Author: cryskie
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Tasting Austin: Annie’s Cafe
Updated 10/12/09: Unfortunately, David Alan is no longer the bar manager at Annie’s, Ryan Ffrench is no longer bartending, and Mark Schmidt is no longer chef. I can’t verify that the food and beverages are as delicious and wonderful as they were under David’s watch, but I have heard some sad reports from friends that…
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Fino: The Chef’s Table
Okay, okay. We all know how much I adore Fino. But seriously! They outdid themselves this time… I received an invite to their Chef’s table, billed as a four-course meal paired with cocktails, with chef Jason Donoho and mixologist Bill Norris. It was $100 per person, and though I really wanted to go, I wasn’t sure…
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Typical Tuesday
Well, kind of. We drove down to the South Austin Trailer Park & Eatery for some Torchy’s Tacos. Justin got some super greasy tacos with eggs and queso and chicken fried steak and other such madness. I got my favorite green chile pork taco: And I promptly picked the onions off. I hate it when…
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Evening snack
This is my new favorite night-time snack. A cup of hot chai with soymilk (no sugar), and an olive oil torta. I love these things… made in Seville, Spain, perfectly crispy, sprinkled with big sugar crystals and flecked with anise. They remind me of the biscochos we used to eat at weddings growing up in…
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Summer
Summer is: Tomatoes that actually taste like tomatoes Apriums, sweet and juicy Hot, hot, hot Worrying for months about not being tanned enough, but worrying even more about getting skin cancer, which means never getting tanned Popsicles made from strawberry lemonade Monday night at the movies (so far we’ve watched Up and Away We Go)…