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Watch Out Little Girl!

Just in time for a holiday weekend that some people like to grill on, HEB beef recall: Raw beef briskets with plant inspection No. 969 (EST #969) with sell-by dates between May 12 and June 20. Raw beef inside skirt steaks in a Styrofoam tray with sell-by dates between May 4 and June 20. Hill […]

Edible Austin Summer 2009 Issue

Hot off the presses: new issue of Edible Austin. I’m really excited about this magazine. It has quickly become a touchstone for our food community. When Marla Camp first put it out, she told me that people were asking her how she was going to get enough content to fill future issues. That hasn’t seemed […]

Pedal Power

When I’m not cooking (or eating), I’m on my bike. So, I was excited to see Whole Foods is now offering a delivery service via bicycle. They had a nice little kick-off party this week with free eats and drinks. I hope the program is a sucess. Who knows, could be a whole other career […]

The Critics Have Spoken

The results are in. 2009 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll. I usually look to the Critic’s side of the poll, as opposed to the Reader’s (to keep the riffraff out). Surprises this year? The food trailers have moved in and upped the ante.

Update: Tecolote Farm

Travis County Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt was nice enough to respond to my email about the Tecolote Farm water crisis. (In fact, she was the only one out of the five to do so.) She said that “we are all to blame.” This probably has some truth to it: Austinites want inexpensive housing, residential developers descend […]

Meet the Board

The newly formed Sustainable Food Policy Board for the City of Austin is now in effect. Who are the members? Check them out. The meeting got off to a slow start (Henry M. Robert would have shuddered) but picked up steam by the end. The bylaws were approved, the subcommittees were set and the next […]