I’m Baked

I didn’t think I would ever get into baking. Now, all I want to do is get up at 4 AM and throw flour. I’m pretty sure there is a self-help group for this particular affliction. I have a good dough recipe going. It makes wonderful pizza, and the beauty of it is, the remainder […]

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Car Crash

Lucky (not so) break for Cafe Josie. From the Chronicle: a motorist had knocked down his restaurant sign at the corner of Sixth and Blanco three months ago, and it has yet to be replaced, prompting some of his customers to assume he had closed up shop. Nothing could be further from the truth – […]

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Another Good Idea: Hospital Food

This is a good idea. British chef Heston Blumenthal (owner of the famed Fat Duck) is on a quest to improve hospitals in England: “Mealtimes should be something to be celebrated in hospital.” He’s a year into a project with the NHS which is looking at ways of improving the flavor in the food and […]

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Group Hug

I sat in on a meeting with Better Bites of Austin (formerly Small Bites). Great group of Austin food business owners. It’s a ‘power in numbers’ kind of thing and I would say it is working. I see their products all around town. See who the members are and shop Austin!

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Corn Is OK (Maybe)

I have weeded out of my diet products that use processed (scientifically scrambled) corn. I’m just trying to stick to the gifts god gave us (things that have not been hydrogenated). In no shape or form does that mean I don’t like them as kernels. As a matter of fact, I just labored over a […]

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