Dining by Fire

16 top Texas chefs come together for a celebration of meat and flame at Live Fire!

By Kristi Willis

04.23.13 | 10:02 am

Ready for a meat hangover? On Thursday, April 25, the Austin Food and Wine Alliance will transform the Salt Lick Bar-B-Que Pavillion into a meat lover’s paradise at its 3rd annual Live Fire! ...

BBQ Benefit

A celebration of all-things-meat: Chef lineup announced for Austin Food & Wine Alliance's Live Fire!

By Arden Ward

03.28.13 | 12:46 pm

Serving as the unofficial start to a much anticipated food-centric weekend, Live Fire! returns to the Salt Lick Pavilion on Thursday, April 25 ahead of the Austin Food & Wine Festival. In ...

Food for thought

Austin Food & Wine Alliance announces winners of inaugural grant program for culinary innovation

By Arden Ward

12.16.12 | 5:15 pm

This fall, Austin Food & Wine Alliance announced an open call for submissions to its "first-of-its-kind grant program,” which would award $20,000 in 2012 to support “chefs, far ...

weekend roundup

Top picks for a Fun Fun Fun weekend (even without the festival)

By Michael Graupmann

11.03.12 | 9:45 am

Auditorium Shores is filled with the sounds of celebration today as the four stages of fun are multiplied times three. Three times the fun we say at Fun Fun Fun Fest! The music/comedy/more fest ...

Good Eats

Local chefs go whole hog at Wine & Swine, benefiting Austin Food & Wine Alliance

By Matt McGinnis

10.18.12 | 1:22 pm

How many ways can you think of to prepare a whole pig? On Sunday, Nov. 4, more than a dozen prominent central Texas chefs will test their haute hog skills at the second annual Wine & Swine ...

2nd Annual Wine & Swine Pig Roast

Pioneer Farms

11.04.12

Wine & Swine is a fundraiser for the Austin Food & Wine Alliance, Central Texas' newest culinary non-profit, which is dedicated to fostering awareness and innovation in the Central Texa

Food for thought

Austin Food & Wine Alliance announces new grant program for culinary innovation in Central Texas

By Arden Ward

09.14.12 | 4:31 pm

In its short existence, the Austin Food & Wine Alliance has become widely known for first-rate events that celebrate Austin's culinary expertise. But outside of deliciously-executed events, ...

Delicious Dish

Austin Cellar Classic provides two days of uncorked fun at Max's Wine Dive

By Michael Graupmann

09.01.12 | 2:05 pm

Max's Wine Dive might be best known for fried chicken and reverse happy hour specials, but the upscale downtown hotspot is ready to show off its impressive culinary talents that put the "g ...

finger lickin' good

"Brontosaurus ribs" by local chef win the Greenling Fan Favorite award at Live Fire! meat-cooking competition

By Matt McGinnis

04.27.12 | 2:30 pm

In Forrest Gump, Bubba rattles off over 20 different ways to prepare shrimp. It turns out that beef is pretty damn versatile too. On a beautiful April night at the rustic Salt Lick Pavilion, r ...

Austin Food & Wine Alliance Live Fire! Event

The Salt Lick - Driftwood

04.26.12

Live Fire! Austin’s most anticipated celebration of all things meat returns this spring with a dynamic lineup of award-winning chefs ready to battle the flames and raise funds for culinary gr