Learning to Love Austin FC's Roster Through Their Native Cuisines

International players' kitchen

"...sound silly if stroopwafel weren’t so damn addictive. Two brittle waferlike waffles are glued together by a generous layer..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Adam Wood

Uncle Ray's Offers Peanut Brittle and Southern Charm

Local woman working for peanuts

"...Local peanut brittle entrepreneur Courtney Ray Goodson channels Southern charm, a..."

March 22, 2019 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Chef D'oeuvre

Austin pastry stars recount the dishes that made their careers

"...Dish: Peanut butter semifreddo with apple miso sorbet at Uchi..."

May 6, 2016 Food Feature by Amira Jensen

Review: Thai-Kun

Domain brick-and-mortar is even better than the truck

"...(pleasant) gaminess. Square pan-fried chive cakes ($5) maintain a brittle crust, even while sitting in a pool of vinegar..."

April 22, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Better Living Through Chemistry

Science and craft combine at SPUN Ice Cream

"...During the shop's opening, kettle corn was topped with peanut brittle, brown butter powder, and caramel popcorn sprinkles à..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

SPUN Opens, Indian Food Comes to Colorado

Daily Austin food news

"...and gingerbread with such pairings as a chocolate shell, peanut brittle, caramel popcorn sprinkles, brown butter powder, and meringue..."

Dec. 9, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Hot August Nights: Cold

"...The Buckwheat Boyz remain best known for viral earworm "Peanut Butter Jelly Time," but "Ice Cream and Cake" dollops..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Top 10 Sweet Bites

"...same year, but this one really is a doozy: peanut butter cup ice cream and brûléed bananas with whipped..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Bakes for West Locations Disclosed

Baked treats for a good cause selling at 8 locations citywide

"...cookies from Capital Cake Chick and my Salty Texas Peanut Brittle made with peanuts from Carrizo Springs.) Not only..."

May 3, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

Handmade candy since 1939

"...the soft aroma of cooking sugar, corn starch, and peanuts...."

April 12, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Cooking Is for Lovers

Love is on the menu at these Valentine's Day cooking classes

"...bites, from meat sauce with chocolate to double chocolate peanut brittle cake ($50 per person)...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Talking Sugar With Gesine Bullock-Prado

How to not sweat candymaking, sugar

"...kitchen preparing everything from her signature Parisian macarons to peanut brittle. When I learned Bullock-Prado would be in town..."

May 27, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

That Takes the Cake! recap, Central Texas food on the national level, and more local deliciousness

"...The most interesting thing in my category was a peanut brittle spiced with both green chile and bacon. The..."

March 5, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Luv Doc Recommends: 33rd Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

Austin Convention Center, Thursday, December 18, 2008

"...travelers into buying fake antiques, chainsaw sculptures, and tooth-breaking peanut brittle, but the Mueller development isn't some Rockwellian hometown..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Chillin' Books

Homemade ice cream can be an all-seasons dessert

"...myself. (Personal tip: Toss in some crushed toffee or peanut brittle for an even more decadent scoop.) Frosty coffee..."

June 20, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Foodie Stocking Stuffers for 2007

Stuff your stockings with foodie goodies from board games to masa spreaders

"...back with signature cookie mixes in four flavors – Peanut Butter Choco­late Chip, Chocolate Chip Indulgence, Cowboy Cookies, and..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Place of Honor

Twelve rounds between Hiroko Shimbo and Tyson Cole

"...foie gras with crisps of caramelized burdock root, hazelnut brittle, hazelnut emulsion, and a puree of cauliflower and truffle...."

June 1, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Virginia B. Wood's Bites

"...8) Peanut Brittle From McCall Creek Farm: I discovered this delight..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...deeply ingrained emotional chasms that only 2 pounds of peanut brittle administered every three hours can fill, for instance...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

Food-o-File

Don't leave the table till you clean your plate of local food news; while you're at it, Eat, Drink, Watch Movies

"...Market (Fourth & Guadalupe) for bringing me the delicious peanut brittle made by Cathy Itz of McCall Creek Farms..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Classes, dancing, Bull at the Beard, and more among this week's scoops of news you can use

"...has advised me of the whereabouts of any good peanut brittle. Is it a lost art? Is there none..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Joy Peppers, June books, festival news, and a roving French supper club: The Austin food scene is heating up

"...my sweet tooth has been hungry for a good peanut brittle for some time, with no success. If anyone..."

June 11, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

New Year's in April

Celebrating the Thai Songkran in Austin

"...and tua that (a sweet nut concoction similar to peanut brittle). A near-universal favorite is krayasad, a granolalike snack..."

April 9, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

Candy Hell

Or, it takes a lot of patience to play Mrs. Santa Claus.

"...rich creamy fudge, billowy clouds of nutty divinity, and peanut brittle with the perfect sweet-salty crackle: Those were my..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Ranch 616

One dinner to check things out turned into several lunches and dinners because the menu's new direction and newcomer Katherine Clapner's flourishes are my kind of food.

"...there's also a brownie concoction with ice cream and peanut brittle that inspired the same response another day. After..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Las Palmas

Sampling the Old and New Austin-Area Restaurants That Are Changing With the Times

"...booths, and even the front case selling pralines and peanut brittle are all the same. The only real decorative..."

April 18, 2003 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Day Trips

At the Wiseman House in Hico, Kevin Wenzel serves up some of the finest chocolates in Texas.

"...except bigger, several kinds of fudge, and Harvest Seed Brittle, which is like peanut brittle except made with sesame,..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...rooms and 14,000 square feet of merchandise ranging from peanut brittle to antiques...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod