-year-old Fay Jones walked out of the woodlands of rural Mississippi in the middle of Larry..."

June 2, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Holiday in Town

Bed, Breakfast, and a Whole Lot More

"...Vic Dwyer decided to relocate to Austin in 1991, their hearts were set on owning a small piece of..."

May 26, 2000 Features Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Bahn, Bahn, Bahn ...

Apparently, most Austinites don't know that New Braunfels' Schlitterbahn Waterpark has a resort.

"..."Whoa, look at that, dude," piped one of the kids from the back seat of the car. "Oh,..."

May 26, 2000 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

2000 Restaurant Poll Index

"...Basil's, 900 W. Tenth, 477-5576BEST ROMANTIC DINNER SPOT..."

May 12, 2000 Food Feature

Readers Poll

"...HONORABLE MENTIONGüero's Taco Bar, Z'Tejas Grill, Thai KitchenBEST BARBECUEThe Salt LickRUNNERS-UPCounty Line, Ruby's BBQ, Rudy's..."

May 12, 2000 Food Feature

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...especially now, when it's not even necessary to leave the house for groceries. But for someone who must have..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Waiting Game

"...by: Ken Liotti. Starring: Daniel Riordan, Michael Raynor, Terumi Matthews, Eddie Malavarca, Dwight Ewell, Debbon Ayer and Will Arnett...."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sk8 Baby Sk8

Austin author Inga Muscio (Cunt, Seal Press) reflects on her experience as a badass skateboard babe and wonders why more women in Austin don't fancy life on four wheels.

"...trauma, alien abduction, and disease are among some of the things that might cause a quality-of-life epiphany. However, motivation..."

April 7, 2000 Features Feature by Inga M. Muscio

Coach's Corner

Coach postulates that free-throw percentage determines longevity in the NCAAtournament, bitches about concession food at Frank Erwin Center.

"...Reflections on the NCAA tournament ... A new universal absolute. After many..."

March 31, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...The movie distributors compartmentalize the year by season -- summer,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fish Out of Water

Seasick and Solitary on the Sandy Beaches Cruise

"...I didn't know exactly what to expect going into the Delbert McClinton Sandy Beaches Cruise, suffice it to say..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Sated, Somewhat

Dining North by Northwest

"...Texas liquor laws were changed in 1993 to allow the operation of brewpubs, I've enjoyed the casual ambiance and..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Beefed-up

"This is food you know; there are no surprises," Chronicle food writer Barbara Chisholm declares about Ray's Steakhouse.

"...My brother is 6'6" tall. Although not Texan by birth, he..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Homegrown Don Quixotes

Austin writer Neal Barrett Jr.'s latest mind-over-matter comic thriller, Interstate Dreams, "has an oddly disorienting effect," Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea writes.

"...a license to use or abuse reality any way they see fit. They can abide by the rules of..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

I’m From Hollywood

"...by: Lynne Margulies. Starring: Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler. The last two screenings went over so well that the..."

Jan. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Feasts That Define the Millennium

Food, the Original Commodity

"...The past millennium has witnessed profound changes in the ways..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

1999 Austin Film Releases

A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.

"...Following is the complete list of all the films released for theatrical..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

Food-o-File

In this week's edition of Food-o-file, Austin Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood looks ahead to the looming local culinary possibilities in 2000.

"...Based on the upcoming local culinary possibilities, 2000 looks like a great..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Mother, Jugs, & Speed

What It Takes to Win at Video Games

"...this little routine whenever we go to check out the video games at Northcross Mall. As we head to..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

My Breakfast With Blassie

"...Starring: Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie. In recognition of the release of Man on the Moon, The Alamo Drafthouse..."

Dec. 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...In your article "A Full Plate" [Nov. 19], there appears to be more carbohydrates than meat and potatoes...."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Coach's Corner

Coach's time at the Boulders proves far from Carefree.

"...The town of Carefree is located about an hour north..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Doing Sports the Craig Way

Mike Butts profiles sports stats man and voice of the Texas Longhorns, broadcaster Craig Way, of KVET's Sports Day and Fox Sports Southwest's High School Extra Live.

"...sports-crazed mind. It's a Thanksgiving night, and he's foregoing the traditional after-meal living-room couch flop to broadcast a high..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Features Feature by Mike Butts

Go, Girl! Go!

A father beams as her records his daughter's first season as a middle school football player.

"...My Daughter, Dani, is trying out for the middle school football team. The stud. No girl has..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Features Feature by Phillip Schmandt

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