Christian Bowers – Page 138 – Austin Food Journal

Justice At Last

Fried chicken and coleslaw sandwich. And all of the sudden, everything was right in the world.

Wine Me Dine Me

Cafe Josie is having a special event, “Wine Me Dine Me”. These are a good time. Six course dinner, Sangria, everyone at the same big table, catting it up.

Seventy Five Thousand People In Your Backyard

OK. Good news and bad news. The good news is, the Austin Farmers’ Market is on this Saturday on 4th street. The bad news? C3 productions put a big fence around the 75000 people who are downtown for ACL Fest, but they are catching a bus next the the bell peppers you are about to buy.

Company

Family style pasta. It feeds the masses and is inexpensive. Picky kids? No problem. Vegetarian cousin? No problem. No money? No problem. Doctoring this dish up is the key.

UT Tailgate: Change of Focus

Well, this past weekend wasn’t quite the spectacle of the previous one (Texas Tech). Everyone kept saying, “you should have been here last weekend” (I was). Because of the early game time, many tailgaters left their big rigs at home. That’s not to say that there were not some interesting grills cooking up a storm.

Kitchen Tools: The Fork

I think if I was limited to one tool in the kitchen, it would be the fork. Not unlike the golfer who plays nine holes with only a seven iron, he is both envied and mocked. I’m not sure what that means, but lets talk about forks more.