58 articles in last 30 days on Austin Texas Tex Mex, Barbecue, Soul Food, Hamburgers, obituaries, birth notices and all other subjects that make our town the finest in the great state of Texas.

In the coming week we’ll be putting up a stunning array of retrospectives on eating and drinking in Central Texas over this past year.

Without further ado, our weekly top 5 Austin Texas food stories. 1] We’re tearing it up on the homemade bacon front. This time we tackled a 12lb pork belly and made it Mexican style http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/12/19/How-To-Make-Your-Own-Bacon-Our-Mexican-Pork-Belly-Project

2] TABC was humbled in an Austin courtroom. A victory for Jester King and Zax. http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/12/20/Austin-Craft-Beer-Brewer-Jester-King-Wins-Battle-vs-TABC-War-Rages-On-Devil-In-The-Details

3] Mexican chicken noodle soup aka sopa de fideo recipe clocked in http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/12/22/Authentic-Tex-Mex-Part-Fourteen-How-To-Make-Sopa-de-Fideo

4] Under the radar barbecue http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/12/22/Austin-Daily-Photo-Vans-Barbecue

5] Austin is in a goat taco fervor right now. We found the best source in the metro area http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2011/12/23/Austin-Daily-PhotoChivo-Brincado-Chivo-Pagado-The-Goat-Jumped-The-Goat-Paid

There is our top 5, as always determined by page views. Merry Christmas y’all