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Indie Chefs Week Foreign and Domestic Ned Elliott
Austin Chefs at SXSW
Austin's top chefs dish on the do-it-yourself culinary movement
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03.09.14 | 02:37 pm
A large crowd of food enthusiasts braved the rain and cold wind Saturday to huddle under the tent at The Blackheart and hear Austin chefs Ned Elliott of Foreign and ...
Randalls grocery store
Mega Supermarket Merger
Albertsons acquires Randalls in supersize supermarket merger
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03.07.14 | 01:24 pm
After months-long speculation, Randalls has new ownership that will see it merge with a competing supermarket chain: Albertsons. Safeway, the parent company of Randalls and Tom Thumb, agreed to be ...
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The Week in Food
The week in food: El Arroyo loves McConaughey, Stiles Switch's barbecue beer and a new vegan food trailer
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03.07.14 | 08:53 am
This week in food brings us new beer, new ideas for vegan cuisine and new lunch menus. What else was going on? Smoky beer Barbecue and booze have collided at ...
Perlas Patio
Let's Take This Outside
Where to eat in Austin right now: The best restaurant patios and decks to check out this spring
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03.06.14 | 02:15 pm
Spring is just around the corner — we can only hope. And with it comes warmer days, refreshing breezes and restaurant patios. This month, we share a few of our favorites ...
LaV restaurant east austin
The Wait Is Over
A portal to Provence: laV brings rustic French elegance to East Austin
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03.06.14 | 09:00 am
As you walk up to the entrance at laV, you know you are entering some place special. The olive trees and lavender lining the sidewalk offer the welcoming signs of ...
Blackbird and henry
Blackbird & Henry Debuts
New restaurant Blackbird and Henry opens on Guadalupe, bringing classic dishes with a British feel
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03.05.14 | 11:16 am
“I cook food, and I like to eat, and I like to eat a lot of different things,” says Chef Mark Schmidt of his cooking style. It’s an incredibly ...
The Peached Tortilla Brisket Bites
Practice Makes Perfect
The Peached Tortilla throws down the gauntlet with pre-opening pop-up series
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03.04.14 | 10:05 am
The team behind The Peached Tortilla Asian-fusion food truck is willingly putting itself through a culinary gauntlet. After four years of being confined to four wheels, chef and owner Eric ...
Photo of kitchen scraps in Bokashi bucket,
The Farmer Diaries
Texas farmer experiments with indoor-friendly bokashi composting
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03.02.14 | 11:32 am
I compost because I must. Like a shrewd, miserly old banker who spots a penny on the bank lobby floor, I look into the kitchen sink after a night's ...
Congress Restaurant Austin wine list
Best Wine Picks
Austin's best wine lists — and the wine experts behind them
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02.28.14 | 10:25 am
Not all wine lists are created equal. For some restaurants, it’s about covering the basics and making sure there’s a wine available for everyone to enjoy. For other ...
Bess Bistro dessert
Austin Food Beat
This week in food: Bon Appetit loves Arro, Bess goes local & Jester King gets fruity
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02.27.14 | 02:45 pm
This week in Austin food, we saw a heaping of new spring menus and drinks, plus more national recognition. Bon Appetit loves Arro's French style Arro received impressive recognition ...
White Horse in Austin
Where The Cool Things Are
Where the cool kids hang in Austin — according to people who don't actually live here
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02.25.14 | 03:21 pm
It's that time of year when other people who don't live in Austin write guides about Austin for people who also don't live in Austin. Usually, they ...
Absolut Texas Vodka
Taste of Texas
Deep Eddy Vodka and Absolut unveil tasty new flavors with Texas roots
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02.24.14 | 11:46 am
New flavored vodkas from Deep Eddy Vodka and Absolut are hitting Texas shelves this month, just in time for spring break madness. And both are riding the wave of growing ...
JR Ewing Bourbon
Larry Hagman Sipper
New J.R. Ewing Bourbon capitalizes on the return of Dallas TV show
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02.23.14 | 02:29 pm
With season three of Dallas coming up, a bottling company is capitalizing on that momentous occasion with a kitschy namesake bourbon. Called J.R. Ewing Bourbon, it's named after ...
Drink.Well Official Drink of Austin
Boozin' for Glory
The surprising choice for Official Drink of Austin aims to dethrone the margarita
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02.22.14 | 10:13 am
On Thursday, February 20, Austin’s best mixologist teams went head to head in a friendly (and delicious) competition to have their cocktails named the Official Drink of Austin. The ...
Couple on a date drinking beer
Dating 101
Order the right drink on a first date or you could die alone
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02.21.14 | 04:00 pm
First dates are fraught with myriad speed bumps that could thwart a sequel to dinner and a movie. You can talk about yourself too much or bring up religion or ...
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