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From Talk

Need Great Austin Eats!

Lulu Bs is a new trailer at Oltorf and South Lamar with Bahn Mi, Summer rolls and vermicelli. Hot Dog King at 8th and Red River at night kicks serious butt as well. Torchy's Tacos (Two locations on South First, one on West 6th) has decent tacos, Whole Foods Market at 6th and Lamar is amazing as well (and has a little bit of everything). The afore mentioned P. Terry's and Flip Happy are also great places.

For fancy stuff, Uchi is great but will probably have long waits, Starlite on Colorado is outstanding, as are Restaurant Jezebel on Congress and Aquarelle on (I'm not sure...West maybe?).

Azul, the sandwich place is now closed, but Azul Tequila, an interior Mexican place, is supposed to be good. Sazon on South Lamar is awesome for Mexican too.

thefoodporncess at 8:24PM on 03/05/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Roast Chicken and Other Stories'

I swear by Thomas Keller's method on Epicurious. Perfect every time (I leave off the butter and thyme) and I've passed it on to many people who love it as much as I do.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/231348

thefoodporncess at 4:40PM on 02/25/08

From Recipes

Kale Chips: Healthy Alternative to Potato Chips

Too funny, I just discovered these and have been making them quite a bit. And I'm going to be making them again tonight. Yay me!

thefoodporncess at 4:52PM on 02/11/08

From Recipes

Dinner Tonight: Bourdain's Mushroom Soup

This is a good recipe. I tend to mess with it a little bit by adding some dried mushrooms and their soaking liquid, just because I like a little stronger taste.

And Blake, I must respectfully disagree about roast chicken being an art. I use Keller's method and it's the easiest, no brainer thing in the world. I've turned a ton of friends onto it, and when I make it for people, they swoon. So simple, my dog could do it :)

thefoodporncess at 9:00PM on 02/06/08

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

Carnation Breakfast Bars, and not the chewy ones that came out at the end of their reign, but the Peanut Butter Crunch, or the Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter flavors. My college roommate and I lived on these things. We've done extensive internet searches to find out why/who we can contact about bringing these things back.

Also, Morton's Cinnamon Donuts (too funny, we were just talking about these at work the other day) and those Howard Johnson's Corn Toasty things.

thefoodporncess at 10:50AM on 02/03/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without'

roast asparagus and roast cauliflower

thefoodporncess at 9:17PM on 01/07/08

From Required Eating

Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club

pliant

thefoodporncess at 1:05PM on 12/28/07

Responses to Comments by thefoodporncess

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

Mr. Fipp's Pretzel Chips.

smile at 5:27AM on 06/29/08

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

BITTER: you can still get charles chips in a tin!

pbisNOTmyname at 2:33AM on 06/29/08

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

I registered specifically to add my desire for
Regal Crown Sour Cherries!
I had a craving for them suddenly and went online to look for them only to find out they are discontinued. I am sad.

I also want to add one more gone but not forgotten, but I think I may be the only person who has ever eaten this cereal:
Concentrate
It turned to mush when milk was added and had a great taste. I guess most folks like their cereal crunchy but I never did.

steve333 at 11:55PM on 06/28/08

From Talk

Need Great Austin Eats!

Thanks to all for the suggestions! Here's a little write-up on what I found:

http://readkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/04/now-serving-austin.html

I especially loved Bouldin Creek Cafe and Lamberts. I wasn't able to write about Longhouse or Club de Ville, but they were fabulous bars hidden away from all of the hubub. Wish I'd had more time to explore the nooks and crannies a bit more, but perhaps next time!

lesliepariseau at 4:41PM on 04/14/08

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

My favorite cereal of all time ...
General Mills "JETS" (when they were shaped like Trix or Kix )

They changed the shapes to space vehicles and planes.
The taste and texture changed to something like Alpha-Bits. Not nearly as good.

I'm 56 and I still miss them!

wizzie at 3:44AM on 04/13/08

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

Regal Crown Sour Cherry candies. Oh my god, they were awesome. And McDonald's Cherry Pie, deep fried, which was so ridiculously good I could barely stand it. Also, (head hanging in shame) Butoni used to make these toaster pizzas that I was addicted to. Even as I ate them I knew they were crap, and didn't care.

I'm noticing a theme here. Garbage. But, oh, so tasty garbage.

chisai at 9:33PM on 03/10/08

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

Gardetto's mustard pretzels. Though technically not discontinued, I have not been able to find them anywhere - and I've looked in every gas station and grocery store I've gone to for the last five years.

Also, Coke II. I used to live in American Samoa (where, apparently, it's still sold), and drank it daily. It was the only soda I ever drank on a regular basis, and I really liked it. I was sad to find out that it wasn't sold in the contenential States.

jenilowrance at 9:22PM on 03/10/08

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

Charles' Chips. A Philly delicacy. They were put in a large can and they actually used to deliver them to peoples' homes. My grandparents used to get them all the time. This is when chips were fried in lard, but man o man, so good, y'all.

BITTER at 9:13PM on 03/10/08

From Talk

Gone but not forgotten

Can't wait for Fiddle Flakes. Really miss Van De Camps frozen Mac and cheese. Its had the little cruchies on top. Nothing evev compares. Anybody remember?

snoze at 8:45PM on 03/10/08

From Required Eating

Cook the Book: 'Roast Chicken and Other Stories'

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roboppy at 6:08PM on 03/03/08