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April 14, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Aarón Sánchez
The Food Network star talks about his Texas roots, where he eats in Austin, and a dream career in a mariachi band.
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April 7, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Thai Changthong
The Thai-Kun chef on childhood flavors, making his father proud, and where he eats in Austin.
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April 4, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Sonya Cotê
The chef behind Hillside Farmacy and Eden East discusses art, fermentation, and inspiration.
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March 31, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Adam Dorris
Houston's Adam Dorris of Pax Americana talks about the San Francisco restaurant that inspired him, his next project, and Houston's food scene.
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March 28, 2016
Austin Food & Wine Festival Chef Q&A: Tim Love
The celebrity chef dishes on keeping his cool, life in front of the camera, and the mistreatment of cauliflower.
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May 14, 2015
Shake Shack Comes to Austin
Danny Meyer discusses his love of Texas ingredients, barbecue, and opening the first Texas location of Shake Shack.
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April 27, 2015
Where Does Hugo Ortega Eat When He Visits Austin?
Hugo Ortega of Hugo’s, Backstreet Café and Caracol, in Houston discusses his love for traveling, his James Beard Foundation Award nomination, and his favorite Austin restaurants.
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April 26, 2015
A Q&A With Justin Yu
Below, Justin Yu of Oxheart in Houston discusses his recent James Beard Foundation Award nomination, his favorite Austin restaurants, the progression of Oxheart and a dreamy Taylor Swift-themed restaurant.
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February 18, 2015
Texans Among Semifinalists For James Beard Foundation’s 2015 Restaurant and Chef Awards
More than a dozen restaurants represent the state.
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January 21, 2015
Austin Food & Wine Festival Lineup Announced
And the list includes chefs from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Nashville, as well as the usual homegrown talent.
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August 20, 2014
Two Texas Picks Make Bon Appetit’s List of Best New Restaurants
Hot Joy, in Houston, and Thai-Khun, a popular trailer in Austin.
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July 24, 2014
Go Local With GO TEXAN
A chance to eat locally-sourced ingredients at some of Texas's best restaurants.
Food & Drink
May 27, 2014
How the W Hotel in Austin Ended Up With a Bee Hive on Its Roof
Walter Schumacher’s organization, Central Texas Bee Rescue, is saving bees one hive at a time.
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May 6, 2014
King Creole wins James Beard Award
Chris Shepherd, of Underbelly in Houston, takes home the big prize.
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April 25, 2014
Bryce Gilmore to Man the Fire Pits at the Austin Food and Wine Festival
This weekend, a group of acclaimed food and beverage personalities will flock to Austin for the third annual Austin Food & Wine Festival, including James Beard Foundation Award finalist Bryce Gilmore of the Odd Duck and Barley Swine in Austin. Below, Gilmore jumps into who should win this year’s James Beard
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April 25, 2014
Bribery Bakery’s Jodi Elliott Heats Up Before the Austin Food & Wine Festival
This weekend, a group of acclaimed food and beverage personalities will flock to Austin for the third annual Austin Food & Wine Festival, including pastry chef Jodi Elliott of the soon-to-open Bribery bakery in Austin. Below, Elliott spills details about her new dessert bar, leaving Foreign & Domestic, and her profound
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April 24, 2014
Rick Bayless: Tex-Mex Versus Mexican Cuisine
This weekend, a group of acclaimed food and beverage personalities will flock to Austin for the third annual Austin Food & Wine Festival, including celebrity chef Rick Bayless of Top Chef Masters fame and the famed PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time. Below, Bayless delves into Tex-Mex versus Mexican
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April 24, 2014
Hugo Ortega on Austin’s Food & Wine Festival
Ortega discusses his personal culinary evolution and seeing the Houston culinary scene transform before his eyes.
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April 24, 2014
La V’s Allison Jenkins Preps for the Austin Food & Wine Festival
Jenkins discusses what drew her to Austin, gender stereotypes in the kitchen, and her admiration for Rick Bayless.
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April 23, 2014
Oxheart’s Justin Yu Gets Ready for the Austin Food & Wine Festival
Yu discusses his recent James Beard Foundation Award nomination, eating Austin ramen, and Paul Qui’s enviable fashion sense.
