Previous Events & News

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 was the Austin premiere screening of Fast Food Nation 7pm at the Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Ave. At 9pm there was a Q&A with director Richard Linklater (video The Directors PN 1998 .A2 D5 1999) and author Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation book TX 945.3 .S355 2002 or e-book) plus a VIP After-Party. The Austin Farmers' Market had a special market there from 4-7pm. Also hosted by the Sustainable Food Center, Whole Foods Market and OnNetworks.

Apply for the Stephan Pyles Scholarship for Culinary students offered by the The Wine & Food Foundation of Texas. You'll also find articles, events and cooking classes on this site. Check out New tastes from Texas by Stephan Pyles TX 715.2 .S69 P93 1999.

PBS series "Diary of a Foodie" premiered Saturday, October 14th, 2006. Gourmet magazine's editorial team takes viewers around the globe, "unearthing a feast of cutting edge food trends." Check KLRU's local listings for times. Check out The gourmet cookbook TX 651.G68 2004 and History in a glass : sixty years of wine writing from Gourmet TP 549.H57 2006.

Bravo series "Top Chef" season 2 premiered Wednesday, October 18th, 2006. Tom Colicchio (author of Craft of cooking : notes and recipes from a restaurant kitchen TX 651 .C644 2003) is the Head Chef/Judge for this culinary competition which covers skills in the kitchen, management, customer service and teamwork abilities. The grand prize includes $100,000.

News - Friday, November 3rd, 2006, The annual XL Dining Guide 2006 was in the Austin Amercian Statesman. Free copies of this guide are also available at Central Market and Whole Foods. Includes the top 10 restaurants, other fine restaurants as well as casual favorites. Hudson's on the Bend was number one. Check out their cookbook Fired Up! TX 715.B55 2005.

News - Austin Chronicle October 20th, 2006 article Young and Hungry: ACC offers students two restaurants' worth of opportunity by Mick Vann (author of Appetizer Atlas) TX 740 .M42 2003. Mick praises the Culinary Arts program and both their restaurants Bistro 3158 (fine dining) and Le' Bistrette (lunch and take out). He focuses on the quality, variety and affordibility of this Culinary program compared to others. As a restaurant critic, he also has the same overall opion of the restaurants.

Eat, Drink, Be Merry, Repeat. Free samples of Central Market holiday offerings Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 5-7pm at Central Market Westgate, 4477 S. Lamar 899-4300. Entertainiment in the Cafe afterwards. Check out Gifts from the Christmas kitchen TX 739.2 .C45 G45 1983.

Flay vs. Bull -- Through October 2006 on the Food Network. Austin's Driskill Hotel executive chef David Bull challenges Iron Chef Bobby Flay, author of Bobby Flay's grilling for life TX940.B3 F53 2005 .

Texas Wine Month Passport Trail -- Taste new wine releases or old favorites during October 2006. $25 nets you a passport to 20 hill country wineries -- and they're even throwing in a collectors' T-shirt. Visit 10 of 20 wineries, and you're eligible for a drawing for... wine, of course. Tix available at www.texaswinetrail.com Check out The wine roads of Texas : an essential guide to Texas wines and wineries TP557 .M34 2003.

Free - All culinary events at the Texas Book Festival October 27-29th, 2006 are free. Many chefs will be there including David Bull (Driskill Hotel), Patricia Quintana (author of Mexico's feasts of life) TX 716 .M4 Q55 1994, David Kamp (author of The United States of Arugula), Amy Sedaris (author of I like you : hospitality under the influence) GV 1471 .S39 and more. Volunteers are also needed.

Submit a video before Friday, October 27th, 2006 and you could host your own TV show! Click here for more info on how to "be the next Food Network star."

Wine Romp & Grape Stomp on the outside deck at Central Market North Lamar Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 6:30-9pm $10. Nibbles by Austin's Top Chefs and local vendors plus live music by McLemore Avenue. Texas wineries provide the experience of the old world stomping of grapes. Check out The wines of Texas : a guide and a history TP557. E54 2002.

Free - Introduction to Thai Cooking with Culinary Herbs lecture by Saphachai Apisaksiri (Chef at Madam Mam's) Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 2pm at the It's About Thyme Garden Center, 11726 Manchaca Road, 280-1192. Look at an electronic book Cooking the Thai way in the library or at home.

Free - watch David Bull (Driskill Hotel) vs Tyson Cole (Uchi) battle it out with avocado during the Healthy Chef Showdown on Saturday, October 21st, 2006 11:30am at the Austin Farmers' Market (4th & Guadalupe). Emceed by Jamie and Bobby Deen from the Food Network's Road Tested. Others events, including music, run from 10am to 1:30pm.

Green Corn Project's 8th Annual Fall Fundraiser -- Sunday, October 15, 2006 12-5 p.m. at scenic Boggy Creek Farm in East Austin. Featuring chef demonstrations, restaurant samplers and recipes, and live music. Green Corn Project educates and helps central Texans establish organic food gardens. New gardeners and GCP volunteers work together to plant high-yield gardens for homes, schools, and in community plots. Tickets $30 pre-event, $35 at the event, (children under 12 free). Tix available at Wheatsville Co-op, Boggy Creek Farm, The Natural Gardner. Chef David Ansel (author of The soup peddler's slow & difficult soups TX757.A57 2005) will teach a cooking class.

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Updated: October 26, 2007