Going Green

Going green is easier than it seems

"...Food waste in landfills turns to methane gas and eats..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

How Green Was My Alley

Local restaurants grown their own

"...is green in other operations, too. Kitchen (not customer) scraps are composted, creating organic fertilizer that feeds the garden,..."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Sausage Shrines

A pilgrimage

"...2pm, because they close when they run out of food)..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Exhibitionism

Big Stinkin' International Improv Fest: Full-Out Fun and No Net

"..."Excuse me, but that's my fish," suggested by a seafood-loving audience member. While each segment of this long-form piece..."

May 30, 1997 Arts Review

Dog Toys and Puppy Sports Lead Our Recommended Community Events

Bucking broncos, drag vampires, and more highlights

"...project: a magical place filled with misfit sewing notions, scraps of this and that, doodads and whatsits galore. Volunteers..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Join the Garden

"...to be commended for embracing the vision of reducing food waste. However, many Austin residents who live in apartments..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Postmarks

A Political Guide to Gifting in 2019

Give the gift of hope!

"...that'll cheer up both the receiver and the shoreline. Food52.com has our favorites ($25 per pack with cleaning tools..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Notes From the Larder: A Kitchen Diary With Recipes

"...even the most skeptical houseguest. Nigel Slater, acclaimed British food writer, columnist, and broadcaster, chronicled his daily adventures as..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

'Sheds'

Short Story Contest third-place winner

"...all lived together in the hills, grew their own food, and rehabilitated horses, which was what my mother had..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Melanie Westerberg

Mike Rila Cooks With Fire

Savory experiments in robotics

"...years, but Mike and I really didn't bond over food until about a year ago. He helped me with..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones..."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Cinema of the Americas

A Festival of Latino Films Showcases New Visions of an Old and Resurging Culture

"...4. Women must receive primary health care and food...."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza

A Work in Progress

East Timor begins the process of reconstruction in its struggle for independence.

"...basic short-haired, famine-ribbed, rat-tailed Third World Dog root for scraps all around us. The feeling is not desperate, only..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by John Sayles

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...include Laura Baumeister, a single mother scraping by on food stamps as a Smith scholarship student; Alan Scheinman, an..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Austin at Large: Life Beyond the Cop Shop?

ULI-Austin members craft hypothetical – but plausible – visions for APD’s unloved HQ

"...Watson/Garcia mayoralties at the turn of the century on scraps of land one-fifth that size. But because of the..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Checking In: Kana Harris Reveals Her Vulcan Side

Live wire wax healer wants to sell you a record for your health

"...The act of taking small scraps of fabric that seemingly have no value on their..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Paramount Theatre Launches New Digital Interview Series

Conversations with various experts from home, popcorn required

"...masks to give to other organizations like Central Texas Food Bank, Austin Disaster Relief Network, and Community First! Village...."

May 1, 2020 Arts Post by Sofia Tafich

Whole Foods’ 180 on Eastside Redevelopment

“Full-line” store, not now-jettisoned value brand, to take spot at Plaza Saltillo

"...With last week's news that Whole Foods Market would open no more of its smaller, more..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Quit Your Day Job: Taylor Muse

Quiet Company frontman details how to make trash salad

"...ever had. It was this mom and pop "health food" restaurant in Longview when I was 16. It was..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A Brief History of Chips and Salsa

The backstory on this power couple

"...debuting brands like El Paso Chile Company and Pace Foods, famous for their Eighties "New York City? Get a..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Food Feature by Sierra Diaz

“Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser” at the Blanton

Driven by untamable curiosity and over-the-top commitment, the artist makes work that revels in improvisation and play

"...to samples of the audio (music by unknown bands, scraps of television shows, etc.). Rather than making the tape..."

May 12, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Dear Glutton: Dim Sum > Brunch

"...last night's leftover mise en place vegetables and meat scraps and toss them in a cast iron pan with..."

May 27, 2016 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Restoring Rundberg's Kids

Problem-solving with CARY in Northeast Austin

"...main thoroughfare characterized by strip malls featuring salons and fast-food restaurants...."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

First They Take Manhattan … Then They Don’t

The Alamo Drafthouse abandons the Upper West Side

"...the fixer-uppers." The plan called for the Alamo’s signature food service and “grindhouse-lovin’” programming...."

Oct. 1, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Chips Are Down

Budget balancing picks up speed – and it's anything but fun and games

"...and the council was basically left to fight over scraps at the end of the sequence. The public forum..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Off the Record

Ice Cube racks up the body count at Mohawk, Loxsly shines a light on Tomorrow's Fossils, and gift-wrapping local holiday offerings

"...Shins' Oh, Inverted World. Turns out those were mere scraps left on the cutting-room floor for the band's forthcoming..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Making It, Weirdly

A little elbow grease and perseverance pays off for creative entrepeneur Luke Iseman

"...(to funnel gray water, someday), and indecipherable mounds of scraps surround the centerpiece of the yard, an enclosure housing..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Naked City

"...oxygen-acetylene torches. All that remains now are rock-shaped concrete scraps, many of which were used to line a sprawling..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature

Cleaning Up the Campsite

Festival organizers employ varying tactics to keep mess to a minimum

"...zero-waste events. New Belgium sustainability coordinator Matthew Kowal says food vendors are asked to serve handheld foods and to..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Letters at 3AM

Despite the change in inhabitants, the buildings, people, and mood of the old immigrant neighborhoods haven't changed. The streets still whisper the same cautionary advice: Survive and get out.

"...give up, they'd rather pick on someone who would. Scraps were common; real fights, where somebody got damaged, were..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

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