Tropic of Capsaicin

An Exploration of the Hot Dishes in a Hot City, Or Where to Go When You're Not at Waterloo Park

"...mélange (pork, beef, chicken, scallops, shrimp, and squid) with bamboo shoots and zucchini in fiery green curry and coconut..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Japan Without the Pretense

Mimosa delivers more than it promises.

"...wood, rice paper-screened windows, and modern table lighting. A bamboo garden out one window and a courtyard garden flanking..."

July 11, 2003 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

TCB

Hepatitis C and the damage done.

"...Look for a new album in early 2004... NYC's Bamboo Kids will join Issues, 20-Eyed Dragon, and the Revolting..."

June 20, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Noodle-ism

"...the extremely tall ceilings brushed by forests of fat bamboo and graced by floating canopies of suspended red paper..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Hybridity Principle

A diverse, ambitious crop of restaurateurs is feeding Austin's cosmopolitan cravings.

"...success. The architect-designed space is daring and sophisticated, with bamboo veneer, gleaming chrome accents, and bold colors. It's simple..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Cumbia Sobre El Rio

Monterrey's Celso Piña and his 21st Century cumbia

"...a fusion of European accordion, native Indian guacharaca (a bamboo scraper), and African rhythms played on the caja, a..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Second Helpings: Vegetarian

"...minimalist, it is decorated with blond woods, paper lamps, bamboo shades, and glass sculpture. Along with the vast selection..."

March 15, 2002 Food Feature

After a Fashion

"...Greyl products; their hair masque is truly fabulous, the bamboo shampoo divine, and the daytime crème for hair is..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Learning One's Letters

Why was Oscar Wilde's 'Letter to Momma' lurking undiscovered in Texas?

"...on ridiculous images of Charlie Sheen charging through a bamboo thicket and having deep thoughts...."

Feb. 8, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Cafe Mundi

Two Austin Cafes that seem more like hideaways

"...an adjacent, brick-pathed garden plot overrun with banana trees, bamboo, and the usual xeriscape greenery offers similar seating. Scattered..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Changed Forever

Scenes and voices from Austin's reaction to the attacks

"..."When I was in Vietnam, we burned down bamboo huts because we didn't have any choice. It was..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Defying Gravity

With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee took one of the most maligned of cinematic genres -- the kung fu film -- and created an epic many critics (this one included) are calling the year's best movie. We spoke with him about the film's grueling shoot, the refinement it makes to the martial arts genre, and more.

"...is about teaching. And fighting on top of the bamboo was sexy. It's almost like a caress, uninhibited desire...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Lost at Sea and Back Again

Bill Broyles' Extraordinary Adventure Story

"...He built himself a lean-to made of bamboo and palm leaves. He spent a day-and-a-half trying to..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Classical Musicians and Their Instruments

Photo Essay by Bret Brookshire

"..."I make my own reeds from bamboo cane -- a lengthy process for someone who never..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Feature

Food-o-File

Anthony Bourdain is a hot literary dish, Rosa Salas, whose salsa was a huge hit at the recent Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival, is already serving her concoction at a local restaurant, and the details on learning how the ancients ate.

"...such a hot literary dish, Bourdain's forgotten novels Gone Bamboo and Bone in the Throat (BloomsburyUSA, $14.95, paper, both)..."

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

Mr. Smarty Pants

Sex in space!

"...The Chinese call nandinas "heavenly bamboo" and believe that if planted by an entrance, they..."

March 24, 2000 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

When We Were Wolves: Stories

Short reviews of recently published books.

"...built dogsled, beautiful in the way that "old saddles, bamboo fly rods, handmade cowboy boots, beavertail snowshoes, and wooden..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Books Review by Christopher Hess

Zen and the Art of Entree Experimentation

photograph by John Anderson Kyoto

"...best way to describe the atmosphere at Kyoto is bamboo-modernist chic. The sushi bar at one end is adorned..."

July 2, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Italia With & Without

Week One: The Tour

"...view of the sea, and tulips and basil and bamboo furniture in the garden. He found me a place..."

May 28, 1999 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Day Trips

"...a wonderful place to leave the world outside the bamboo fences and enjoy the creations of nature...."

May 21, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Eat the Beetles

"...sweet, nectar-swollen little bellies. In Thailand, they sampled fried bamboo moth larvae, which tasted like salty, crispy shrimp puffs...."

April 2, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Live Shots

Weezer Hoot Night

"...glasses off your face. And what perfection! Drums, crotales, bamboo flutes, and hand cymbals played with Zen elegance, as..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature

Articulations

"...teeter-totter, farewell to the ghouls playing bluegrass among the bamboo, farewell to the Donner Party puppet musical on the..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Heart of the Orient

"...of dishes and kitchen equipment, fresh rice noodles, and bamboo shoots. The produce is cheap, beautiful, and wide-ranging, with..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Postmarks

"...spicy curried chicken dish, mmmm curried chicken ... broccoli, bamboo shoots, a hint of carrot, just heavenly. Add to..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column

Food-O-File

Pure Luck's Pure Skill

"...lunch, a combinationof alu tama (black-eyed peas, potatoes, tomatoes, bamboo shoots, onion, garlic, and spices) and Pulau, a fancy..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Psychoactive Sounds

"...rock, and classical guitar by Kevin McCormick; and Balinese bamboo music. The company is also expanding into multimedia frontiers...."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Feature by David Lynch

Record Reviews

"...a rewrite of "Settle for Love," and "Behind the Bamboo Shade" has somehow found its way onto both albums),..."

May 8, 1998 Music Review

Road Shows

"...FRI 17 Steve Reid's Bamboo Forest, La Zona Rosa..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...Creek and Cypress Creek, are likewise growing faster than bamboo. (Meanwhile, according to SMI's proprietary data, the older subdivisions..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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