This past weekend, Austin chef Paul Qui, an admitted landlubber, braved wind and waves to win the San Pellegrino Cooking Cup, an international competition in which ten competing chefs from different countries prepare fancy food on moving boats in Venice, Italy.Despite looking a little dubious about the whole prospect and
Can Austin’s trendiest restaurateur remake its most venerable establishment?
The Top Chef winner's long-awaited bricks-and-mortar restaurant will open June 20.
Since the closing of Mancha’s Meat Market in Eagle Pass, there is only one place in all of Texas—maybe the entire country—that still serves traditional barbacoa: whole beef heads cooked in an underground pit over wood coals. The sign out front of Vera’s in Brownsville says it all: “Barbacoa en
Chef Jon Bonnell’s new venture is the biggest fish to surface in Fort Worth’s West 7th development.
But was it worth the admission price tag?
It’s a wonder that any of the contestants of “Citywide 86’d,” a competition inspired by the Food Network show Chopped, managed to boil a teaspoon of water under the crazy conditions they were subjected to. The kitchen of Austin’s Uchiko (which co-sponsored the event with its sister restaurant Uchi) was clogged
Austin’s modern new Thai restaurant Sway takes a clue from Down Under.
CultureMap Dallas’s Teresa Gubbins reported that well-known and well-liked Dallas chef Randall Copeland, of Restaurant Ava and Boulevardier, has died at the age of 39. The cause of death was unknown, according to a spokesperson for the restaurants. The bio of the Dallas native on the Restaurant Ava website mentions his
You can’t go home and tell your friends that you came to Central Texas and never ate any barbecue. It would be like going to SXSW and not listening to any music. But there are so many briskets and so little time! How do you sort it all out? No
At Spoon, Dallas chef John Tesar doesn’t let his ego eclipse the seafood.
Two grease fires destroyed Louie Mueller Barbecue's 1959 brick pit in Taylor this past weekend—just as John Mueller's new trailer opened in Austin.
The semifinalists for the annual Restaurant and Chef Awards for 2013, a.k.a. the Oscars of the restaurant industry, included 25 Texas nominations.
Three Austin establishments landed on the food magazine’s list of the twenty most important restaurants of America.
At Houston’s theatrical Pass, to dine is to be entertained.
Dear Readers,Welcome to our brand-new redesigned website!We feel like we’ve just bought a new car. Granted, the old one was still running, but it was looking a little dated and didn’t have the latest features. This one is up-to-the-minute and, most importantly, it looks hot. At least, we think it
And the year's best new restaurants are...
Once a year, I sort through my dining notes and come up with a list of my favorite dining spots of roughly the past twelve months. We modestly call the resulting story, traditionally published in February, “Where To Eat Now.” On its face, it is an honor roll of the
Live Fire!, held Thursday night at the Salt Lick Pavillion in Driftwood, proved to be the perfect meaty event to kick off this weekend's Austin Wine & Food Festival.
Urban chickens are surging in popularity throughout Texas.
Four highlights from "Texas Preserved," Foodways Texas' second annual symposium.
Culinary whiz kid Matt McCallister settles down at the surprising, new FT33.
A Dallas bistro’s artful take on “not too French” cuisine.
I walked into Underbelly the other night and straight into a bear hug from chef-owner Chris Shepherd. And I wasn’t the only one. Every woman that the extroverted Houston chef had ever met before, plus random strangers who were looking a little jealous, also received a hug. I’m not sure
The Birding DriveBy Patricia SharpeROUTE: Mission to South Padre IslandDISTANCE: 89 milesNUMBER OF COUNTIES: 2WHAT TO READ: David Allen Sibley’s The Sibley Guide to BirdsHugging the U.S.-Mexico border in far South Texas, the sultry stretch of land known as the Lower Rio Grande Valley is the Casablanca of the bird
FOOD GURU MICHAEL POLLAN would be a fan of Oxheart. Admittedly, I haven’t asked him, but his famous imperative—“Eat food, not too much, mostly plants”—squares with the philosophy behind the highly anticipated vegetable-centric restaurant from husband-and-wife chefs Justin Yu and Karen Man. (In case you find yourself a little
A guide to the city's best restaurants that won't blow your wad.
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A guide to the city's best mobile eateries that are cranking out everything from Italian street food to funky gourmet doughnuts.
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A culinary guide for navigating your way around and outside the city, from a rustic barbecue joint to a sunset-watching venue on the lake.
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The gotta-have-it list of restaurants you simply must hit.
The gotta-have-it list of restaurants you simply must hit.
The gotta-have-it list of restaurants you simply must hit.
The gotta-have-it list of restaurants you simply must hit.
The gotta-have-it list of restaurants you simply must hit.
White tablecloths. Street food. Small portions. Lots and lots of innards. The only thing the ten best new Texas restaurants have in common is a willingness to prove that there is no such thing as a “Texas restaurant.” But when the escargots with fennel purée are this good, who cares?
I don’t know about you, but when I grab the menu at a beer garden and cafe, the last thing I expect to find on it are dishes like octopus with white curry, smoked fish with sriracha mayo, and chocolate pudding with lime curd and caramel popcorn. But at the
Where did our unofficial state drink come from?
The heritage, splendor, and proper preparation of the ten dishes every Texan should be able to cook from scratch, from smoked brisket and migas to fried catfish and bacon-wrapped dove. Skillet and shotgun not included.
Aaron Franklin on how to smoke the perfect brisket.
Crisp bacon wrapped around meaty, pepper-spiked dove breast, with cream cheese oozing decadently around the edges.
