http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm Food journalism out of Austin,Texas. en-us Fri, 18 May 2012 15:35:57 -0700 Thu, 17 May 2012 23:44:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss russell@scrumptiouschef.com russell@scrumptiouschef.com russell@scrumptiouschef.com no http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/17/Austin-Daily-Photo-Brady-Texas-Goat-Cook-Off From our archives. We attend, and judge, a lot of barbecue cook offs in Texas each year but only one is the ruler of our heart. The grande dame of them all: The Brady Texas Goat Cook Off. Hundreds of cook teams vector in on Brady on Labor Day week-end each year to compete, do a lot of drinking, and renew old bonds from the year before. We wouldn't miss it for the world. Poring over some old photos via our brand new software, we stumbled upon this old gem: A Texas girl hovering over the carcass of well-smoked goat. This was from 2009. If you love barbecue and camaraderie, then pencil in Brady, Texas on your calendar for Labor Day week-end; it's one of the best barbecue parties you could ever hope to attend. previous goat party tales http://chowpapi.com/wordpress/wordpress-2.8.6/wordpress/?p=464 Texas Barbecue http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Barbecue Barbecue Austin Daily Photo Thu, 17 May 2012 23:44:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/17/Austin-Daily-Photo-Brady-Texas-Goat-Cook-Off http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/17/Excellent-Journalism-Yassine-Enterprises-Scandal-Detailed-By-Richard-Whittaker-Of-Austin-Chronicle We've been all over the Yassine Enterprises scandal since before the contretemps exploded into the public consciousness. It's an incredibly juicy story with the Yassine family being implicated in murder, tax evasion, cocaine dealing, terrorism ties, rape allegations, money laundering, marine mammal abuse, indentured servitude, and just about any other foul behavior that humans choose to indulge in. [More] Can't Be Categorized Thu, 17 May 2012 15:44:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/17/Excellent-Journalism-Yassine-Enterprises-Scandal-Detailed-By-Richard-Whittaker-Of-Austin-Chronicle http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/17/Ambush-Raul-Vizueth-Torres-Killers-Drop-Dime-Cop-Plea-Get-Long-Jail-Terms-In-Bobby-Burks-Jr-Case Justice was dispensed yesterday in Williamson County. How many times has that sentence been written? Thousands. Down a dark, county road northeast of Austin on April 17th of 2010 an ambush was set. Three thugs: Bobby Burks Jr, Veronica Evonne Ortiz, and Isabel Michelle Gonzales had hatched a plan to send the women into an Austin nightclub, choose a victim, lure him into the county, and rob him. As these plans often do, the robbery turned into a murder. [More] Can't Be Categorized Thu, 17 May 2012 10:09:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/17/Ambush-Raul-Vizueth-Torres-Killers-Drop-Dime-Cop-Plea-Get-Long-Jail-Terms-In-Bobby-Burks-Jr-Case http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/16/Austin-Daily-Photo-New-York-Strips-Hot-Off-The-Grill My friend and Scrumptiouschef contributor, Ron, is the biggest meat lover I know. He collects the stuff. Which means that every once in awhile we have to prowl through his vast freezer, sort through his custom cryo-vacced meat pouches and figure out what absolutely needs to be cooked. Which meant that last night was steak night. Pictured: 3 big New York Strip steaks, hot off a red-hot grill. Simply seasoned with salt and pepper, and rubbed with a little oil before flash cooking on a hot fire. [More] Austin Daily Photo Wed, 16 May 2012 23:51:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/16/Austin-Daily-Photo-New-York-Strips-Hot-Off-The-Grill http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/16/SceneTaps-Facial-Detection-Tentacles-Take-Hold-In-AustinSpread-To-San-Francisco SF Weekly has a great article about SceneTap, the now Austin-based company's spread to the Bay Area. Writer Erin Sherber, in an article titled "San Francisco Bars to Install Creepy Facial Detection Cameras Inside Venues", discusses the outfit's entrance into the city. It's not coming without controversy. [More] Can't Be Categorized Wed, 16 May 2012 20:33:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/16/SceneTaps-Facial-Detection-Tentacles-Take-Hold-In-AustinSpread-To-San-Francisco http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/16/Gunned-DownHoustons-Enchilada-Queen-Sylvia-Casares-To-Return-To-Work-At-Sylvias-Enchilada-Kitchen Tex-Mex cooking empress Sylvia Casares is nearly healed up after being gunned down in March of this year, allegedly by boyfriend Michael Warren. After shooting Casares, Warren reportedly stole Casares SUV and made a dead run for the Louisiana border, apparently successfully returning to his hometown of Lafayette, before returning to Texas with the aid of family. Bad move. [More] Can't Be Categorized Wed, 16 May 2012 13:40:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/16/Gunned-DownHoustons-Enchilada-Queen-Sylvia-Casares-To-Return-To-Work-At-Sylvias-Enchilada-Kitchen http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/16/Features-That-You-Love-On-Your-iphone-And-Android-Restaurant-Apps We're down to the wire on our first app for iphone and android. It's titled "Austin Texas Barbacoa Taco Trail." The heavy lifting, visiting a ton of barbacoa joints in the Austin area, is largely done. Now we're in research mode on features that should be built into the app. One reader posited that he loves users to be able to post comments and add content to the app. Check, it shall be done. The same reader loves free updates to be added to the app as warranted. Check, this too shall be done. What are your favorite features on your restaurant apps you have loaded onto your smartphone? Can't Be Categorized Wed, 16 May 2012 11:09:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/16/Features-That-You-Love-On-Your-iphone-And-Android-Restaurant-Apps http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/15/Austin-Daily-Photo-Cherry-Creek-Catfish-On-Manchaca-Road-in-South-Austin Old stand-by. Cherry Creek has been running strong down