Monthly Archives: June 2008

Back to BBQ – Lamberts

Every year Texas Monthly Magazine ranks and reviews the Top 50 BBQ Joints in Texas. This year's issue had a lot of surprises. One of the biggest surprises for me was the inclusion, for the very first time, of ...

Good advice

Our friends at Drinkplanner have some excellent advice dealing with open bottles of wine. As always, the advice is good, snarky, and delivered with a wink.

A Different Kind of Pasta Salad

To give everyone a quick respite from tales of Austin, here is a nice Summer recipe. More BBQ tales soon. This refreshing Mediterranean-style pasta salad works as either a side dish or a full meal and is very wine friendly. It ...

Cork and Company

One of my favorite places in Austin is a place called Cork and Company on Congress Avenue right in the heart of downtown. Cork and Company is everything a great wine bar should be. The staff is very friendly and ...

Austin, Texas

I have no idea where you are right now, which is probably quite a relief to learn, but I am pretty sure that wherever it is, it probably isn't as cool as Austin, Texas. I recently had the pleasure of spending ...