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Foie Gras Fracasnew

Animal rights activists may be unintentionally hog-tying the efforts of a separate campaign to ban foie gras.
Austin Chronicle |
Amy Smith |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Hill County Critters Struggle Through Wet Weathernew
Drought, summer storms and floods are hammering Austin wildlife.
Austin Chronicle |
Richard Whittaker |
07-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Day Trips from Austin, Texasnew
Lake Mackenzie, north of Silverton, Texas, interrupts the parched Panhandle canyons like a puddle in the desert.
Austin Chronicle |
Gerald E. McLeod |
07-16-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
The Tea Merchants and Poor Man's Fortunenew
Thanks to the genre's inherent camaraderie, Celtic musicians share their talents freely.
Austin Chronicle |
David Lynch |
07-16-2007 |
Music
Tags: The Tea Merchants
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's 'Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo'new
Flow and connectivity: two things Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta, At the Drive-In) fails to supply.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-16-2007 |
Reviews
Cue's 'Wedding Song'new
When it comes to instrumental rock, time is the cornerstone of composition.
Austin Chronicle |
Austin Powell |
07-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Cue, Wedding Song
Spoon's 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'new
Spoon's sixth LP beams with decades of research and development by one Britt Daniel.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Independent Farmersnew
A letter from Austin's Boggy Creek Farm.
Austin Chronicle |
Carol Ann Sayle |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Lap-Band Surgery for Austin Food Criticnew
Virgina B. Wood: "I've been a food critic for 15 years. I've been overeating all my life. Recently, I decided enough is enough!"
Austin Chronicle |
Virgina B. Wood |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
See and Eat: American Table Culinary Toursnew
A new tour company gets people in touch with their food.
The Memphis Flyer |
Paul Gerald |
07-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
'License To Wed' is Illnew
Robin Williams is a fine actor when he's bearded or animated -- but License is a silent but deadly screen fart.
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
07-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ken Kwapis, License to Wed
Killing Too Softly: 'You Kill Me'new
Despite a bad case of the cutes, unlikely cast makes middling Mamet knockoff work.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
07-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Dahl, You Kill Me
Back to Black Oak Arkansasnew
Black Oak Arkansas frontman Jim Dandy on his band's raunchy, rockin' journey.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andrew Earles |
07-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Oak Arkansas
Memphis Woman Uses Infant To Pull Robberiesnew
Kids! They do the darndest things.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
07-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bumps in the Night: Memphis Ghost Huntingnew
Hunting for ghosts at Magnolia Manor.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
07-16-2007 |
Culture