AltWeeklies Wire
Baby-Bucks Bordeauxnew
If fine wine prices are an indicator of economic health, then here’s the correlation: after reaching a peak of $3,500 per bottle in mid 2008, the price of a bottle of Bordeaux’s 1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild dipped to a mere $3,300 or so in June of 2009.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
11-30-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, value wine
Rescued tom turkey enjoying pampered days before release to wildlife sanctuarynew
At small farms around greater San Antonio, some adventurous souls were picking out turkeys for slaughter.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
11-29-2011 |
Food+Drink
Les Garrigues: French Underdog Comes of Agenew
The universe in a grain of sand? I’ll let philosophers of a William Blake bent wrestle with that one. But the world of wine in a single bottle? Why not?
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
11-17-2011 |
Food+Drink
Let The Pumpkins Feed You Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinnernew
Winter squash — along with turkey, eggnog, and perhaps your crazy aunt Bertha — has a place at most holiday tables.
San Antonio Current |
Ari LeVaux |
11-16-2011 |
Food+Drink
Make Scotch Your Holiday Adventure (No Cinammon Required)new
This is the time of the year that spirits writers go all silly about cider this, mulled that, and cinnamon sticks (not to mention nutmeg, allspice, cloves) in everything.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
11-16-2011 |
Food+Drink
Corporate Pumpkin Pie Shakes Can’t Compete with Seasonal, Regional Eatsnew
As the season turns, so have fast-food menus. Food conglomerates are rushing out their uniquely seasonal offerings to cater to our desire for the tastes of fall: pumpkin, cinnamon, spice, peppermint, cream, salted caramel, and apple; drinks, shakes, coffee beverages, parfaits, cookies, cakes, and pies. Yes, the seasons have been co-opted and customers are loving every bite.
San Antonio Current |
Liz Schau |
11-10-2011 |
Food+Drink
Slow Food: South Texas Stylenew
Sunday offered a coming out "harvest gala" for new food nonprofit Slow Food South Texas, dedicated to the "pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment."
San Antonio Current |
Liz Schau |
11-10-2011 |
Food+Drink
Thanksgasm at Ranger Creeknew
Texas Girls’ Pint Out (self-described as “Gals into grolsch. Ladies into lagers. Princesses into pilsners. Angels of ale,” etc.) and Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling Co. have teamed up for a second year to give thanks for beer and food ... and food made with beer.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
11-10-2011 |
Food+Drink
How the Quest for Fire Led Me to the Punishing Four Horsemennew
More than 6,000 years ago, fledgling civilizations from Peru to the Bahamas were cultivating chili plants alongside such staples as maize and yam.
San Antonio Current |
Brandon R. Reynolds |
10-20-2011 |
Food+Drink
Dirty Dixie Martinis Infused With True ‘Kuntry’ Attitudenew
My boycott of Wal-Mart and other, rapacious big-box stores never extended to Borders, and I’m sorry to see it go; it was often the book-end to a Whole Foods visit.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
09-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
Drink for Rain, Drink for Fallnew
Beer isn’t just for fancy food pairings, but also for special occasions. Thankfully the season offers special occasions galore.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
09-21-2011 |
Food+Drink
South Africa, Chile Deliver More Southern Sweetheart Winesnew
As was predicted — or perhaps threatened — the south is rising again. In the case of wine, it’s both again and for the first time.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
09-21-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Chilean Wine, South African Wine
Hair of the Dognew
El Perrito, a small but growing brand, is becoming known for high-agave-content in its tequila.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
10-06-2010 |
Food+Drink
The Chicken's Husbandnew
No other farm animal is as adaptable to small-space living as is the chicken. Chickens are easy, chickens are fun and chickens are in.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey John Jungbauer |
08-11-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Chickens!
We Wish it Were Fishier, but the New Sandbar is Still Topsnew
In its new Pearl Brewery location, the Sandbar is still the best seafood restaurant in town, and one of the finest San Antonio restaurants, period, even though it’s suffering from a sort of identity crisis.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
03-03-2010 |
Food+Drink
