Got Spicy Cheese?
The Pola Cheese booth is going to be my first stop at the Urban Harvest Farmer’s Market this morning. These guys have my tastes nailed–I get the cheeses that are dusted …
The Winged Bean Wonder Boy
Combine the alternative gardening passion of Michael Pollan, the eccentric marketing genius of Bonny Doon’s Randall Graham and the boyish good looks of cinema idol Zac Efron and you’ve got …
Creolized Burger and Fries: The Banh Mi Burger
The banh mi burger is a very tasty emerging trend. Most of the banh mi burgers I have heard about are created by American restaurants and burger joints rather than …
100 Years of Mango Ice Cream at the Menger
Next time you’re in San Antonio, stop by the Menger Hotel’s Colonial Dining room and have a dish of mango ice cream. The dessert has been on the menu there …
SFA & The Global South
Dad and I had a blast roadtripping to the SFA’s “Global South” symposium and hanging out with rowdy food lovers of all sorts this past weekend. He’s a frequent SFA …
Serious SFA Eats
On the Road to SFA, we stopped along the Houston to Oxford trail for bites of Cajun kolaches, hot-out-the-fryer cracklins, crawfish boudin, the best of NoLa-Sicilian and whatever else our …
Foodways Texas Fundraiser at Armadillo Palace
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Texas Oyster Forecast
Ben Nelson and Tracy Woody took me and seafood dealer Jim Gossen out on Galveston Bay to check their oyster leases yesterday. Jeri’s Seafood, named after Ben’s wife Jeri Nelson, …
Manfred's New Moustache
Did Cafe Moustache borrow this salad on a pizza idea from Marco Wiles’s Dolce Vita across the street? Granted, it’s not the newest idea under the sun–neither is the beef …
It's a Busy BBQ Weekend
On Saturday I’ll be giving a talk titled “Wurst BBQ in Texas” at the Texas Dance Hall Symposium at the Round Top Festival Institute. I am planning on showing a …