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Hill Country Food & Wine Guide
by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff
"...blend of flavors from the old South, Cajun and Creole country, the Southwest and the Caribbean complemented by a..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Hill Country Wine & Food Festival
Spotlighting This Year's Visiting Celebrities
"...seamen who settled in San Francisco, the Cajun and Creole-influenced dishes that emerged when Sicilians made their home in..."

April 6, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File
The results of the Seventh Annual Central Market Gumbo Contest, and lots of restaurant news
"...and Michael Amr will soon be back in business. Creole food lovers will remember the Amrs as the original..."

March 9, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood thought her previous column about local chef changes was pretty comprehensive until the last few days of January, when all kinds of newsworthy information began pouring in via phone, fax, and e-mail.
"...menu items for the very popular downtown New Orleans-style French/Creole restaurant...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Master of the Crossroads
"...research of Haitian history (it contains a glossary of Creole terms, Toussaint's original letters, maps, and even an index..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Books Review by Scott Blackwood

Postscripts
Upcoming events in Austin's literary life.
"...beer, gumbo, and Johnson's book World Food New Orleans: Creole, Cajun & Soul (Lonely Planet Productions, 208 pp., $13.99..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Eating Between the Lines
Books for Cooks
"...of local luminaries such as Austin Leslie (New Orleans' Creole virtuoso) and Alabama writer Eugene Walter...."

Dec. 15, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Specialties of the House
Recent Publications From Our Contributors

Dec. 8, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood recounts just how busy the fall has been: births, new books, graduations, and prizes.
"...World Food line of guidebooks. World Food New Orleans: Creole, Cajun & Soul for People Who Live to Eat,..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Crescent City Redux
The new version of Gumbo's has made the transition from mom-and-pop shop to a classy, upscale chain operation. It definitely makes the grade.
"...several years in the mid-to-late Nineties, my favorite Louisiana-style Cajun-Creole restaurant in the Austin-area was a great little chef-owned..."

July 21, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Room With a View
Steve Wertheimer prepares to open a second Continental Club -- in Houston.
"...over-the-top Graceland Revues, Papa Mali & the Instigators' second-line Creole funk, the Damnations' hard-charging earthiness, or the Barkers' carnivalesque..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Duke Ellington The Duke: The Essential Collection 1927-1962 (Columbia)
Reissues
"...dance floor, as does Kay Davis' near-operatic vocal on "Creole Love Call." In short, there's something for everyone here,..."

May 19, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Food-o-File
In this week's edition of Food-o-file, Austin Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood goes on a mini-rant and updates readers on local restaurant news.
"...a hungry, homesick Cajun, we found Ms. B's Authentic Creole Cuisine (8105 Mesa, 372-9529) in the former Roppollo's Pizza..."

March 10, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit
Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers
"...Buckwheat Zydeco-produced Funky Nation, a grease-sopping fan-boat ride through Creole country circa 2000. (Lucy's, 9pm) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature

Edibles in Isolation
Send Me to a Desert Island, but Let Me Have My ...
"...7. Creole Feast (Random House, out of print). Legendary New Orleans..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature

Food-o-File
In this week's edition of Food-o-file, Austin Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood looks ahead to the looming local culinary possibilities in 2000.
"...the historic Brown Building will be home to the Cajun/Creole eatery Gumbo's (710 Colorado, 480-8053), opening January 17. They'll..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Coffeetable Books
Remembrance of Things Past
"...mother's birth and his brother Rene's marriage to their Creole cousin, was pivotal to Degas' career in that he..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood clears up some misperceptions about business changes at Austin Java Company, reveals the news that the late, great Pearl's Oyster Bar is being revived, and shares some information about how to send that person on your Christmas list who has everything something he or she most definitely does not have.
"...a colorful, festive Mardi Gras decor, a very affordable Cajun-Creole menu ($4.95-11.95), and treats like all-day and -night happy..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Still Fired Up
"...year, the Lewises are unveiling a new product: a creole sauce that they will enter in the contest under..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Scanlines
Romance on the High Seas
"...by Michael Curtiz (Casablanca, Mildred Pierce, White Christmas, King Creole) and written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G...."

April 23, 1999 Screens Feature

Down-Home for His Hometown
"...Toulouse. He wanted Alexander to design and produce a Cajun-Creole menu, manage the kitchen, and earn a partnership with..."

April 16, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Slouching Toward Happy Hour
East Sixth & Thereabouts
"...you can guess by the name, its specialty is Cajun-Creole cuisine, served in a warm and homey atmosphere. Jazz..."

March 19, 1999 Food Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival
"...75-year-old Brown mixes jump blues and jazz for a Creole combo that always satisfies. (Liberty Lunch, 10pm) -- Jay..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Growth Spurt
Nine Shows That Transported Me
"...Bayou Country and the Crescent City to resurrect the Creole people through the lush language and fluid rhythms of..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Season's Grazings
"...Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Food Feature

Between the Lines
"...the late 19th century: George Washington Cable's novel of Creole society, The Grandissimes (1880) and Kate Chopin's classic The..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Books Review

The Bounty of Erin
The Emerald Restaurant
"...the sauce -- a combination of Guinness, sugar, and creole and dijon mustards -- cloyingly sweet, the overcooked lamb..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

The Summer Revival Spirit
Can I Get a Witness?
"...Sixties musical. That qualifying statement still leaves 1958's King Creole as his best dramatic performance and 1957's Jailhouse Rock..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Attention to Detail
The Little Things Make a Big Difference at Tocai
"...to count) to the more refined staples of urban Creole cookery (smothered okra with shrimp, oyster and artichoke soup,..."

May 22, 1998 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Scanlines
In Heaven There Is No Beer?
"...Yum Yum Yum is a smorgasbord of Cajun and Creole cuisine; another culinary praisesong is 1980's Garlic Is as..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

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