Category: Austin
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Scenes from Uchiko
So Uchiko hosted a media event tonight (last night? It’s really late as I’m writing this), and I snapped a few photos of Paul Qui and Tyson Cole as they prepped the gorgeous food samples. I’ve been to Uchiko a couple of times for dinner since it opened, and I can’t say enough great things…
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Weekend Warriors
Justin and I spent our Saturday traveling all over Austin to do some food research for the book. We ended up visiting 10 places in one day. We started out with just one rule: we could only take one bite of each dish, so that we didn’t get full too early in the game. Yeah,…
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A Bajillion Photos
So as we’ve been trying out new restaurants, I’ve been taking photos. Lots of photos. Some with my fancy-pants DSLR, some with my iPhone. I finally took the time to upload a huge batch of them last night, and I added them to my flickr page. I’m not going to blog about all of them…
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Barista Training!
Everyone, thanks so much for your comments on my last post. The ball of light idea really seems to help out… and now I just have to work on remembering it more throughout the day. So a few weeks back, I trekked out to Cuvee Coffee Roasting Company for their barista training. It was so…
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Little Deli & Pizzeria
Seriously? Why have we never been here before? Little Deli & Pizzeria, a hidden gem in an old funky shopping center in the Crestview neighborhood. It’s teeny tiny. There are only four tables inside. And they use huge vegetable cans as pizza stands. The cheese steak rocks. The pizza is awesome, hand-tossed with lots of…