I started off the meal with a “Solar Flare” shot that included organic noni, organic apple cider vinegar, living B-vitamins, fresh lemon and organic ginger juice, organic raw agave nectar, tumeric, cayenne, and himalayan salt. The cider and cayenne were strong but I enjoyed the relaxation that followed the initial burn after taking the shot.

Below is a link to the video. My starring role happens toward the end as I taste a perfectly good chocolate truffle surrounding a yucky tasting durian fruit.

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Read on for our mind-blowing insights about Austin’s best cuisine, favorite dish (I don’t actually have one but picked a past obsession), favorite thing eaten from a trailer, place to take out of town friends, best romantic atmosphere, and group happy hour.

After checking out the article, I’m very thankful they let me send them a photo that I like (thanks to Adam H. for taking it at the Tasty Up tour). While Kate sent me questions for the Q&A over e-mail, we didn’t have a formal interview so I’m guessing she pulled the information in the article from my blog which might have been misleading. A couple corrections just for fun (and for records sake):

1. While originally from Canada (and proud of it), I actually moved to Austin from New York City in 2003. Before that, I lived in Maryland, Michigan, Spain, Maryland, Montreal, and Ottawa (in that order backtracking).
2. I can’t confirm or deny that the most viewed feature on my blog is Tasty Tuesdays. With Google searches and SEO, that’s probably true. The sad part is that I haven’t posted a Tasty Tuesday since October 2009. I better get on that again. If you have suggestions for future Tasty Tuesdays, let me know in the comments!

It’s true that I tend to cover trailers and dives more than the fancier restaurants in town — but not without exception of course! I’m up for covering any spot where the food is made with love.

Kate did her homework and didn’t list the weekly food show on KGSR that ended in Dec. 2009. Shout out to Andy and Bryan who gave me that awesome opportunity — I miss you guys! If any readers hear about a local radio or TV station that wants to do a regular food segment, feel free to name drop. I’ll take you out for dinner if it works out!

She asked me if I would send her photos for inclusion in her weekly series, “What’s in Your Fridge Friday” and I decided to send pics after a long weekend trip when it was especially empty and immediately following my weekly grocery shop when it’s at its best.

Tasty Touring blogger Jodi Bart: What’s in Your Fridge Friday?

By Addie Broyles | Friday, February 5, 2010, 01:43 PM

Fridge Pre-Groceries

Grocery-Filled Fridge

Jodi Bart is the food blogger, but her boyfriend, Adam, is the resident chef in their Northeast Austin home.

Bart’s blog, Tasty Touring, tracks the best of what’s happening in Austin’s food scene, and in the past year and a half since she started blogging, she’s become a leader in the food community, organizing Tasty Tours for her readers and, up until December of last year, hosting a weekly radio segment about food on KGSR.

The pictures above show their fridge before and after a trip to the grocery store. “It doesn’t look like much but it kept us fed for the week,” she says. Adam might be in charge of dinner most nights that they aren’t out at some of Austin’s most buzzworthy eateries, but Bart has been expanding her cooking repertoire recently with dishes like this Thai stir fry.

This month, we’ve created a Tasty Tours/Addie’s Eat-Up mashup event at more than 10 trailers tomorrow. The Tasty Up Trailer Tour will start at coffee/breakfast trailers from noon to 1 p.m., and then it’s a choose-your-own-trailer-adventure at some of the newest and most talked-about mobile food vendors in Austin.

You can find all the details at the Facebook event page, and stay tuned to the Tasty Touring and Addie’s Eat-Up pages for more events like these in the future.

What three things are always in your fridge? Mootopia Skim Milk, breakfast fruit (blackberries in the winter, blueberries and raspberries in the summer) for our cereal, random jars and bottles of exotic jams and sauces that Adam promises we’ll use some day.

What’s your favorite condiment? Adam’s homemade chipotle aioli

What’s your go-to late night snack? Cereal or graham crackers topped with crunchy peanut butter and drizzled with honey.

Snack Bar is open from 7 a.m. – 12 a.m. and offers breakfast, brunch, sandwiches, organic wines, global appetizers and more.

Below Bethany prepares some samples for us at her makeshift station:

Bethany Prepares Snacks in the well-equipped KGSR studios

We enjoyed Rockstar Bagels with cream cheese and house-cured salmon, grits made with goat cheese, dill, and wonderful sweet gulf shrimp, and an egg and bacon sandwich. For a breakfasty dessert, we enjoyed blueberry greek yogurt with nuts and granola. All made with love for sure!

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to sample most of the items on the menu during an opening party for Snack Bar and I just loved the aprons, made locally by the Apron Vixen. I’m not sure she has a website but just call Snack Bar if you want to order one for yourself or to give to your favorite blogger as a gift

Check out their cute aprons (note this is not Bethany).

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Some things you might not know about the Soup Peddler:

• You must order your food by the Saturday night before the week you would like to pick it up or have it delivered. This is not fast food people. Sign up for his e-newsletter here.
• The Soup Peddler provides many mouth-watering options beyond soup including entrees and desserts.
• That adorable baby sitting in a pot on the back of the Soup Peddlers delivery vehicles is David’s daughter, Mia. She was not harmed in the shooting of that photo and is now almost two years old.

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