in South Austin since way back in the 90s, and they've come by their popularity honestly. They give you a heavy plate of chow, cooked to order, and usury is not part of their business model. We discovered them around '96 or '97 when we were having a love affair with El Real, then, the best taqueria in Austin, now, a used car dealership. We had run by the little taco joint to get our fix of shrimp cocktail and they were closed. At loose ends, we wondered into Cherry Creek and were blown away that they offered fried green tomatoes. New lover, same zipcode. [More] Austin Daily Photo Tue, 15 May 2012 13:05:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/15/Austin-Daily-Photo-Cherry-Creek-Catfish-On-Manchaca-Road-in-South-Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/14/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tuna-Salad-On-Fresh-Bolillo-Garnished-With-Preservation-Bacon While there is nothing I'd rather do than spend an entire day in the kitchen crafting a recipe into being, sometimes I have to bang out a quick lunch and get back to the affairs of the day. Like today. Multiple writing projects are bowing me to the ground right now so I barely have time to wolf down a sandwich and get back to the Underwood. But I still have to eat well. I can knock out a tuna sandwich in no time flat so I hit the kitchen running full bore and 10 or so minutes later I was on the business end of the beauty in the picture. Standard sides: Grippo Potato Chips, ice cold dill pickle and bottle of Topo Chico. recipe: the best tuna salad you'll ever put in your mouth http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/8/30/What-Chefs-Eat-When-We-Cook-at-Home-Part-1 Austin Daily Photo Mon, 14 May 2012 13:16:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/14/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tuna-Salad-On-Fresh-Bolillo-Garnished-With-Preservation-Bacon http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/14/Shaggybevo-Is-Now-On-Board-RL-Reeves-Jrs-Austin-Texas-Barbacoa-Project I've enlisted the aid of the gentlemen over at Shaggybevo for my barbacoa project. Should be interesting, to put it mildly. Shaggybevo has been well documented in these pages before. It's Austin's dominant food forum with thousands of posters covering hundreds of topics. If anybody remembers the old Austin Chowhound board [RIP] in its heyday, well, this one's even better. Here's the hot link to the discussion titled "Best Barbacoa In Austin, Texas" [More] Can't Be Categorized Mon, 14 May 2012 09:05:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/14/Shaggybevo-Is-Now-On-Board-RL-Reeves-Jrs-Austin-Texas-Barbacoa-Project http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/13/Austin-Daily-Photo-Live-Oak-Barbecue-In-East-Austin-Texas They're starting to get the smoker dialed in down at Live Oak Barbecue on e. 2nd street. The barbecue on our first few visits was unlikely to divert anyone from making runs to Taylor or Lockhart, but as of late, the meat coming off the pit is showing some real gains. Particularly the brisket. [More] Barbecue Austin Daily Photo Sun, 13 May 2012 22:59:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/13/Austin-Daily-Photo-Live-Oak-Barbecue-In-East-Austin-Texas http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/13/Sometimes-The-Bad-Guys-WinCorporate-Louisiana-Mexican-Chain-Bests-Austin-Favorite-Mellizoz-Tacos Entering a crowded, hyper-competitive market in any segment of the business world is always going to be fraught with peril. When you announce your entrance by filing a lawsuit on a popular player in that market, well, you've given yourself a tough row to hoe. Welcome to Austin, K & F Restaurant Management Limited Liability Corporation dba Izzo's Illegal Burrito. Hope you like the Texas weather out this way. We predict it's going to be a hot summer this year. [More] Austin Food Scene Sun, 13 May 2012 16:58:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/13/Sometimes-The-Bad-Guys-WinCorporate-Louisiana-Mexican-Chain-Bests-Austin-Favorite-Mellizoz-Tacos http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/13/Top-5-Austin-Texas-Food-Stories-This-Week Dizzying. That's the best word to describe what's taking place in the restaurant industry in Austin right now. We could double our output and still barely scratch the surface. So we cherry pick only the best stories. This leaves lots of tales left to be told, but we've had to narrow our focus to maintain the quality of the site. Without further ado, our weekly top five, hottest food stories in Austin, Texas. As always, determined by page views. [More] Austin Food Scene Sun, 13 May 2012 12:59:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/13/Top-5-Austin-Texas-Food-Stories-This-Week http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Cenote-Cafe-In-East-Austin We're in love with Cenote Cafe. The new kids in East Austin's coffee game have come hard out of the chute. We come here for ice-cold, Texas micro-brews, fresh brewed Cuvee coffee and some of the best pastries in Austin. Whoever's providing their baked goods is near the top of the pastry game in town. Special note must be made of the brownie, normally a throwaway at most cafes, this one is reminiscent of mom's version-an Eastern Kentucky legend known as the "chocolate embolism." [More] Austin Daily Photo Sat, 12 May 2012 23:03:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Cenote-Cafe-In-East-Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/10/Austin-Daily-Photo-Salty-Sow-In-Soft-Opening-RunUp-Toward-Full-Service-In-East-Austin We received some strong intel off the tipster button yesterday afternoon that Salty Sow was going soft last night, so we figured it was as good a time as any to walk a block and a half from the homestead, work our way through the menu and issue a report. Didn't work out. Walking into the old Red House Pizza, the building is unrecognizable. The rehab is incredible with soft lighting, low ceilings and a general feeling of good ambiance. [More] Birth Notice Austin Daily Photo Thu, 10 May 2012 20:51:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/10/Austin-Daily-Photo-Salty-Sow-In-Soft-Opening-RunUp-Toward-Full-Service-In-East-Austin