AltWeeklies Wire
Value Vino: Is $5.99 wine worth drinking?new
Consumer Reports, the entity famous for trashing (literally and figuratively) automobiles and other consumer products, has weighed in on wine, claiming that their "experts" rated the 2009 Alice White Shiraz from Australia "better than a wine that cost $43."
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-27-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, value wine
Famously Drunk: A Brief History of Drinking in Columbia, S.C.new
Probing the historic depths of Columbia's drinking culture.
Columbia Free Times |
Eva Moore |
02-23-2012 |
Food+Drink
Mike Isabella's Fast Cookingnew
The Top Chef star and Graffiato founder could soon have four restaurants in Washington, D.C. Is his empire expanding too soon?
Washington City Paper |
Chris Shott |
02-23-2012 |
Food+Drink
From Mud to Tablenew
Travel Channel host George Motz examines traditional family oyster roasts.
Charleston City Paper |
Margaret Allen |
02-22-2012 |
Food+Drink
Clams vs. Oysters in Winston-Salem
Pound for pound, Winston-Salem is the best food city in the Triad. That’s just an opinion, of course, but one informed by a decade of discriminatory eating in the area.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
Mardi Gras 2012: The Beernew
Jeremy Labadie, aka the Beer Buddha, on where to find the best brews near parade routes.
Gambit |
Jeremy Labadie |
02-14-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Mardi Gras Beer
The Dark Side of Chocolatenew
From the horrors of West African child labor to the promise of Brazil's cabruca system, our choice of chocolate can make a big difference in the lives of the producers.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
02-13-2012 |
Food+Drink
Brussels Sprouts: The Vegan and the Baconnew
A primer on prepping and cooking those little bitty cabbage-like growths. Includes several recipes, including Brussels sprouts with bacon and bourbon.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
02-10-2012 |
Food+Drink
DIY Valentine's Daynew
Because nothing's sweeter than home-cooked romance.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-09-2012 |
Food+Drink
Shiner's Wild Harenew
The good folks at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner have explored many German and Czech lagers since they launched their annual anniversary brew series seven years ago, but on the occasion of their 103rd year of making beer for Texans the brewery has made its first ale.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
02-08-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: beer, shiner beer
What the Truck?new
Charles Maldonado on the latest food truck battles on the streets of New Orleans.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
02-07-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: New Orleans food trucks
Sn Antonio chefs honored by StarChefsnew
Food & Wine has good reason to come to Texas (as they announced they will with a fest in April in, yawn, Austin) — we have so many great chefs in this area. StarChefs.com agrees.
San Antonio Current |
Lauren W. Madrid |
02-01-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: san antonio chefs, StarChefs
Cocktail Servers Deserve Respectnew
At their best, drink waitresses are an important part of nightlife scene.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Becca Jane Griesemer |
02-01-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: cocktail waitress
San Antonio's 'Mr. Riesling'new
How does a college English instructor get to be a respected wine authority and purveyor? The same way you get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
01-27-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: San Antonio Wine
Top guac sought by Olé Avocadonew
With the Super Bowl on the horizon, some of you are perfecting your tailgating hors d'oeuvres. If you think your guacamole can't be beat, now's your chance to prove it.
San Antonio Current |
Lauren W. Madrid |
01-19-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Olé Avocado, Making guacamole
