L.A. Chef Roy Choi Shares a Wild Tale

Bourdain-esque memoir with recipes good for reading and cooking

"...Choi wastes no time establishing the mission of his memoir, spelling it out on page one of the intro:..."

March 17, 2014 Food Post by Mick Vann

Have Dinner with Supper Friends

2Dine4 Catering's Swoop House pop-up restaurant offers tasty options

"...different meals - everything from the Asian stylings of chef Jay Huang to the French-influenced Southern fare of Molly..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

A Pinch of History, A Dash of Memoir

Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

"...Oz Clarke's The Essential Wine Book isn't far behind, with "I'd drink wine from a tin cup" humility, gorgeous..."

June 11, 1999 Food Feature

Talkin’ Chicken With Jacques Pépin at the Texas Book Festival

The revered culinarian's latest book showcases paintings and stories of poultry and more

"...invite him to her house to cook a meal with her. I told her I'd see what I could..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

11 Meal Times

Turn the tasty up to 11

"...Hwy. N. Ste. C-200) hosts an 11/11/11 celebration weekend with $11 food and wine specials and a three-course prix..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food Events

An abundance of benefits and other foodie events

"...her friend Molly Ivins at BookPeople (603 N. Lamar), with Saint Arnold beer, chili, and cornbread. Sweets will sign..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...As of today, the full lineup has been announced, with more than 150 authors joining the Lone Star literary..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Everything Personal

A Collection of Cookbooks with Experience

"...cuisines or culinary areas. Readers can dine in Chicago chef/restaurateur Rick Bayless's mexican kitchen or enjoy the anecdotes and..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Foodie Fiction

"...The distance between books of recipes surrounded by personal stories and novels laced with recipes..."

June 13, 1997 Food Feature

Lidia Bastianich Dishes on Her Favorite Way to Make Thanksgiving Turkey

An interview with the PBS star about My American Dream

"...Beloved chef, author, and PBS television star Lidia Bastianich descended upon..."

Nov. 14, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

All You Can Read

The Chronicle Food staff samples a buffet of books for the culinarily curious.

"...New Orleans, captures these cravings and presents them in recipes of concise wording with easy-to-follow directions. In Gulf Coast..."

June 6, 2003 Food Feature

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...list of authors for the 2016 Texas Book Festival. With 280 authors on board – among them Don DeLillo,..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Emeril, Live

Celebrity chef talks Austin, new cookbook

"...Lagasse – the bridge between Julia Child and Top Chef – hit Austin yesterday to promote his new cookbook,..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Food Post by Nina Hernandez

Will Blog for Food

New stories – and problems – arise as foodie blogs proliferate

"...for recipe sharing, restaurant reviews, and writing about food with innovative results. Take Epicurious, the free online clearinghouse for..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Gabrielle Hamilton Cooks in Austin

Award-winning chef and author is a guest during Austin Style Week

"...Gabrielle Hamilton, chef/owner of the popular Prune restaurant on Manhattan's Lower East..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...off my shelf, handed it to me, and said with real urgency, "You must read this now," that I..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

First Authors Announced for Texas Book Festival

Marquee names run the gamut from Amis to Ziggy

"...authors for the 2014 edition, and as is usual with this Lone Star literary extravaganza, the eight guests cover..."

July 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Please Try This at Home

Local Cookbooks Bring Ethnic Food Traditions to You

"...children's book author Angela Shelf Medearis and respected Austin chef Miguel Ravago have new books out that preserve and..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Texas Book Festival 2022

"...Way To Meet ) at the Finding Humor: Funny Memoirs About Serious Subjects panel...."

Nov. 8, 2022 Photo Gallery

A Baker's Dozen

Gifts for the Kneady

"...dozen gift ideas that are sure to please the chef and everyone who tastes their wares...."

Dec. 13, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Book) and Pulitzer Prize winner Jose Antonio Vargas (here with his memoir Dear America; Notes of an Undocumented Citizen)...."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China

Dunlop offers tantalizing insight into the culinary soul of the real China

"...Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in Chinaby Fuchsia Dunlop W.W. Norton &..."

May 29, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Texas Tortes

"...acquire that knowledge, how likely is it that their recipes will actually work? As any Austinite who was addicted..."

May 30, 1997 Food Feature

Mangoes and Curry Leaves

A cookbook couple who has mastered the form doesn't disappoint with their tour of the subcontinent

"...The recipes found in Mangoes and Curry Leaves, the couple's latest..."

April 14, 2006 Food Review by Mick Vann

Food-o-File

Texas is still big on the small screen, plus a bounty of barbecue and burger joints and a Hill Country building boom

"...restaurant owners? I'm predicting we'll see more of that with more visits from the Food Network, the Cooking Channel,..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

In Person

Georgeanne Brennan

"...South of France (Chronicle Books, $24.95). This lively, evocative memoir recounts the story of her 1970s fresh-out-of-college dream of..."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

In Print

Colette Rossant's The World in My Kitchen

"...aroma, flavor, and memory gracefully weave together Colette Rossant's memoir The World in My Kitchen. Rossant, arguably the godmother..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry