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Veronica Meewes

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Veronica Meewes graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in NY, where she studied writing, art, and sociology. She works for a local non-profit by day and moonlights as a freelance writer, specializing in food and beverage. She currently writes most regularly for the Austin-American Statesman, Edible Austin, and Bites, The Today Show's food website. For more updates, follow her on Twitter @wellfedlife and visit her blog at www.mywellfedlife.blogspot.com

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Texas State Dessert

The 5 best pecan pies in town — the official pie of Texas

By Veronica Meewes

05.13.13 | 12:02 pm

Ask any good Texan about their state’s most cherished pie and they’ll most likely answer, “pee-can!” But now it’s official. Just last month, thanks to Rep. Marsha ...


Take it With You

The best 18 BYOB restaurants in Austin

By Veronica Meewes

05.01.13 | 2:22 pm

Believe it or not, establishments that allow BYOB (bring your own beverage) are not nearly as common in Austin as they are in many other (read: larger) cities. So why ...


In the Spotlight

Food publicists set the stage for Austin's culinary rock stars

By Veronica Meewes

03.31.13 | 3:15 pm

It seems Austin’s status as the Live Music Capital is being increasingly challenged by its reputation as a food destination. Though we’re certainly not “the city that never ...


Brunch Best Bets

Ring in spring with the best Easter brunch spots in Austin

By Veronica Meewes

03.28.13 | 2:31 pm

I grew up in the Northeast, where Easter Sunday meant church, lilies, and a traditional dinner with family. In Austin, however, it’s just one more excuse for transplants to ...


Chaos in the Kitchen

Chaos Cooking, Brooklyn's most interactive supper club makes its Austin debut

By Veronica Meewes

03.10.13 | 2:45 pm

Wednesday March 6 kicked off a series of cultural events at SXSW sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery. Austin is the first stop on the MASH tour, which will bring “adventure in ...


Mardi Gras Madness

Skip Sixth Street and celebrate Fat Tuesday with these New Orleans-style feasts around town

By Veronica Meewes

02.12.13 | 11:35 am

Though there is truly no substitute for being in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Austinites in search of beaded revelry will head downtown for some local debauchery this Tuesday night ...


Man's best friend

Puppy love: Where to buy all-natural treats for your four-legged friend

By Veronica Meewes

01.30.13 | 11:47 am

Why should humans get all the love? There are plenty of edible ways to show man’s best friend you care — and they’re all natural enough for human consumption ...


natural healing

La Botanica, folk healers on wheels: A Triumvirate of botanical power grows roots in East Austin

By Veronica Meewes

01.24.13 | 9:38 am

You might say the three women behind La Botanica, an herbal folk healing trailer tucked away in East Austin, came together under quite serendipitous circumstances.  When Carla Vargas-Frank met Olivia ...


Divine Presents

A dozen foodies dancing: 12 local stops for holiday shopping

By Veronica Meewes

12.05.12 | 9:29 am

Austin certainly makes it easy to shop locally, especially when you’re buying for the foodies on your gift list. Here are some of our favorite culinary finds all around ...


Good Eats

Where East meets Tex-Mex by way of France: Whip in and hang your hat for awhile

By Veronica Meewes

11.30.12 | 12:15 pm

It’s hard to believe Whip In, the Travis Heights institution, got its humble start as a convenience store and gas station on the access road of I-35. Amrit and ...


like you've never tasted before

NYC's Dirt Candy set to pack a vegetarian punch at the Drafthouse

By Veronica Meewes

11.03.12 | 2:00 pm

Sunday night, as festival-goers are winding down the Fun Fun Fun at Auditorium Shores, the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar will just be heating up as New York chef Amanda Cohen ...


Foodie frenzy

Living La Dolce Vita: Austin’s best restaurants, wineries & mixologists to converge at Laguna Gloria for annual food celebration

By Veronica Meewes

10.08.12 | 10:12 am

This Thursday, Laguna Gloria will transform into a lakeside Italian resort for the 23rd annual La Dolce Vita Food and Wine Festival to benefit AMOA-Arthouse educational programming. Over 50 of ...


the importance of eating local

Jesse Griffiths goes Afield and artistically teaches us how to live off the land

By Veronica Meewes

09.27.12 | 12:24 pm

As the local food movement has gained more and more momentum through the years, it seems everyone wants a piece of the proverbial pie. But merely slapping the word “local ...


Kalbi Maybe?

Take a peek into Austin's small-but-savory Korean food scene

By Veronica Meewes

09.17.12 | 9:17 am

In the past couple years, food trucks Coreanos and Chi’lantro have been bringing the flavors of Korea, in the form of decadent late-night snacks, to Austin's downtown revelers ...


fishmonger

Roberto San Miguel believes there are plenty of fish in the sea and will bring them to the East Side's new market

By Veronica Meewes

07.25.12 | 9:38 am

Roberto San Miguel takes his fish seriously. A research specialist for the state attorney general by day, he moonlights as a fishmonger, taking weekly trips to the coast in order ...


rare treats

Have tongue, will travel: An interview with Noble Pig's John Bates

By Veronica Meewes

07.14.12 | 11:06 am

When John Bates and Brandon Martinez, the chef-owners behind the Noble Pig, opened up shop in September of 2010, they were just a quaint little sandwich joint in a strip ...


lick the heat

Some creamy treats to help sweeten the heat

By Veronica Meewes

05.16.12 | 11:50 am

Despite the generous outpouring of spring showers we’ve seen lately, let’s face it: relentless summer heat will be here before we know. Luckily, the list of local forms ...


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