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Testing kits from 100th Monkey Mushroom Farm, Back to the Roots
Growing a vegetable garden is one thing, but what about mushrooms? In the past few years, I’ve had several grow-your-own mushroom kits cross my desk, but even with what I thought was careful attention to watering and growing conditions, I wasn’t able to successfully grow any mushrooms. That changed when ...
Openings/closings: Benji's Cantina opening downtown, Foodie Kids expands
Opening Friday: Benji’s Cantina, an upscale Tex-Mex restaurant at 716 W. Sixth St. from operating partner Geoff Freeman and the group behind Kung Fu Saloon and the Brew Exchange. Chef Blake Keely, formerly of the Roaring Fork and the UT Club, oversees the “farm-to-table” menu, which features Tex-Mex staples including ...
Openings/closings: Benji’s opens on West Sixth, DFG Noodles brings Southeast Asian to Rainey Street
Opening Friday: Benji’s Cantina, an upscale Tex-Mex restaurant at 716 W. Sixth St. from operating partner Geoff Freeman and the group behind Kung Fu Saloon and the Brew Exchange. Chef Blake Keely, formerly of the Roaring Fork and the UT Club, oversees the “farm-to-table” menu, which features Tex-Mex staples including ...
Adjust your grilling techniques to fit the vegetables
Whether you’re grilling on a budget or simply looking to complement the meaty main dish, you shouldn’t fire up the grill without throwing a few vegetables on it. You don’t have to be a vegetarian, a gardener or a seasoned cook to enjoy vegetables prepared on the grill. Potatoes, asparagus, ...
Food Matters: Local company helps you grow your own mushrooms; summer cooking classes for kids
NEW PRODUCTS Austinites sell kits to help you grow your own mushrooms Growing a vegetable garden is one thing, but what about mushrooms? In the past few years, I’ve had several grow-your-own mushroom kits cross my desk, but even with what I thought was careful attention to watering and growing ...
Craft beer bills pass in House, Senate
And now for some good news. On Friday, legislators in the Texas House gave tentative approval to a set of bills that would make it easier for microbreweries and brewpubs to sell their products, including at the site of where the beer is brewed. The bills, which also permit brewpubs to sell their products in wholesale and retail markets, had already been approved in the Senate and then the signature of Governor Perry.
More bad news from Hill Country peach growers
If it seems like Fredericksburg peaches just aren't what they used to be, that's probably because there just aren't as many as there used to be. This part of the Hill Country, which includes Fredericksburg and Stonewall, has been known for its peaches for several generations, but in the past ...
Openings/closings: Quickie Pickie opens on East 11th; Houndstooth opens downtown
Open: Quickie Pickie, a neighborhood market, eatery and beer and wine bar at 1208 E. 11th St., serving small plates of Mediterranean-American fare from former Whip In chef Martine Pèlegrin. Local food products, including craft beers and desserts, are also available for sale. (512) 799-2198, facebook.com/QuickiePickieAustinMoving: El Chile is moving ...
Lucinda Hutson shares her lifelong love of tequila and Mexico in new book
Lucinda Hutson remembers the moment her lifelong study of tequila was born. The El Paso native was in her late 20s, traveling in Mexico with her then boyfriend, who happened to be a matador. They found themselves at a tequila distillery that prominently featured a mural depicting the jubilant, bacchanalian ...
Food Matters: Barbecue bible from Texas Monthly editor, Epic meat bars, plus a recipe from Charleston’s Lee brothers
BARBECUE Bourdain’s favorite blogger-turned-author to speak about Texas barbecue By now, you’ve likely heard about Daniel Vaughn’s recent departure from a job as an architect in Dallas to become Texas Monthly’s barbecue editor, a new and much-publicized position where he’ll help executive editor Pat Sharpe assemble the magazine’s influential Top ...
High school culinary students convene for conference
It's amazing to think that there are more than 500 high school students in Central Texas who are enrolled in culinary arts programs. Most of us didn't even have that option when we were in high school, but as the food industry continues to grow, so does the interest in ...
Holy Smokers compete on 'Chopped,' launch new barbecue sauce
It's hard to miss Nate Echelberger and Jon Evans when they are dressed as The Holy Smokers, their competitive cooking characters. The Austin dads dress in robes as they proselytize about pork (or whatever they happen to be cooking that day), but it's their food that does most of the ...
Daniel Vaughn, Anthony Bourdain release barbecue bible
By now, you’ve likely heard about Daniel Vaughn’s recent departure from a job as an architect in Dallas to become Texas Monthly’s barbecue editor, a new and much-publicized position where he’ll help executive editor Pat Sharpe assemble the magazine’s influential Top 50 BBQ issue, which comes out May 22, write ...
Ahead of Austin class, Lee brothers share recipe for asparagus and grapefruit
Matt and Ted Lee, brothers and hosts of the Cooking Channel’s “Unique Eats” and authors of “The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen” ($35, Clarkson Potter), will teach a cooking class ($80) at Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar Blvd., at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. This surprising combination of asparagus and grapefruit is one ...
Events: Membership-only Dinner Lab comes to Austin
Supper clubs abound in Austin, and the newest nontraditional dining option is Dinner Lab, a membership-based club that hosts multiple dinners a month in “unconventional spaces” that feature “undiscovered” chefs. Tickets to Dinner Lab, which started in New Orleans and is just now expanding to Austin, are only open members ...
Openings/closings: El Chile moving to S. First, Donn's Bar-B-Que opens on I-35, Taco Shack, Torchy's, Houndstooth expand
Moving: El Chile is moving to 1816 S. First St., the former longtime of La Reyna. After a restaurant project called Sofi's stalled, the El Chile team, including chef Jeff Martinez, jumped on the chance to move to a building that will double the seating capacity of the restaurant that ...
Ask Addie: Recipe for Chi'lantro's bulgogi burger
In today's food section, I answered three reader questions, including this one about a burger recipe from the popular food truck Chi'lantro. Click here to find the answers about how to make Central Market's shrimp remoulade and where to buy sake kasu in Austin. Chi’Lantro makes these awesome bulgogi burgers ...
Here we come a'waffling
Perhaps no one knows the possibilites and limitations of the modern waffle maker better than Dan Shumski. Dan is the blogger behind Waffleizer, where for an eight-month stretch in 2010, he aimed to answer the question: "Will it waffle?" The surprisingly beautiful and inspiring blog has -- not so surprisingly ...
Food Matters: Dark Rye wins James Beard, Cooking Up English adds Spanish classes
AWARDSOnline magazine Dark Rye wins James Beard Award for best group blogDark Rye, the online magazine that Whole Foods Market launched about a year ago, won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Group Food Blog at an awards ceremony Friday night in New York City.The magazine, spearheaded by Vadan ...
Waffled hash browns, anyone? Waffle makers make more than waffles
Will it waffle?That was the question Dan Shumski set out to answer when he launched a blog in 2010 called Waffleizer (waffleizer.com).Over the course of the next eight months, Shumski “waffled” more than 30 unexpected dishes, ranging from macaroni and cheese and pizza to chocolate chip cookies and cinnamon rolls.Not ...
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