Lots of motion from the Austin food blogging world this week as Central Texas heads into the darkest heart of summer.

Soon, we’ll all be cowering under our AC units, but for now, folks are still stirring about town and filing reports from Austin’s gone-nuclear food scene. Haddington’s blessedly shut down, and in its stead we now have Arro from the Easy Tiger team. indefatigable blogger Ginny Bell has an early report (ed note: Ginny Bell’s blog is now defunct)

Really good food photography; utterly ruined by watermarking but the prose is tight. Kenichi link

LA Barbecue link

bonus: German Chocolate Cake recipe link