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April 11, 2014
Live Fire Lineup Announced and It Looks Like a Hot Ticket
The much-anticipated Live Fire announced its chef lineup this week, and if fast-selling tickets are any indication, this will be yet another stellar year for the annual culinary benefit. This marks the fourth year since the event was first launched by the Austin Food & Wine Alliance to raise funds
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April 1, 2014
Food & Wine Magazine Names Three Texans to Its 2014 List of the Best New Chefs in America
Justin Yu, Paul Qui, and Matt McCallister make the prestigious list.
Food & Drink
March 24, 2014
Getting to Know Killen’s BBQ’s New Pitmaster
Patrick Feges on his decision to leave Underbelly and Houston's burgeoning barbecue scene.
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March 24, 2014
9 Texas Chefs Up for the People’s Best New Chef Award
Food & Wine magazine released their annual The People’s Best New Chef ballots this morning, and an impressive number of Texas chefs are featured in the virtual competition.Justin Yu of Oxheart (Houston), Terrence Gallivan & Seth Siegel-Gardner of The Pass & Provisions (Houston), Matt Clouser of Swift’s Attic (Austin),
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March 18, 2014
Texas Represents Among the James Beard Award Finalists
Four of the five chefs nominated for Best Chef Southwest hail from Texas.
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February 19, 2014
Fourteen Texas Chefs and Restaurants Named James Beard Award Semifinalists
One day after Texas Monthly unveiled its list of the Best New Restaurants of 2014, the James Beard Foundation announced their 2014 Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists early this morning, and there were quite a few overlapping restaurants and chefs. Here’s are the fourteen Texas chefs, bars and restaurants
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January 21, 2014
The Austin Food & Wine Festival Lineup Announced
The food festival will feature acclaimed chefs from all over the state, and tickets (a bit pricey, admittedly) are now on sale.
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December 9, 2013
A Q&A With Rene Ortiz
Former La Condesa and Sway chef Rene Ortiz discusses his latest project, including Laundrette (an upscale café-grocery) and the Angry Bear (classic Chinese takeout).
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November 13, 2013
These Chefs Are Reinventing Thanksgiving Leftovers
The Falliday Leftover Throwdown, held in Houston, will challenge local chefs to take Turkey Day leftovers and create new dishes from them.
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November 1, 2013
La Condesa and Sway Move Forward
Rene Ortiz and Laura Sawicki, the acclaimed chefs from La Condesa and Sway, exited the acclaimed restaurants to pursue other unnamed interests. We spoke to the new executive chef at La Condesa and heard his plans for the restaurant's future.
Food & Drink
November 1, 2013
Renowned Chef Daniel Patterson to Host Event With Chris Shepherd at Underbelly
The nationally acclaimed chef of Coi, in the North Beach area of San Francisco, will be promoting his latest cookbook.
Food & Drink
October 29, 2013
Triniti’s Pastry Chef to Host Weekly Bakery Pop-ups
Samantha Mendoza, the 24-year-old pastry chef for the acclaimed restaurant, talks about her favorite dessert and the pop-up project.
Food & Drink
October 9, 2013
The Wine Bar Houston Is Buzzing About
Paul Petronella and David Keck recently talked about the plans for their new wine bar, Camerata, a place they want to be "classy, but not uptight."
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September 17, 2013
Pop-up Cake Shop to Open in Houston
Part of the attraction is the chance to win a replica of the infamous "Armadillo Cake," from Steel Magnolias.
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August 13, 2013
Two of the Nation’s Best New Restaurants Are in Texas
Two Texas restaurants were featured in Bon Appetit‘s list of the top ten best new restaurants in the nation. This follows the magazine’s announcement of the top fifty best new restaurants in the nation last week, which included six Texas eateries: The Pass & Provisions, Jeffrey’s and Josephine House,
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August 8, 2013
Six Texas Restaurants Among the 50 Best of 2013
Bon Appetit puts restaurants from Houston, Dallas, and Austin on its list. The top ten will be named last week.
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July 30, 2013
Cooking For Houston’s Revival Market
Adam Dorris, the chef de cuisine, on the evolution of the Heights neighborhood staple and the difficulties of sourcing locally.
