The Year in Food

The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about

"...DUCK This seasonal treat features a puff of airy borscht topped with roasted beets, house-made crème fraîche and potato..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Dancing Circles

Dai Due's sure footing

"...to the red cortido and crema, like parsley on borscht. Dai Due Fish Soup (the supper club entrée) is..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The Farmers’ Market Report: Feb. 15-16, 2014

Strawberries, strawberry gelato, avocados, and smoked oysters

"...company is continuing to diversify their soup offerings, adding Borscht to this week’s lineup. They have also started selling..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys

"...Before he became the world's first redneck Borscht Belt noir novelist and the Man Who Should Have..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Get Booked

Big names and newcomers delight in this collection of recent releases

"...Perfect for: J-school dropouts, beef borscht fans, mothers, daughters..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home

"...latkes, chopped chicken liver, knishes, four different styles of borscht, four different styles of chicken salad, egg salad, chopped..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

DVDanger: 'Hatchet III'

Gleefully signing up for the Hatchet Army

"...arguably the beginning of Freddy's transition from monster to borscht belt comedian...."

Aug. 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'The Incredible Melting Man'/'Swamp Thing'

Morphing, melting and transmogrification clog up your screens

"...in horror from the old couple pulling some terrible borscht belt routine in a lemon grove. Meanwhile his old..."

Aug. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...away from the Carnegie Deli table where those half-dozen Borscht Belters were regaling each other with yarns about killer..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Conference Unleashes First-Wave Programming

Introducing the Startup Alley and Come & Capture Film Factory

"...Puppets and Fair Use (Organized by Lucas Leyva / Borscht Corporation)..."

Oct. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Where He Got That Pony

Steven Wright on his inspirations and stand-up origins

"...a comic so deadpan since Jackie Vernon schlepped the Borscht Belt. Wright was an original, and he continues to..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Perry's Poll Dance

Our governor's free fall is almost too painful to watch

"...Top 10 list (plans for follow-up tours of the Borscht Belt and the Chitlin' Circuit are way premature)...."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

A cast that knows funny lands the laughs in Neil Simon's comedy about comedy

"...selling the zingers of his character, Milt, with a Borscht Belt lilt. There's Steve Shearer, playing the amiable Russian-born..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France

A guided tour of the many threads that weave the tapestry of French Jewish cooking

"...French classics. And still others, like the cold, creamy borscht or the Moroccan eggplant-and-pepper salad (aptly named salade juive),..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Stranger Than Paradise

Tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, All Tomorrow's Parties stages a music festival for its own

"...peels at most corners. The lone survivor of the Borscht Belt grand resorts, Kutsher's offers a bohemian rhapsody tucked..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

Sandra Bernhard returns to Austin for We're Still Queer Honey!

"...I like to break it up with some old-school, Borscht Belt relief. Although obviously it's tongue in cheek. It's..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Austin on Broadway: More Shooting Stars Than Ever

There have never been as many Austinites in Broadway shows as there are now

"...That kid, we think he is actually an 80-year-old Borscht Belt veteran trapped in a 12-year-old body. That kid..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Holiday Cookbook Roundup

Gift Guide

"...it's a bacon, goat cheese, and sweet-onion pie; Russian borscht; beef-stuffed plantains; or braised Japanese pork belly. For those..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Babble For Your Soul

Babble for Your Soul is a rare opportunity to see live theatre with very minimal commitment and the pleasure of being entertained, engaged, perhaps edified

"...click. Bouncing between a kind of dated contemporary satire, Borscht Belt-inflected wordsmithing, and deep philosophical questions about God, class,..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Juke Joint Blues

Blues Boy Hubbard strolls down Eastside Austin's Chitlin' Circuit memory lane

"...also was the first black man to own a borscht belt hotel). These, Barnett explains, were the pioneers who..."

July 13, 2007 Music Feature by Jonny Meyers

In Print

'Made You Laugh: The Funniest Moments in Radio, Television, Stand-Up, and Movie Comedy'

"...to cultural juggernauts. From radio's golden age to the Borscht Belt to Chris Rock, Made You Laugh documents the..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by Jeff Tonn

Articulations

A pair of dancing Hungarian sisters led to a trio of Obie Awards for sometime Austinites Katie Pearl and Lisa D'Amour and their friend and collaborator Kathy Randels.

"...life story in Eastern European accents as thick as borscht. The show played only one weekend at the HERE..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Double D'Amour

In one week, Austin is blessed with two theatrical projects by gifted playwright Lisa D'Amour: her 16 Spells to Charm the Beast, a curious romance between a big-city enchantress and the fairy-tale beast who adores her; and Nita and Zita, a cabaret in which the ghosts of two sisters relate the story of their lives as a vaudeville team and as eccentric "gypsy ladies" in New Orleans in dance numbers, songs, and malapropisms.

"...served up in Eastern European accents as thick as borscht. They premiered Nita and Zita in New Orleans last..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Back Room Bangers Vol. 69

"...whips out is his big schtick. "It's like a Catskills/Borscht Belt schtick, only more nasty," he says. "It's a..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Young, Loud, and Cheap

The Skunks were a band. A loud one.

"...respectively. And then there was "Telewoman," perhaps the best Borscht Belt schtick/punk rock song ever made, courtesy of the..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Final Judges

Profiles of the Short Story Contest judges.

"...that centers on my brief tour with a fifth-rate Borscht Belt comedian as a go-go dancer in Tokyo. My..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature

Spanking Watson: A Novel

Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea gives Kinky Friedman's new novel, Spanking Watson, a lukewarm reception.

"...books ago, mind) is now shopworn with repetition. Perhaps Borscht Belt comics could recycle their routine for a different..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

Kosher Certification

"...From macaroons to jarred borscht to many-flavored matzoh, Jews rely on packaged "Kosher for..."

March 26, 1999 Food Feature

Natural Appeal

"...trade songs, they may have met their match in Borscht Belt throwback and Texas Jewboy Kinky Friedman. The "Kinkstah,"..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Record Reviews

"...suites haunted by Marsh's wordless vocals. "Homage" and "Ballad Borscht," both guided by Bob Rodriguez's piano work, round out..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Review

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