Austin Food Journal

Or, as Andy Ricker of Pok Pok calls it: Kai Kaphrao Khai Dao. Thai food has many names for the same dish, but that’s cool, doesn’t make them less tasty.

Slow roasted lamb shank, Cannellini beans with arugula and tomato tart.

Split local tomatoes and garlic.

Caramelized sugar and Sherry to cover the compote.

I just want to hug these tomatoes

Yellow onions cooked down with white wine.

Caramel with Thyme, capers, (and soon to be), tomato, onion and puff pastry.

Condensed tomato, caper, thyme, onion, simple syrup and puff pastry.

Long time coming. Braised for 9 hours.

This weeks picks: Fancy Sweet (NB), Caribou (NS), Summerstone (WA). Shout out to Austin’s Primo Shucker.