This is kind of bittersweet — the third in the Austin Food Deals series. Thanks to everyone that shared their tips in the cocktail throwdown post. Thank you again to Moriah Butler for the research assistance.
Random Tips
This one is from Adam — If you get a meal at Wendy’s you can upgrade from a soda to a Frostee for 15 cents.

If you happen upon a farmers market about an hour before they close, there may be discounts on over-ripe or slightly imperfect fruit and veggies that are perfectly good. David …

I’ve been thinking about all of the great Austin food secrets for a while now — things I have learned over the years from friends, articles, and personal experiences. To be honest, I was worried about some of these secrets getting out. What if too many people take advantage and they aren’t sustainable or less special?
But then I realized that in sharing our knowledge and secrets with each other, we become inspired to give back even more and the entire community benefits. Many of the businesses below have earned a …

If you are an out-of-towner visiting Austin during SXSW, you might be thinking –DAMN the food here is good and I want to take some back home to my loved ones. I’ll be making a week-long trip in April to DC and NY and wanted to bring some Austin and Texas-based foods for my friends and family to enjoy.
While I have my own favorites, I’ve been living in Austin for a little over 5 years and am in no way an expert on everything that is available. So, I turned …

This is a “Live Blog.” I am sitting in the cooking school room upstairs at Central Market North in Austin.
A couple weeks ago, I received a note in my inbox on Facebook:
Addie from the statesman wanted you to come and I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now and I like what you have to say.

I’ll be teaching the class. Still working over the menu but everything will be from within 200 miles of CM. I’m calling all of my foodie friends to get items and some are …

Thank you to my amazing friends and family for helping me celebrate my 30th birthday in style! Many of you gave me food-related gifts — the collection of New Yorker food writing, an adorable homemade apron, a gift card to William Sonoma, and a Whole Foods gift certificate for cooking classes. Stay tuned for posts about the classes soon!

A fun group of friends took me to dinner at Titaya’s Thai on N. Lamar last night. I hadn’t been there and it was pretty good–particularly the shrimp summer rolls. I’ll be …