We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...knows a thing about indulgence: a chimney of a smoker, even flirting with a prop box of Old Golds..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Playback: Patio Smoking Ban in Flames

The Central Health Equity Policy Council's efforts to ban smoking on smoking patios meets with community resistance

"...Houston, an ex-smoker who now avoids smoky areas, would prefer to see..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Review: Dilly Deli

Neighborhood Americana goes the extra mile

"...smoke to shine, playing against the sauerkraut. The house smoker gets some more work in the chicken salad ($7),..."

June 17, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The Luv Doc: Bad Bacon

Yes, processed red meat causes cancer. Which village idiots were still laboring under the assumption it doesn't?

"...years he had the gravelly voice of a six-pack-a-day smoker. Six packs a day. Can you imagine that shit?..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column

Romanouskas Delicatessen

Bringing back the deli

"...a couple of summers inside of Micklethwait Craft Meats' smoker before starting their new project. "I've gained about 25..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Food Feature by Cheryl Couture

No Smoking, Austin: 10 Years Later

Chronicle revisits smoking ban at bars, music venues

"...Even this newspaper’s editor – a non-smoker – wrote a series of editorials ("Page Two," April..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Post by R.U. Steinberg

The Luv Doc: Forest Fires!

Blue hair is flammable. Don't let any geezer tell you different.

"...People can't be smoking during heat waves; smokers should use nicotine gum. Camp fire safety, kids with..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth

Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.

"..."I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker."..."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...saying anything I mind anyone knowing. I was a smoker for so many years. I did everything bad a..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Food-o-File

Barbecue, pies, and lemonade

"...on the dotted line, but that brisket's off the smoker now, so to speak. They're hoping for a late..."

April 17, 2015 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Council: Where There's Smoke, There's Barbecue

Council takes on barbecue smokers, and smoke gets in their eyes

"...Road joint, where, because of the cliffside landscape, the smoker was directly below some residences. But that localized issue..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

When the Beat Reporter Packs a Pipe

Rolling Papers looks at how The Denver Post tackled its pot coverage

"...easygoing veteran of the Post's music section. An occasional smoker who approached the Cannabist's coverage as though it was..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Savory Characters

Cooking up the next generation of cocktails

"...be popular everywhere, but bartenders at restaurants where a smoker is the centerpiece of the kitchen are playing with..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...yet. The building is up for lease and the smoker is for sale...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

12 Days of Smoked Meats at Stiles Switch

Pit masters offer smokin' holiday specials

"...barbecue joint by unleashing their culinary creativity at the smoker. They come up with 12 days of special smoked..."

Dec. 9, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Texas invades South Carolina

"...Dad and I are already working on three new smokers, one for here and the other two for Charleston."..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Forty Weeks of Hungry Todd Rungy

Hungry Todd Rungy has a few ideas on what to eat while you're watching his new web series on YouTube

"...from Franklin Barbecue or Micklethwait: Sure, it's in the smoker for what seems like forever ... but when it..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food-o-File

The Austin barbecue scene smokes out some new contenders

"...John Lewis hasn't had time to build a second smoker for the new spot and is actively looking for..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Franklin Barbecue Reopens Tuesday, July 8

Kitchen expansion will improve service and consistency

"...to be lugging anything up the stairs. The existing smokers have all been moved inside...."

July 8, 2014 Food Post by Mick Vann

International Flavor

Josh Ebsworth takes his talent for barbecue back to England

"...the crowds lining up in the morning around billowing smokers were unlike anything he’d seen back home. “The cooking..."

June 23, 2014 Food Post by Austin Heiberg

Food-o-File

A cupcake caper, and more sweet news

"...and all the equipment except for the Southern Pride smoker will be replaced. She hopes to have a permit..."

June 20, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Ida

Concisely but with great depth, this Polish film explores questions of individual and national identity.

"...is quite the opposite: She’s a heavy drinker and smoker, sexually wanton, and possessed of a cynicism that she..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Memorial Day Weekend Visit to Taylor Cafe

90-year-old WW II vet Vencil Mares still smoking meats in Taylor

"...used just a touch more time in the offset smoker over the post oak to reach perfection; still, a..."

June 5, 2014 Food Post by Mick Vann

Estate Sale Roundup: April 18-20

Slow Weekends Often Yield the Best Steals

"...and Black & Decker. Also: engines, tiller, bbq grill, smoker, inversion table, garage doors, new in-package windows, storm doors,..."

April 18, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Day Trips

Tyler's Barbecue in Amarillo ain't fooling around

"...Amarillo native once worked on the world's largest transportable smoker...."

April 4, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Jimmy the Lock: Herr Schulz Brings Spy-Proofing to Your Phone

Former member of the German Parliament stumps for encryption

"...proven Need To Know. And now, like a reformed smoker, he's taken it upon himself (and CyberSolutions Ltd., the..."

March 12, 2014 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Holy Smokes

Stiles Switch and Thirsty Planet pair up for craft beer collaboration

"...725 lbs of 2-row barley on screens in the smoker and then misting the grain down with water to..."

March 10, 2014 Food Post by Anna Toon

Family Food Fun

The mystical Manchaca Rancho Winslow Supper Club

"...Chris cooks exclusively on the outside grill or the smoker. Di and I clicked immediately and she and I..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Day Trips

Gerald saddles up on the barbecue trail

"...I got there late on a Friday afternoon, the smoker was empty of everything except pork ribs and sausage...."

Feb. 14, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Bringing Home the Bacon, in a Kind of Time Machine

Flying Pig Provision Company's old-school smoke

"...of learning how to smoke meat, Ater built a smoker and started experimenting. A chef at Vino Vino encouraged..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

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