Here are the top stories we reported on in the Austin food scene this past week.

In a shocker, a new site feature cracked our weekly top five with an astounding number of page views. It’s a random post generator so you can walk helter skelter through the archive http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/10/12/NEW-SITE-FEATURE-Hit-The-Surprise-Me-Button-Over-There-To-The-Right?adminview=true

We finished up our ten day long Hatch Chile Hickory Smoked Bacon project http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/10/9/Hatch-Chile-Hickory-Smoked-Bacon-Project-Part-Three-Recipe-Technique-Smoking-Slicing-And-Eating

After watching lots of old Dusty Rhodes promos we wrote the following upon learning that Jodi Bart was wearing our championship strap around Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/10/13/Congratulations-Jodi-Bart-For-Best-Austin-Food-Blog-Victory-But-We-Want-That-Strap

Austin Chronicle readers show they rarely leave the house http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/10/13/So-Many-People-So-Very-Wrong-Yellow-Jacket-Social-ClubSwan-Dive-Win-Best-Of-Austin-Best-New-Bar

And a group of elves [Baldy, Skinny, Plain-y etc ]descend on the Great State to plunder our treasury. We ain’t having it http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/10/9/Magical-Elves-Of-Top-Chef-Loot-Texas-Treasury-Of-400k-Flee-Return-To-Sue-Texas-Attorney-General