Christian Bowers – Page 150 – Austin Food Journal

Dual Use Dough

Pizza dough doubles as focaccia bread (in my kitchen at least). You can get crazy with the toppings or keep it simple if you want to use it for sandwich bread. This batch just has sea salt. The leftovers make great croutons.

Restaurant Review: P. Terry’s

The drive through. In a time honored American tradition, I didn’t have time to go to sit in P. Terry’s tonight (3303 N Lamar), so I circled around and picked up some to-go. I know, to-go is inherently risky. But, what the heck, right? I ordered simply: a double burger, a veg burger and some […]

Bubble Factory

I like big bubbles in my pizza. There. I said it. Airy dough that is still crisp on the bottom. You can argue thin crust or Napoli style, but why not have both in one? Crunch and chew. Today’s toppings: sage sausage, red onion, red pepper flakes and caramelized onion. ‘Two onions?’, you say. ‘Hell […]

Raw Talk & Tasting

Slow Food Austin has a couple of events coming up: Raw Milk Cheese Tasting (hosted by Barr Mansion) at the end of October and a National Day of Action Eat-In (hosted by Rain Lily Farm) in September. Check out the Calendar for other upcoming events.

Grow Your Own: August

O.K. kids! You’ve read the news. Sometimes food at the grocery store can kill you. Maybe, I overstated that (just don’t eat peanut butter, tomatoes, lettuce, dog food…). Luckily, there is an alternative. A new trend is sweeping the nation: gardening. Apparently, it started in the prehistoric age; those caveman freaks! If you fall into the prior category (gardener, […]

Restaurant Review: Gumbo’s

This may have happened to you before. You know of a restaurant, walk by it from time to time, but never go in. Maybe, it was the location; it’s name or something someone said about it. Well, this just happened to me. More than once I have dropped into the Brown Bar on a hot […]