Iron Chef

By the time Caritas' Velda Melendez finally realized that cooking could mean a career, she realized it also meant 450 lunches five days a week – and not just during the holidays

"...perfect yeast rolls, and my cousin baked wonderful seven-layer cakes. I was a shy kid who didn't ask a..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Assimilated Appetite

Does Thai Tara aim to please the American palate at the expense of traditional tastes?

"...We started with the Tod Mun ($4.50) fish cakes. The fish cakes had good consistency and flavor, and..."

June 25, 2004 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Elegance Out of Town

Monica's 701 is fine dining, indeed

"...dishes, like the Pecan French Toast and the Cornmeal Pancakes, both served with ancho maple syrup, were very tempting...."

April 23, 2004 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

South Austin Treasures

Green Pastures and the Broken Spoke: two old-timers getting better with age

"...our meal. My 11-year-old tried the Sautéed Gulf Crab Cakes with julienne vegetables and lemon-caper butter ($16), and I..."

March 5, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Comfort, Upgraded

Zax Pints & Plates mixes boutique beers and a bistro menu – with predictably mixed results

"...have come to signify American bistro cuisine: fluffy crab cakes made from Gulf blue crabmeat ($6), classic Caesar salad..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

A Baker's Half-Dozen

The best books of the season on breads, pastries, and desserts

"...book is the third in her "Great" series (Great Cakes won a James Beard Foundation Award, while Great Pies..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

From Scratch

Starting in the Seventies with an old house and old equipment, Sweetish Hill soon baked its way into Austin lore

"...fresh baguettes; dainty palmiers; savory puff-pastry cheese twists; European-style cakes; tortes; and glistening fresh-fruit tarts. They added lunch with..."

July 4, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Man Apart

"...seething even when he's surrounded by puppy dogs, birthday cakes, and rainbows -- and his taciturn verbal mannerisms, which..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

"...tasty meal. Special occasions call for Friday's pies or cakes. The front showcase is full of colorful kolaches, cookies,..."

March 7, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Apple Annie's Great Carrot Cakes..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column

Music to the Mouth

Raymond Tatum -- the Raymond Tatum -- is the chef at a restaurant founded by former rock & roll road cooks Kent and Beth Hayner that has downtown prices in a Highway 71 space with Hill Country class. Oh, and it's fusion food without being fusion.

"...interesting textures, and fulsome aromas. For instance, the Crab Cakes With Poblano Aioli ($7.95) featured lots of crab, perfectly..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Instant Thanksgiving!

Advice for the Culinarily Challenged

"...rolls, wheat-free Spelt bread, plus an array of cookies, cakes, and pies that can satisfy your sweet tooth without..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Lilo & Stitch

"...as immutable as the recipe for Little Debbie Snack Cakes. My greatest tribute to Lilo & Stitch's makers is..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Mix and Match

Don't sweat it trying to create the perfect mating of beer and food, Chronicle Food writer Wes Marshall writes in a review of North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery. Pick a drink you like, pick a dish you like, and just enjoy them.

"...first two made. In my book, Crab and Shrimp Cakes ($8.95) should be heavy on the shellfish. These were..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Food-o-File

All the restaurant news that fits

"...to offer a full line of desserts and wedding cakes, the first products the partners are promoting around town..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Drag Nirvana

A new world-class restaurant on Guadalupe

"...enough to request the small platter of crispy rice cakes accompanied by a sauce of fresh shrimp and pork..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Juke Joint Madonna

Toni Price comes clean.

"...and she's setting up a table for Hood's birthday cakes, five in all. Another regular, Tammy, baked one of..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Flavors of Summer

Memories of Tastes

"...can and in all conceivable forms -- Maryland crab cakes, soft-shelled crab po' boys, giant Dungeness crabs from the..."

July 13, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

Food-o-File

Who Wants to Eat Like a Millionaire? and more from Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood.

"...Cake for a pre-Mardi Gras celebration. The New Orleans-style cakes decorated with purple, green, and gold sugar topping can..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Family Man

"...those actually living it: food courts teeming with funnel cakes, bowling buddy Jeremy Piven, cherubic children from Central Casting,..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Food-o-File

Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood samples marvelous mail-order food and relates more local donut news.

"...site, they sent a box of fresh soups, crab cakes, and crab entrées for our approval. The divine assortment..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Yards

"...people make bad decisions like Sara Lee makes coffee cakes, relentlessly and with zero nutritional value. Theron, looking like..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Noshing Kosher

Lorne Oppler gives the lowdown on eating kosher in Austin.

"...braided loaf eaten on Sabbath and holidays) to specialty cakes and baked party trays. Regular bakeries may use shortenings..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Food Feature by Lorne Opler

Nouvelle Cafe

Chronicle Cuisines writer Rebecca Chastenet de Géry finds something unexpected in Granite Cafe's latest incarnation.

"...Appetizers at first glance seem familiar. There are crab cakes and ceviche, fried oysters, and fresh tomatoes and mozzarella...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Food Feature

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?

"...dinner offerings are concerned. Recent dinner menus included shrimp cakes, beef stroganoff en bouchee, spaghetti squash and asparagus with..."

July 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...serve lots of sweets, donated prepackaged items such as cakes, coffee cakes, cookies, candies, brownies, and gallons of sweet..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Yum2K Recipes for One

"...Year 2000 Party Cream-Filled Sponge Cakes..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Impeccable Vista

"...two of us chose Poached Chesapeake Eggs on Crab Cakes with a Roasted Tomato Hollandaise ($9) and were thoroughly..."

April 23, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Great Aspirations

Si Bon Reflects the Bold Dreams of Peter & Cara O'Brien

"...rosemary that it tasted resinous, and herbed polenta griddle cakes ($3) that were among the best things I've eaten..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

"...in the state. The fresh cookies, pastries, pies, and cakes from the family-run bakery are of historic proportions and..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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