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Jonathan Savell demonstrates the whisky drinking rituals of the early cowboys at Nick Nickelson’s chuckwagon during the Foodways Texas Charreada on Sunday. The event was a sellout with over 300 people in attendance. There were five chuckwagons and a host of cowboy cooks demonstrating various traditional cooking techniques. Dutch oven sourdough biscuits and [...] 
Many thanks to Greg Morago for the excellent article “Just Shuck It” in this Sunday’s Houston Chronicle on the subject of branding oysters by place names. And thanks to Brett Coomer for the awesome oyster photos. The big oyster seminar and historic tasting of Texas oyster appellations are coming up this Saturday February [...]
Meanwhile, oysters from the Pacific Northwest, Cape Cod and Canada (as well as England and France) are marketed by place names. Northern oyster bars like Grand Central Oyster Bar offer consumers as many as 32 oysters to choose from. So why aren’t Texas oysters sold by place names? Well it turns out they were…in the late 1800s. In a few weeks, at the Foodways Texas symposium on Saturday February 26, you will be able to taste Texas oysters from 6 of those famous old reefs side by side. This is probably the first time in a hundred years that Pepper Grove oysters, once the most famous in Galveston Bay, will be offered by their place name. read more An Historic Oyster Tasting »  
The Fort Worth Culinary Charreada will take place from 4 until 8 p.m. Sunday February 20th at Clear Fork Station, 4971 East I-20, Willow Park, Texas, just west of Fort Worth. Tickets are $45 per person or $80 per couple; kids 12 and under get in free. Click to purchase tickets. Terry Chandler [...]
The first Foodways Texas event in Austin will be held on Saturday, December, 11th, from 12-5pm at Momo’s Club downtown, 618 W. 6th Street (above Katz’s Deli). There will be live music, a screening of our first documentary film, and food provided by Hoover’s Cooking, Zandunga Bistro, Southside Market, Quality Seafood, and JR’s Corner BBQ. A short talk on the connections between Texas food and Texas music by music scholar, Jason Mellard is also planned. Tickets are $30. To become a member of Foodways Texas, go to foodwaystexas.com.   Ice Sculpture of the Foodways Texas logo You gotta love a party with an ice sculpture. Last night, Armadillo Palace threw a benefit party for Foodways Texas with decorations that included a frozen rendition of the organization’s logo. Under the melting artwork, Levi Goode made grilled oysters, Chris Shepherd made corned beef sliders, Randy Evans made shrimp corny dogs and Bryan Caswell made those shrimp shots that were featured on Iron Chef. Rebecca Masson made sorghum syrup cookies for dessert. Beer from Saint Arnold’s and vodka from Dripping Springs were consumed in volume.  |
  
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