Texas Daily Photo: Ray’s Barbecue In Montopolis Neighborhood Of Austin
One of my very favorite barbecue houses in Austin. Montopolis is one of our town’s oldest neighborhoods [it was its own city before Austin even existed] and you can feel the history in the air as you...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photo: How To Make A King Ranch Casserole
One of the greatest pleasures of Texas cuisine is the King Ranch casserole. I’ve written about it extensively over the years. At one point I got a little hot under the collar when a food writer penned...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photo: The Red Rooster In Pflugerville Texas
A beguiling beauty takes her turn at the microphone at The Red Rooster In Pflugerville, Texas. Once a month or so I like to spread my wings a bit and take flight to the northern reaches of Travis...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photo: Perez Barbecue In Bartlett, Texas
Unbelievably good sausage is coming out of the tiny smokehouse, Perez Barbecue up in Bartlett, Texas. It’s a different style than what I’m accustomed to with sage being the predominant (and delicious)...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photo: Taco Joint On San Jacinto Across From University Texas
After 2 plus weeks on the road in parts of the world where eating Tex Mex is plainly a bad idea (the Balkans, Asia, northern Europe) I needed a fix in the worst possible way. With 300+ options in front...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photo: Julian Fernandez of Los Texas Wranglers
Expert practitioners of conjunto, the raucous, accordion-driven music that came into being in the Texas of the 1800s, Los Texas Wranglers provided a driving backbeat to the Joe’s Bakery 50th...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photo: Tombstone Texas Bar And Grill In Liberty Hill
One of the nicer new bars I’ve seen open in Central Texas in the past 15 years. Tombstone Texas Bar and Grill is gorgeous. While I have no doubt that it will be embraced by the good people of Liberty …...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photos: Thai Noodle House In Austin Texas
One of the first Thai restaurants I ever visited in Austin, Texas. The owner, Eddie Nimibutr is on the hotseat right now for some comments he made regarding the school shooting in Connecticut. It will...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photo: Scrumptious Chef Restaurant Pop Up #7: The Wild Foods Of...
Looks like Tamale House got a hold of the Scrumptious Chef Restaurant Pop Up event poster. I wasn’t going to release it for a few more days. It’ll probably go viral as long lines form at the east...
View ArticleTexas Daily Photo: East Austin Mujere
I spotted this lady at the Joe’s Bakery 50th Anniversary party at Fiesta Gardens in East Austin. She was whirling around and around on the dance floor til I coaxed her into stopping for a moment so I...
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