Wheat bread was hard to come by at the HEB at Hancock Center Friday night, as Austinites and evacuees scrambled to stock up before a potential hit by Ike. But there was plenty of bottled water to be had. An aisle-end display featured a noteworthy variety: Central Market/HEB-branded ALL NATURAL ARTESIAN WATER IMPORTED FROM NEW [...]
The good folks at the Sustainable Food Center have opted to “err on the side of caution” with Hurricane Ike’s strong winds predicted for Austin Saturday morning. This is a one-time thing; the market resumes next weekend and will continue uninterrupted at the Triangle on Wednesday afternoons. So far, there’s no word about cancellation from [...]
Eggplant likes it hot, and that makes it a great crop for Texas. But is it a great crop for you? It’s one of the great polarizing vegetables – anyone not passionately for it is against it. But already, we’re proving how little many of us know eggplant. Though we treat it like a “vegetable,” [...]
If you haven’t treated yourself to Austin-local Kerbey Lane Café’s Tomato Pie yet, you might pencil in a meal there, because you don’t want to miss this. Made with tomatoes from Oak Hill Farm in Poteet, the (not-so-photogenic) pie is mostly tomato – fresh, juicy, flavorful tomato slices – with some feta, kalamata olives, and [...]
Tiffany, herself, was on hand yesterday to welcome guests for a sneak-peek of the new Tiff’s Treats location in north Austin, near Braker Lane and 183. Hailing from Dallas, Tiff started the cookie delivery company in Austin with her friend Leon out of his college apartment using her mom’s recipes back in 1999. The grand [...]
It’s the sexier name for soybeans, in vogue for the past few years eaten Japanese-style — steamed, sprinkled with coarse salt, and bitten out of their pods. You might not think soybeans are a big part of your diet, but you might think again. 66.3 million acres of them were planted in the U.S. in [...]
