Bedside Manner: The Restless Reader

What are we reading?

"...$4.50 paperback copy of Isabel Allende's The House of Spirits at the original Borders Book Shop on State Street..."

Oct. 18, 2010 Books Post by Amy Smith

See What They Do to You

How Jonathan Demme and Neil Young made a film about a concert attended by spirits

"...at Sundance, he was in good health and good spirits...."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Gets Spirited Away

Taste-testing Texas liquors against the world

"...all available now, and shortly we'll be seeing cask-aged spirits, boozed Popsicles, and gin. We're always happy to see..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Booze You Can Use: A Few Choice Local Views

Sufficient Texas tipples to topple any tedium

"...Austin’s cups runneth over, obviously, with all manner of spirits. Tito Beveridge is a downright legend in this town,..."

Oct. 13, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Canned Cocktails Swoop in to Save the Must-Have-a-Mixed-Drink Day

No bartender? No problem.

"...2017. (In fact, according to Nielsen, sales of canned spirits have grown 574% over the past year or so.)..."

July 12, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

A Mini-Cavalcade of Canned Cocktails

Refreshing and just potent enough for spring. Or summer. Or whenever.

"...cases ) the Austin-based team that brought you Canteen Spirits has done it again – this time, with tequila...."

April 28, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dive Deeper Into the World of Mezcal in Austin

It's agave all day at these local bars

"...also happens to have a vast collection of agave spirits...."

March 1, 2019 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Garrison Brothers Distillery

Garrison Brothers pick up some impressive accolades for the new kid on the block

"...is less than 10 years old, and yet distilled spirits from the Lone Star State are already making waves..."

May 13, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Yummer Reading

"...moonshine," Matthew Rowley writes, "is as much about human spirits as it is about alcoholic spirits; it is about..."

June 8, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

Day Trips: Railean Distillery, San Leon

Texas' oldest rum distillery turns their welcome center into a neighborhood bar

"...happy to talk about their passion for making fine spirits or to pour one of the unique cocktails they..."

July 21, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

All Good Thoughts, All Good Food

The symbolism and celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese new year

"...graves of relatives to celebrate their lives, invite their spirits to the Tet ceremonies, do some tidying up, leave..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Five Ingredients for a Perfect Halloween

Like the best bags of trick-or-treat candy, it’s all in the selecton

"...In Flood of Spirits, writer/director Rebecca Maag summons the spirits of the Austin..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Danny and Michael Philippou Say Talk to Me

Creators of the new A24 horror on the foolishness of youth

"...than that and they run the risk of the spirits not wanting to leave: and what teen can resist..."

July 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Coffee Clutch: Three Liqueurs, Canned Cocktails, and Origin-Roasted Beans

Because we know that the java is what you’re craving

"...cane sugar, Madagascar vanilla bean, and neutral high-proof corn spirits – is just as sippable and worthy of yeah-it’s-from-my-city..."

Feb. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Booze News & Reviews

Seven Things to Know In the World of Spirits

"...getting to grok the lessons of the plant via spirits distilled from, ah, from its verdant soul. But don’t..."

April 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hot Takes

What to drink with the fieriest salsas at the AC Hot Sauce Festival

"...to taste the world's most exquisite wine, beer, and spirits on a day-to-day basis, while I try my best..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Burden of Proof

With today's mocktails, who needs the hard stuff?

"...rum hanging about. In fact, you won't find any spirits at all...."

Dec. 26, 2014 Food Feature by Rod Machen

Focus on Larry Fink

'Icon of Photography' delights and surprises with ACP talk

"...The second book discussed by Fink, Kindred Spirits: The Horvath Family of Martin's Creek, hasn't even come..."

March 4, 2014 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Food-O-File

Get a room: Treaty Oak debuts its new tasting room on Dec. 14

"...Local spirits aficionados have been eagerly awaiting the opening of the..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Old World-Style Retailer Attracting Connoisseurs to Westlake Store

Vom Fass has exotic oils, vinegars, wines, spirits, and bottles galore

"...outlet celebrated a grand opening recently and Austin Chronicle wine/spirits writer Wes Marshall and I stopped by to check..."

July 10, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Spirits to Enforce

Twelve superheroes plus The Tempest equals FronteraFest at its finest

"...Spirits To Enforce..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Drink Texas This New Year

A guide to holiday boozing for the locavore

"...can already stock a whole bar with just Texas spirits. Oops! We'd still need gin, but two Texas distillers..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Liquid Assets

Fabulous Texas rum on the cheap

"...unusually good run, with just about everyone producing quality spirits. The newest Texan on the store shelves is Railean..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Food-o-file

Wide open spaces ...

"...only consider the huge explosion in local wine and spirits retailers for confirmation. Twin Liquors has been Austin's first..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...took him down a new path, followed by Dangerous Spirits for Rounder Records imprint Philo in 1997, each recording..."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Spirited Away

Spirited Away, about a young girl who is trapped between the real and the ghost-worlds, melds bits of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz with Eastern-angled spookiness and an outré sensibility that borders on the indescribable.

"...in every respect. Gnarled old crones, flying dragons, evil spirits, not-so-evil spirits, and giggling dust bunnies are par for..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Visible Spirits: A Novel

"...Visible SpiritsA Novel..."

June 22, 2001 Books Review by Cary L. Roberts

Record Store Day, Formula 1, Dyke March, and More Event Recommendations

Your weekend is spoken for

"...of the future.   – Richard Whittaker Flood of Spirits..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 29 - April 4

"...in the details of life. There are also many spirits who are always intervening and tinkering, intimately involved in..."

March 29, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Four We Adore of Texas Booze That We Choose

Recommended tipples from Garrison Brothers, Milam & Greene, Still Austin, and Desert Door Sotol

"...the 2023 ASCOT Awards, and the 2023 TAG Global Spirits Awards. The first thousand bottles have already been claimed..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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