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February 12, 2013
Valentine’s Comes Early: Bon Appètit Loves Austin
Three Austin establishments landed on the food magazine’s list of the twenty most important restaurants of America.
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December 7, 2012
Deana Saukam on Paul Qui, Engagement, Traveling, Eating, and What’s to Come in 2013
Every king needs his queen, and for Paul Qui – chef/owner of East Side King and winner of Top Chef Texas – that queen is Deana Saukam. Deana, better known for her alter ego the East Side Queen, has been by Paul’s side ever since his whirlwind rise to fame. After Paul’s win on Top Chef
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October 17, 2012
A New Definition of Cow Tipping: Tell Us Your Favorite BBQ Joints!
Dear barbecue buffs, fans, mavens, hounds, fanatics, cognoscenti, nuts, addicts, maniacs, aficionados, zealots, enthusiasts, devotes, groupies, and lovers: Do you have a barbecue destination that you think is worthy of being on Texas Monthly’s “The Top Fifty BBQ Joints in Texas” list? Now’s the time to tell us! Next
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September 24, 2012
Eat Meat, It’s Good For You! Talking the Talk at the Third Annual Texas Monthly BBQ Festival
On Sunday, Texas Monthly threw its third annual BBQ Festival, in Austin, on the open air terrace of the Long Center. Twenty-one barbecue joints handed our samples to an estimated crowd of 3000, who listened to live music, swigged beer and other adult beverages, bought T-shirts, got tips from
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September 18, 2012
Aaron Franklin discusses upcoming changes at Franklin Barbecue
Austin’s Franklin Barbecue is making a few changes in the coming months, according to an interview owner Aaron Franklin did with Eater National this week. In the detailed interview, Franklin touched on changing
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April 2, 2012
ICYMI: Reactions to the Franklin BBQ “Vegan Brisket”
APRIL FOOLS! Breathe a sigh of relief, all you extremist carnivores. Aaron Franklin of Franklin Barbecue in Austin IS NOT – I repeat, IS NOT – going to host Meatless Monday Vegan Brisket dinners. The TM Daily
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January 27, 2012
More Proof That Austin Is Smoking Hot!
There’s nothing like a bandwagon. No sooner did Food & Wine and Bon Appétit fall all over themselves to give Austin a whole lotta love than StarChefs.com (an online magazine for chefs and culinary insiders) decided to hold one of its four national awards ceremonies in Austin
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October 31, 2011
Here’s the Beef, Pork, and Sausage–and Apricot Fried Pies
The second annual Texas Monthly BBQ Festival was held Sunday, October 30, at the outdoor terrace of Long Center in Austin. Some 3,000 people attended to sample barbecue from 22 vendors (all of whom had been named to our Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas in 2008),
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October 21, 2011
TMBBQFest, “23 Pitmasters in 23 Days:” Franklin Barbecue
Editor's Note: The Texas Monthly BBQ Festival is almost here! Each day until then, we'll be talking to one of the featured pitmasters, with questions from TM staffers, esteemed BBQ experts, Twitter followers and you, the readers of this blog.Today we bring you Aaron Franklin, 33, of
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August 11, 2011
Trailer Thursday, San Antonio: Brisket sliders at the Smoke Shack
As a barbecue trailer in Texas, the Smoke Shack, in San Antonio, has quite a reputation to live up to. Franklin Barbecue has changed the game for all of us, and even Hitler is into their ‘cue. While no one can
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November 25, 2010
Trailer Thursday: A Very Trailer Thanksgiving
Poor Snoopy. He concocted the best Thanksgiving dinner he could, but Peppermint Patty flew into a rage when she saw the spread: buttered toast, pretzel sticks, popcorn, ice cream sundaes, and jelly beans. I’ve never understood why Patty got so angry at Charlie Brown about that assortment of carbs and