http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm Food journalism out of Austin, Texas. en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 15:42:59 -0700 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:00 -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/2013/5/17/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-WuWu-Sushi-Fried-Baloney-Stubbs-BBQ-Tejis-Fabio-Viviani That was a wild one. This weekly round-up of the finest Austin food blogs has been a real pleasure. This week's edition could've been a top 20 as our town's writers swung into overdrive with dozens of high quality posts. Spring fever? We're not sure. Austin Texas Food Blogs Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/17/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-WuWu-Sushi-Fried-Baloney-Stubbs-BBQ-Tejis-Fabio-Viviani http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/9/This-Week-In-Austin-TX-Food-Blogs-Foreign-and-DomesticVerdes-Mexican-ParillaPieous3-Little-Pigs This is consistently one of our most entertaining, weekly projects. Surveying the Austin food blog scene is something we do daily, but once a week we really hunker down and give it what for. Some weeks it's nothing but sweat-neck research and sometimes we emerge with a fresh appreciation of all the hard working bloggers in town. Austin Texas Food Blogs Thu, 09 May 2013 10:45:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/9/This-Week-In-Austin-TX-Food-Blogs-Foreign-and-DomesticVerdes-Mexican-ParillaPieous3-Little-Pigs http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/2/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-QC-Meat-Market-Fino-Butchery-Hamburgers-Ramen-Tatsu-Ya Bone dry. Sometimes these pastures are nothing but brown grass blowing in the wind. But, after a solid hour of sweat neck research, 5 absolute gems were discovered. Presented for your amusement. Austin Texas Food Blogs Thu, 02 May 2013 17:33:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/2/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-QC-Meat-Market-Fino-Butchery-Hamburgers-Ramen-Tatsu-Ya http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/4/24/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Real-Ale-Little-Woodrows-Parkside-Hops-n-Grain-Earth-Day Back to the fray. Our current workload is right at a metric ton so surveying the length and breadth of Austin's in-the-red, food-blogging scene is nearly impossible. We did manage to garner a few gems from a cursory analysis of the local blogosphere: Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:12:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/4/24/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Real-Ale-Little-Woodrows-Parkside-Hops-n-Grain-Earth-Day http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/4/17/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Pretty-Thai-For-A-White-Guy-Daruma-Ramen-Hipster-Pitmasters We took last week off as we were pulling ten hour shifts in the commissary kitchen to get ready for our food party. A huge thanks to the 150 people who came to our event, we'll see you again in 8 weeks. Now, we've garnered the cream of the crop of Austin's food blogging scene: Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:49:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/4/17/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Pretty-Thai-For-A-White-Guy-Daruma-Ramen-Hipster-Pitmasters http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/4/5/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Daruma-Ramen-Hops-n-Grain-Chisos-BBQ-Sauce-Fabi--Rosi Another week where this feature could've easily had 20 entries. Austin food bloggers have risen from dormancy, and are posting daily, and sometimes hourly! Great to see so many active bloggers taking a break from the color TV to actually get some work done. Austin Texas Food Blogs Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:28:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/4/5/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Daruma-Ramen-Hops-n-Grain-Chisos-BBQ-Sauce-Fabi--Rosi http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/29/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Texadelphia-Bunny-Chow-Homesick-Texan-Sausage-Party-Poteet It comes in waves. Last week's edition of the best Austin food blogs took a solid 2 hours of research. This week took 15 minutes as Austin food bloggers went buck wild with heavy posting all around, save the dormant Tasty Touring blog. We could've made this article 20 posts long such was the fecund state of Austin's blogosphere. Austin Texas Food Blogs Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:29:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/29/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Texadelphia-Bunny-Chow-Homesick-Texan-Sausage-Party-Poteet http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/21/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Josephine-House-Lillys-Valentinas-El-Puesto-Pink-Pig Tough week. SXSW must've really wrung all the sap out of y'all as it took an inordinate amount of research to come up with a solid 5 entries in our weekly "best of" from the Austin food blog scene. Forks Up blog ate at Josephine House http://forksupblog.com/3/post/2013/03/josephine-house.html