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"...sourdough carrot cake, chocolate vanilla marble cake, and cardamom cornmeal cake with strawberries, figs, and lemon-labneh whip. OMG, that..."

Jan. 16, 2024 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Recipes to Reimagine Your Holiday Feast

It’s time to revamp your end-of-year celebration menus

"...½ cup coarse polenta (aka coarse yellow cornmeal)..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

This Thanksgiving, Consider Native American-Inspired Dishes

Cooking with Indigenous ingredients

"...SOUTH Whole ear pushed onto a stick, dipped in cornmeal batter, and fried until crispy...."

Nov. 18, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Comadre Panaderia's Pop-Up Pan Dulce

Mariela Camacho's project aims to nourish the Latinx diaspora and fuel food system rebellion

"...for everyone: There are sprinkly galletas, a delectably moist cornmeal cake with a pinker-than-traditional scratch icing, pistachio tres leches,..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

Austin Restaurants and Seafood Suppliers Work Toward Sustainability

Staying afloat with Minamoto Foods' SeaChange program

"...made with black drum fried in Barton Springs Mill cornmeal, served on a challah bun with pickles, lettuce, tomato,..."

April 30, 2021 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Austin's Growing Venezuelan Population Showcases Its Diverse Cuisine

Four food trucks prove to be more than arepas

"...They also offer gluten-free cornmeal empanadas made with 10 different fillings including chicken, beef,..."

July 17, 2020 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Top 10 Ways to Eat Corn in Austin

We're thinking outside the cob

"...RYE An early American staple, Johnny Cakes – aka cornmeal flatbread – go to 11 when sprinkled with grilled..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Cluck-N-Burger Gives Food Truck Vibes at Its Airport Boulevard Location

Fried chicken to wedge salad at this cool new neighborhood eatery

"...daughter. The sausage was enveloped in a thick, nostalgic cornmeal batter that evoked Granny's cornbread, but on a stick...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

All-You-Can-Eat Pickles and Southern Comfort at the Pickle House

One wonders if there's such thing as too many pickles at this Southwest Austin restaurant

"...signature fried pickle basket and Southern pimento cheese. The cornmeal-breaded chips, a combo of sweet heat and fresh dill,..."

July 26, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

17 Austin Bars With Great Food and Drinks

These one-stop shops are known for more than booze

"...that covers everything from popcorn shrimp fried in a cornmeal coating to Thai papaya salad with fermented shrimp and..."

June 14, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Review: Phoebe's Diner

New daytime dining hot spot hits the '04

"...eaten on that visit were varying degrees of delicious. Cornmeal-battered and lightly fried, the fried green tomatoes ($8) were..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Review: DK Maria's Legendary Tex-Mex

OK food from a problematic concept

"...The chile relleno is agreeable enough, neither caked with cornmeal nor overly eggy, but the ground beef inside was..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Review: Kemuri Tatsu-ya

Eastside izakaya rediscovers spirit of Austin

"...pie, although I couldn't help but wonder if a cornmeal base instead of the traditional hakurikiko flour would have..."

April 21, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Review: Salt Trader's Coastal Cooking

Latest concept from Jack Gilmore is anchored in seafood

"...just $5 a pop, the juicy oysters fried in cornmeal and the tender snapper collar with crunchy cartilage are..."

March 3, 2017 Food Feature by Melody Fury

Cheap Eats: Hut’s Hamburgers

Austin classic is still one of the best deals in town

"...ends of potato skin still on, and the gigantic cornmeal-coated onion rings ($4.50) are ridiculously filling. If you have..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Food Feature by Mary Bryce

Review: L'oca d'oro

Italian concept brings luxury without the pomp

"...the picnic pleasures of the fried rabbit ($26), whose cornmeal crust would have been at home on a Southern..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

With the Grain

How Austin kitchens are beginning to love gluten

"...non-GMO. Packages of their freshly milled wheat flour and cornmeal are for sale at all their farmers' market locations,..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...features fried catfish filets crusted in Anson Mills Antebellum cornmeal, hand-cut Kennebec fries, and Fixe signature tartar sauce. The..."

July 24, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Mongers Market + Kitchen

Inconsistency mars neighborhood haunt

"...smart deconstruction too – the oysters are breaded in cornmeal, a pork rillette stands in for bacon, and pecan..."

June 5, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Fixe

Flashes of brilliance

"...in serious need of a new name. The delicate cornmeal pancakes with the beef tartare ($17) are ethereal miniatures,..."

March 20, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Counter Cafe East

A solid performance

"...oysters play off the sweet corn crunch of artisan cornmeal, and they're embellished with a frilly costume of spring..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dancing Circles

Dai Due's sure footing

"...than its platonic ideal, but the heavier use of cornmeal allowed the fried egg yolk to ooze through every..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Dot Hewitt

Comfort food queen fed thousands every week

"...was a glorious thing to behold in it's delicate cornmeal crust, and made the long drive to the restaurant..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

To Be or Not to Be (a Gastropub)

Porter Ale House nails it

"...caramel sauce. Porter has since rolled out a rosemary cornmeal cookie sandwich filled with maple buttercream, and is tinkering..."

May 30, 2014 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Letters at 3AM: Hitting the Street

Michael Ventura remembers how poverty bred contempt toward those he loved the most

"...too little of everything every day. Your family eats cornmeal mush and mayonnaise sandwiches for weeks. Bills cannot be..."

May 30, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

The Farmers’ Market Report: Jan 18-19, 2014

Broccoli, citrus, baby goats, salmon, soup, and syrup

"...popular Pon Haus, which is a shredded pork and cornmeal loaf sausage...."

Jan. 17, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Farmers’ Market Report: Jan. 4-5, 2014

Tortilla soup, dark roast coffee, fresh bread, cabbages, and shrimp

"...cornbread and recommended using Richardson Farm’s organic, locally grown cornmeal. It wasn’t until that moment that I realized I..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Farmers’ Market Report: Dec. 28-29, 2013

Good luck for the New Year – it would be a shame to waste it

"...New Year’s Day: cabbages and greens, pork, whole fish, cornmeal, and sauerkraut...."

Dec. 27, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

East to Eden

Sonya Coté's farm-to-table Arcadia, Eden East

"...warm duck confit tamale, made with flavorful, locally grown cornmeal and house-made duck confit. The third course was a..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Boss Bangladeshi Fish at Voss

Under-the-radar Bangla joint surprises with fantastic fish dishes

"...The fish is shoul, coated lightly in a fine cornmeal and heavily dusted with masala, golden fried, and perfect...."

Nov. 1, 2013 Food Review by Mick Vann

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