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July 22, 2013
The Masterminds Behind Qui’s Pastries
Monica Glenn and Jorge Hernandez talk about the process of creating dishes like cheddar cheese ice cream sandwiches.
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July 11, 2013
Dallas, Austin, and Houston Chocolatiers Win Awards at Two National Competitions
Houston and Dallas chocolatiers took home several honors at the recent International Chocolate Awards. From a pool of over 400 nationwide entries, three Texas confection companies were selected to move on to the American finals of the International Chocolate Awards, which takes place in September. The semifinalists were chosen by
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June 6, 2013
Erica Beneke, of Max’s Wine Dive in Austin, Wins “Chopped” Episode
Erica Beneke, executive chef of Max's Wine Dive in Austin, took home the victory on Food Network's Chopped.
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June 4, 2013
Bun B Adds a New Title to His Resume: Food Blogger.
The Texas rap musician announced the launch of a new culinary website, YouGottaEatThis.com.
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May 31, 2013
Elevating the Common Dog
Randy Evans, of Haven, in Houston, created a new hot dog for the James Coney Island franchise.
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May 31, 2013
“The Kings of BBQ: Barbecue Kuwait” to Air on KLRU
On Thursday, June 6, KLRU will air a television special entitled The Kings of BBQ: Barbecue Kuwait.The documentary details the experience of five BBQ pitmasters (Myron Mixon, Johnny Trigg, Jaime Geer, Nicole Davenport, and George Stone) and their trip to a military base in Kuwait to create a Southern-style
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April 26, 2013
Momofuku’s Christina Tosi on Her Love For Kolaches
This weekend, a host of well-known chefs, mixologists, sommeliers, and restaurateurs will descend upon Austin for the second annual Austin Food & Wine Festival.To prepare for this weekend’s food and wine festivities, Texas Monthly spoke with a few of the local and celebrity chefs from this year’s lineup.Here, Christina Tosi
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April 26, 2013
Top Chef Marcus Samuelsson on What Makes the Austin Food & Wine Fest “Rock ‘N Roll”
This weekend, dozens of well-known chefs, mixologists, sommeliers, and restaurateurs will descend upon Austin for the second annual Austin Food & Wine Festival. To prepare for this weekend’s food and wine festivities, Texas Monthly spoke with a few of the local and celebrity chefs from this year’s lineup. Here, James Beard Award-winning
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April 26, 2013
Tim Love on His New Steakhouse in Fort Worth and Expanding to Austin
This weekend, dozens of well-known chefs, mixologists, sommeliers, and restaurateurs will descend upon Austin for the second annual Austin Food & Wine Festival. To prepare for this weekend’s food and wine festivities, Texas Monthly spoke with a few of the local and celebrity chefs from this year’s lineup. Here, Fort Worth chef
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April 25, 2013
Paul Qui on His New Restaurant, His Inspirations, and Acting Like a Celebrity
This weekend, dozens of well-known chefs, mixologists, sommeliers, and restaurateurs will descend upon Austin for the second annual Austin Food & Wine Festival.To prepare for this weekend’s food and wine festivities, Texas Monthly spoke with a few of the local and celebrity chefs from this year’s lineup.Here, Paul Qui of
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April 19, 2013
The Pass and Provisions Chefs Talk Austin Food & Wine Festival
Last year’s Austin Food & Wine Festival featured well-known chefs from all over the country, but this year’s talent primarily focuses on chefs from Texas.Two of the Houston chefs attending the weekend festivities include Seth Siegel-Gardner (pictured right) and Terrence Gallivan (left) of The Pass and Provisions. These two
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April 16, 2013
Larry McGuire’s Empire Grows
The restauranteur nabbed chef Rebecca Meeker--formerly the chef de Cuisine at David Bull's Congress--to be a chef and project manager at the Austin landmark Jeffrey's.
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April 12, 2013
And the Tastemaker Award Winners Are . . .
The 2013 Austin CultureMap Tastemaker Awards were hosted last night at the historical Driskill Hotel, and the winners are as follows:Best Craft Bartender: Tacy Rowland of Drink.WellBest Craft Brewery: Jester King Craft Brewery Best Pastry Chef: Laura Sawicki of La Condesa and SwayBest Sommelier: Mark Sayre