those room temperature salads gave us pause but to each his own Austin Texas Food Blogs Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:37:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/21/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Josephine-House-Lillys-Valentinas-El-Puesto-Pink-Pig http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/14/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsCraft-Beer-BillsIron-MaidenSoul-Food-LitLockhart-BBQPudding Freetail Brewing provides an excellent encapsulation of the beer bills making their way through the Texas lege http://blog.freetailbrewing.com/2013/03/14/on-deals-and-disagreements-beer-bills-move-forward/ Not Austin, but very, very important news from the Iron Maiden camp on their beer http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/13/174203043/the-ale-that-men-brew-iron-maiden-serves-up-a-beer?ft=1&f=1053&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed Austin Texas Food Blogs Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:49:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/14/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsCraft-Beer-BillsIron-MaidenSoul-Food-LitLockhart-BBQPudding http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/6/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Vegan-Date-Night-Kolaches-Best-Hamburger-Taco-Guide-Jews Has there ever been a more depressing title in a "City Guide" than Vegan Date Night? The very thought of two emaciated, would-be lovers staggering around town in a burlesque of amour; vainly seeking a bowl of Bermuda or alfalfa grass while robust omnivores have the run of the delights of a city's restaurants is quite frankly depressing. But who are we to judge? Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:05:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/6/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Vegan-Date-Night-Kolaches-Best-Hamburger-Taco-Guide-Jews http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/26/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Craft-Beer-Bar-Guide-Pinkberry-East-Side-King-BBQ-Guide It's getting denser by the minute. While it's true that there's a vast graveyard of Austin food blogs (haven't updated in weeks) there are new ones springing to life daily. We toggle across the landscape regularly to glean the finest content; now offered to you, the most discerning readers in Austin. Austin Texas Food Blogs Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:10:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/26/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Craft-Beer-Bar-Guide-Pinkberry-East-Side-King-BBQ-Guide http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/21/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsKiefers-CafeLouie-Mueller-BBQSwayJester-King-Magic-Cookies Another big week in Austin food blogs. We scan dozens of entries from scores of bloggers to bring y'all the best of the best. Without further ado, the cream of the crop, right this way: Austin Texas Food Blogs Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:35:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/21/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsKiefers-CafeLouie-Mueller-BBQSwayJester-King-Magic-Cookies http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/13/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsDelysia-ChocolatierDock--RollUncorkedMercury-PizzaWhip-In It was another one of those week's where we had to dig and dig to come up with a reasonable top 5 for the week in Austin food blogs. Earning a hard living. But, after sifting through unfathomable amounts of pure dreck we managed to locate these gems Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:36:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/13/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsDelysia-ChocolatierDock--RollUncorkedMercury-PizzaWhip-In http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/6/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Blue-Ox-BBQ-Pieous-Pizza-Longhouse-Revival-Ramen-TatsuYa We're taking a 15 minute break from the grinder/extruder to hammer out an article. This writing project is a cruel taskmaster and we have no taste for its whip hand. On to our weekly scan across the Austin blogging world. Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:47:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/6/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Blue-Ox-BBQ-Pieous-Pizza-Longhouse-Revival-Ramen-TatsuYa http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/1/Winner-Announced-Top-12-Barbecue-Brisket-Joints-In-The-State-Of-Texas In a stunner, Franklin Barbecue, the obscure East Austin smoke shack that's been flying under the radar for years, has been deemed best brisket in Texas by the readers over at Man Up Texas Barbecue. Way back in 2009, the men at the Man Up site discovered Franklin and began ranting and raving over Aaron Franklin's smoked meat output. I could throw a rock from my French Place manse and hit the food trailer that Franklin then called home. Austin Texas Food Blogs Barbecue Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:52:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/1/Winner-Announced-Top-12-Barbecue-Brisket-Joints-In-The-State-Of-Texas http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/31/Attention-Austin-Texas-Food-Writers-And-Bloggers-Austinist-Is-Seeking-Your-Services Austinist posted a call for food writers this morning on Twitter http://austinist.com/2013/01/31/austinist_writer_call_food_film_new.