I don’t think I ever blogged about the time I tried out for a reality TV show. It was that not-very-interesting show where participants vied for a job at Elle. In the casting, they basically told me that I would be really boring to watch because I was too nice and too talented for the…
Tag: chefs
ASPEN: Food & Wine Classic
I just got back from an Aspen Business Luncheon with Food & Wine Publisher and Vice President Christina Grdovic. She was an excellent, fast-paced speaker, and her talk really got me jazzed about the upcoming weekend! Even though I don’t have passes to the actual events, there’s plenty for me to do … ASPEN magazine,…
Austin: Truffle Oil, Blood Orange Oil and Fig Balsamic … Oh My! [UPDATED]
[UPDATE!] This dinner was postponed to October 13 AND still has seats available–snatch one up today!! For my birthday, a lovely friend of mine got me a bottle of white truffle olive oil. Can you imagine? I am obviously now obsessed. So when I got an email about a FINO’s Chef’s Table Series dinner with…
So hot: Taste the entire Carillon for $30!
Chef Josh Watkins is a little bit of a local legend, a young phenom who took over the storied Driskill Grill in 2007, only to leave in 2008 for the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center. There he heads up 4 restaurants and 50 staff members, but the Carillon is the flagship. Tomorrow, Dec 16,…
Freakin’ Full Weekend
First and foremost, the weekend has already been entirely usurped by the joy that is the Texas Hill Country Wine + Food Festival. I heard Thursday night’s Culinary Masters dinner was exquisite, and tonight’s Stars Across Texas Grand Tasting promises to be the glitziest of the events, held at the Long Center. Among Saturday’s full…
Texas Wine and Food Festival
The Texas Wine and Food Festival jam-packs a long weekend (Thursday-Sunday) with Texas-centric wine and food like you wouldn’t believe. All of our culinary stars are there (Elmar Prambs, Paul Petersen, Tyson Cole, Monica Pope, the list goes on and on …) and the wine flows like water. Many of the amazing events aren’t particularly…
If Any Restaurateurs Read This Blog …
[Also, everyone else should take note that we’re having a GO TEXAN Restaurant Round-Up, aka statewide dine-out day. Mark your calendar for October 1!] AUSTIN, Texas – July 11, 2008 – The Texas Department of Agriculture is looking for chefs and restaurant owners who buy local to “bring Texas to the table” by offering special…