The 2013 Food Issue
Austin is a city in transition, and its food scene has kept apace: In what feels like a blink of the eye, we’ve transformed into a foodie town, an urban farming hub, and ground zero for the gospel of the breakfast taco. Our first-ever Food Issue takes a closer look at the city’s new flavor profile and also debuts our First Plates Awards, doled out to the restaurants and trailers that have our tongues wagging most, from up-and-comers and under-the-radar spots to beloved institutions. Dig in, y’all.
From the Print Edition
Keeping the Lights on at Casa de Luz
The iconic Austin eating-and-meeting place dearly wants to continue pursuing its macrobiotic mission – but can't quite seem to comply with public safety codes
Elizabeth Pagano, Thu., June 13, 2013
City of Austin vs. Casa de Luz
Elizabeth Pagano, Thu., June 13, 2013
SNAP Decision: Starve the Poor
Cuts would impact Texans in need
Anna Toon, Thu., June 13, 2013
The Q&A Hole
The Food Issue serving
Wayne Alan Brenner, Thu., June 13, 2013
Eat to the Beat
Austin's music and food mash-up in six verses
Kevin Curtin, Thu., June 13, 2013
There Will Be Food
Austin's film catering gurus learn how to make do in a changing industry. Spoiler alert: The answer is never pizza.
Jeff Winkler, Thu., June 13, 2013
Apps and Entrées
Austin-centric food apps deliver
Jessi Cape, Thu., June 13, 2013
Nü Food
Turns out the food replicators from 'Star Trek' weren't so far-fetched
Monica Riese and Wayne Alan Brenner, Thu., June 13, 2013
Emerging Foodscapes
Austin restaurants get serious about design
Rachel Feit, Thu., June 13, 2013
Local Flavor
Five Austin cookbooks to sink your teeth into
Virginia B. Wood, Thu., June 13, 2013
The Austin Food Blogger Alliance Cookbook
Truly a community cookbook for the ages
Virginia B. Wood, Thu., June 13, 2013
The Everything Thai Cookbook, 2nd ed.
Local chef takes the terror out of Thai
Mick Vann, Thu., June 13, 2013
Paleo French Cuisine
The 10,000-year-old diet gets a French makeover
Anna Toon, Thu., June 13, 2013
Austin Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes From the Texas Capital
Crystal Esquivel encapsulates the plentiful flavors of Austin's exploding food scene
Jessi Cape, Thu., June 13, 2013
Down-Home With Ruby Dee
How one tragic accident led to a therapeutic cookbook
Gracie Salem, Thu., June 13, 2013
Ruby's Juke Joint Americana Cookbook
This one's for "real Americana folks," not highbrow foodies
Gracie Salem, Thu., June 13, 2013
From the Archives
Eat, Memory
The food staff on their fondness for holidays past: epiphanies, friendship, near-disaster, disaster, and always a full plate
Virginia B. Wood, Thu., Dec. 23, 2004
Duck and Cover
It took an international incident of nuclear brinksmanship to teach me the real meaning of Thanksgiving.
Mick Vann, Thu., Dec. 23, 2004
Rubies Among the Shooting Stars
A trip to the headwaters of the Pecos River in July 1976 resulted in the culinary surprise of a lifetime.
Mick Vann, Thu., Aug. 7, 2003
Required Culture Under the Pink Chandelier
Holiday food memories
Virginia B. Wood, Thu., Dec. 20, 2001
Will Travel for Food
My Quest for Chiles en Nogada
Claudia Alarcón, Thu., Oct. 18, 2001
Tomato Season
My relationship with tomatoes is a passionate one.
Wes Marshall, Thu., July 12, 2001
Food-o-File
Why Virginia B. Wood's first culinary epiphany got her in big trouble.
Virginia B. Wood, Thu., Jan. 25, 2001
The Infectious Love of Good Wine
Wes Marshall, Thu., Dec. 23, 1999
From the Blog
Ten Good Bites of Prose
Food and its preparation spans literary genres like a rich thick gravy
Wayne Alan Brenner, Fri., May 5, 2017
First Plates Extra Helpings: What’s Cooking in the Entomophagy Scene?
Among other things, would you believe … crickets as a Dai Due special?
Wayne Alan Brenner, Wed., Feb. 4, 2015
Food Issue Extra Helpings: My First Paycheck Was -$2.95
On being a terrible waiter
Andy Campbell, Wed., Feb. 19, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: Picking
What could possibly be the reason for the way I eat?
Jordan Gass-Pooré, Wed., Feb. 19, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: Reading Between the Lines
The weight of a family cookbook
Brandon Watson, Tue., Feb. 18, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: 10 Years a Server
The trenches of the service industry are full of lessons
Claire Gordon, Mon., Feb. 17, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: Edibile Beyoncé
Valentine’s dinner for one
Abby Johnston, Fri., Feb. 14, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: Cafe Bistro, Will You Be My Valentine?
I'm taking my little one on a date… to the mall
Terry Ornelas Woodroffe, Fri., Feb. 14, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Take your love and your love for food on a journey this V-Day
Lizzie Jespersen, Thu., Feb. 13, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: Very Superstitious
Do certain foods have supernatural powers?
Ria Nevada, Thu., Feb. 13, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: Free on the 14th?
Valentine's is still delicious for us single people
Andrea Kinnison, Wed., Feb. 12, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: Blood & Chocolate
Valentine’s playlist: ‘Someone left the cake out in the rain’
Jim Caligiuri, Wed., Feb. 12, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: Sandwiched Together
Notes from the 'Chronicle' lunch line
Kimberley Jones, Wed., Feb. 12, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: My Dinners with Jon Dee Graham
Cooking tips from one True Believer to another
William Harries Graham, Tue., Feb. 11, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: I'm Waiting for My Ham
A few lines about the lines around Austin
Chase Hoffberger, Mon., Feb. 10, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings: My Relationship as a Google Doc
Foodie favorites find an OCD home
Monica Riese, Mon., Feb. 10, 2014
Food Issue Extra Helpings
We're smacking our lips in anticipation of First Plates
Kate X Messer, Mon., Feb. 10, 2014
Rock & Roll Chef
A soundtrack for your chicken posole
Abby Johnston, Fri., June 14, 2013
Nice Tomatoes
The story behind the Eastside Green Tomato photo gallery
Fri., June 14, 2013
Dude Dining
Dinner, it's not just for dates anymore
Chase Hoffberger, Fri., June 14, 2013
Food Issue: Not Your Average TV Dinner
10 summer TV favorites and what to eat while watching them
Candice Gallion, Thu., June 13, 2013
Moonage Daydream
Baked goods + Austin Psych Fest = cookie monster
Raoul Hernandez, Thu., June 13, 2013
Table for One
The boon and bane of living alone
Kimberley Jones, Thu., June 13, 2013
Frank!
Hot dogging the Live Music Capitol
Jim Caligiuri, Wed., June 12, 2013
Finding Austin's Bodegas
We need to talk about Austin's takeout issue for a minute
Chase Hoffberger, Wed., June 12, 2013
When Vegetables Aren't Enough
John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism,” and the Ideology of Food
Michael King, Wed., June 12, 2013
Cooking in Prison
Recipes for making the best out of time. Lots of time.
Amy Smith, Tue., June 11, 2013
Book Yourself Some Eats
Literary quotations about food – past, present, and post-apocalyptic
Wayne Alan Brenner, Mon., June 10, 2013
The 'Chronicle' Is Baked
Confessions from a full-time addict