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter This is one of the best sites in Austin for entertainment news and what have you. Looks like they're trying to beef up their food coverage as the Austin scene is an exploding supernova with national media, hat in hand, routinely coming to town to report on our barbecue, Tex Mex and ramen kitchens. Austin Texas Food Blogs Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:37:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/31/Attention-Austin-Texas-Food-Writers-And-Bloggers-Austinist-Is-Seeking-Your-Services http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/30/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsBar-MirabeauWinflo-Osteria2nd-Bar--KitchenLonghouse-Pop-Up That was a relief. We'd started to lose faith. After parsing a few dozen Austin food blogs 2 weeks ago and noting that many hadn't been updated in a year or so, we'd begun to wonder if we were going to be able to find sustenance in the bleak land of Austin food writers. We perked up considerably when we began scouring the internet for this week's "best of" Austin blogs feature. Lots of good reading, right this way Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:22:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/30/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsBar-MirabeauWinflo-Osteria2nd-Bar--KitchenLonghouse-Pop-Up http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/24/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsMichi-RamenHills-CafeLucky-RobotMicklethwaitPancake-Recipe Week 13. We sifted through almost zero chaff for this edition of our weekly feature. Got lucky right off the bat and vectored in on some very fine writing/blogging from 5 of Austin's best. Submitted for your approval, and please show them some love for their hard work. Austin Texas Food Blogs Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:15:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/24/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsMichi-RamenHills-CafeLucky-RobotMicklethwaitPancake-Recipe http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/16/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsEvangelineESK-At-Hole-In-The-WallHausBar-FarmsHootersKome Week 12. Our weekly survey of the Austin Texas food blogging landscape is consistently one of our most popular regular articles. Last week we were deep in the prep work for our 7th pop up restaurant so we had to scramble to even get it up. This week we're moving at a more languorous pace. We're running off Addie Broyles Relish Austin resource this time. She lists a few dozen blogs on the site. The following is the graveyard, old sites that have fallen into neglect and disrepair. Followed by the good stuff Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:35:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/16/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsEvangelineESK-At-Hole-In-The-WallHausBar-FarmsHootersKome http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/9/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-La-Bastide-de-Moustiers-Polvos-Caffe-Medici-Paos-Mandarin Week 11. Here it is: Our weekly recap of the best of Austin Texas food blogs. Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:49:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/9/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-La-Bastide-de-Moustiers-Polvos-Caffe-Medici-Paos-Mandarin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/7/Top-5-Scrumptious-Chef-Articles-This-WeekTexas-ChiliWild-Game-Pop-UpAustin-Chronicle2012s-Best 22 articles in the past 7 days. We're gunning for it in 2013 to see if we can top our city-high best of 735 posts like back in the salad days of 2012. It won't be easy. Last week we were all over the board with articles on barbecue, coffee, craft beer, obituaries, birth notices and our all time most popular category: Austin Daily Photo. On to our weekly top 5; as always, determined by page views. Austin Texas Food Blogs Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:39:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/7/Top-5-Scrumptious-Chef-Articles-This-WeekTexas-ChiliWild-Game-Pop-UpAustin-Chronicle2012s-Best http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/4/Taking-A-Hard-Look-At-Austin-Chronicles-Top-10-Austin-Food-Blogs For our weekly feature "This Week In Austin Texas Food Blogs" (http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs) we compile a week's worth of scouring the local food blogging scene into one handy resource for our readers. It's part and parcel of our 365 day per year writing project. There are dozens of food blogs in Austin Texas. Some good, some bad, some ugly; many authored by folks who might toss up a fresh post once every 3-4 months. Let's look at the bona fides of this Top 10 Austin Food Blogs list. Austin Texas Food Blogs Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:08:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/4/Taking-A-Hard-Look-At-Austin-Chronicles-Top-10-Austin-Food-Blogs http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/2/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Ramen-TatsuYa-Uchi-Uchiko-Bar-Mirabeau-Thirsty-Planet Week 10. This feature really resonates. There are dozens of food bloggers working in Austin, Texas and we're having a good time cherry picking the best ones for y'all. We took a week off from this column to let things stack up a little-with the holidays we noted that many writers output was a mite low. But now we're back. We worked our way through a giant mess to get this week's column up. We'll start the feature off with an "avoid at all costs" list. Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:56:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/2/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Ramen-TatsuYa-Uchi-Uchiko-Bar-Mirabeau-Thirsty-Planet http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/12/23/2012-Year-End-Review-Five-Austin-Food-Blogs-That-Left-Us-Panting-For-More We survey the Austin blogging landscape on a daily basis. It's part and parcel of the job. Some might call it nasty, brutish work but we beg to differ. It's not particularly brutish. While the vast majority of Austin food blogs are authored by lazy, indifferent writers who can scarcely be troubled to put up one post per month; many are whirlwinds of creativity with good writing and top flight photography. This article will concern itself with the these. Five Austin Food Blogs That Left Us Panting For More In 2012 Austin Texas Food Blogs Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:23:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/12/23/2012-Year-End-Review-Five-Austin-Food-Blogs-That-Left-Us-Panting-For-More http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/12/19/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsHops--GrainHillside-FarmacyGourdoughs-Public-HouseChen-Z Week 9. This weeks edition took a little longer than normal due to the holidays forcing many local bloggers off line and into other, non-blogging endeavors. Still, we scoured and scoured til we found 5 top flight posts on what's going on in the Austin Texas food world. Austin Texas Food Blogs I Cover The War Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:03:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/12/19/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsHops--GrainHillside-FarmacyGourdoughs-Public-HouseChen-Z http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/12/12/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Sway-Swifts-Attic-Ramen-TatsuYa-Jester-KingBeer-Snobbery Week 8. Another week in the whirlwind of Austin Texas food blogs. Blogger battles, blogger pajama parties, blogger camp-outs, blogathons-lots happening in the world of Austin food letters. We remain serene. On to our favorite of this week's output from 5 of Austin's top flight food and beer writers: Austin Texas Food Blogs I Cover The War Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:34:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/12/12/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Sway-Swifts-Attic-Ramen-TatsuYa-Jester-KingBeer-Snobbery http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/12/5/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsPinthouse-PizzaPhatsos-CheesesteaksVerts-KebapElizabeth-St Week 7. Another giant week in the world of Austin Texas food (and beer) blogs. We peered at a couple dozen sites this week, many were fully mothballed (not updated since October) but there were some crazy, reckless bloggers that had posted MORE THAN ONCE IN THE LAST WEEK. Maybe the Austin Food Bloggers Alliance broke out the bullwhip we keep hearing they use on recalcitrant members? Austin Texas Food Blogs I Cover The War Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:48:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/12/5/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-BlogsPinthouse-PizzaPhatsos-CheesesteaksVerts-KebapElizabeth-St http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/11/28/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Texas-BarbecueTexas-CookiesEat-Drink-LocalJewish-Soul-Food Week 6 We're hard at work. Staying up late. Practicing what Grandma Sullivan taught us. We knew that crocheting would come in handy. We're weaving a giant bloggers blanket-big enough to snuggle with all the other bloggers in Travis County, Texas. But til we can get that project finished we'll continue with our weekly feature. Top 5 Austin food blog posts of the week right this way. Austin Texas Food Blogs I Cover The War Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:14:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/11/28/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Texas-BarbecueTexas-CookiesEat-Drink-LocalJewish-Soul-Food http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/11/21/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Trader-Joes-Recipes-Spin-Modern-Thai-Russells-Via-313 Week 5. Vegans, barbecue addicts, gluten free nut jobs, banh mi maniacs, ramen tatterdemalions, farm to table acolytes-the list goes on and on and on. If there's a subset of food, you can rest assured there's a blog in Austin, Texas devoted to it. Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:27:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/11/21/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-Trader-Joes-Recipes-Spin-Modern-Thai-Russells-Via-313 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/11/14/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs Week 4. How many hundreds of food blogs are centered in Austin, Texas? We'd be frightened to guess, but once you issue the imprimatur of active ones the number would shrink down to a very manageable "in the dozens." Further regulations limiting these to high quality ones would see that number's margin shrink even more dramatically. But we've got our favorites and there are several doing good work these days. Right this way. Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:28:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/11/14/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/11/7/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs Week 3. This feature has some serious legs. Thanks for embracing it as we spend a lot of time checking out other food bloggers in Austin and there's some damn good ones out there right now. Yes you have to sift through a lot of bullshit lol cats and other horrors that pollute the web but we're in it for the long haul. Sort of like Papillon. Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:07:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/11/7/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/31/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs Week 2 of this new feature. Last week's debut synopsis drew some heavy traffic. We were heartened. We were also struck by a few things as we took the measure of Austin's blogosphere this week: there was very little high-level content out there. We sifted through a lot of dreadful posts to get to the good stuff {hot links below}. Also, a lot of writers on the sites we read are lazy as Hell. There are a few Austin blogs we perused for this feature who hadn't updated since SEPTEMBER. Austin Texas Food Blogs Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:54:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/31/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/24/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs New site feature. We spend a lot of time browsing the landscape of Austin, Texas food blogs, and there are plenty doing work that bears mentioning. We sorted through the boring-ass, same ol same ol and garnered these gems: Austin Texas Food Blogs I Cover The War Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:46:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/24/This-Week-In-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/11/I-Cover-The-War-Food-Blogs-Worthy-of-Your-Time-10-Nose-To-Tail-At-Home From CBS Radio website: "Update October 12, 2012 – Captain Scott Jurk, a Texas Parks and Wildlife game warden, says, "Texas Parks and Wildlife will not be pursuing any charges against Ryan Adams in this case." We've been reading Austin blogger Ryan Adam's Nose To Tail At Home food blog for awhile now. It popped up in our newsfeed due to Adam's allegiance to the offal cooking of Fergus Henderson, head chef at St. John in Smithfield, London. Adams is attempting to cook his way through "The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating" a landmark work in the field of consuming an animal in its entirety: balls, brains, spleen, kidney's, liver, tongue etc. Austin Texas Food Blogs I Cover The War Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:42:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/11/I-Cover-The-War-Food-Blogs-Worthy-of-Your-Time-10-Nose-To-Tail-At-Home http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/19/Ten-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-You-Should-Be-Reading-Right-Now-Part-Two It's been a long time since we last visited this subject. Worthwhile, Austin, Texas food blogs are tough to come by. Yes, there are hundreds, if not thousands in town, but most are run by indifferent bloggers {updated bi-monthly} or worse, writers who are the blogging equivalent of a mammoth dose of Ambien. But there are plenty shining stars out there too. Here's our list of blogs we repeatedly visit to stay abreast of the Austin Texas food scene. Austin Texas Food Blogs Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:21:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/19/Ten-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-You-Should-Be-Reading-Right-Now-Part-Two http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/2/Ten-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-You-Should-Be-Reading-Right-Now A while back we issued a call for Austin Texas food bloggers to tell us about their websites. We were stuck on the same ol same ol and wanted some new blogs to read to keep up to date on what all is happening in Austin's explosive food scene. We're glad we did. Austin Texas Food Blogs Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:37:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/2/Ten-Austin-Texas-Food-Blogs-You-Should-Be-Reading-Right-Now