While I was traveling for my day job, Bryan and Andy interviewed and sampled wonderful dishes from Jason Donoho, executive chef of Fino and Asti.
Topics included:

His biggest culinary influence (mom)
Favorite local spots to eat — Uchi, Din Ho, and Chen’s Noodle House
Fino’s Chef’s Table  Series
The end of Gourmet magazine
Tasting delicious dishes from both Fino and Asti

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This morning at 8:15 a.m. CT, Statesman food editor and restaurant critic Mike Sutter will join us on the KGSR morning show to chat about his first year on the job, some of the 25 best dishes in Austin, and how it’s possible that no picture of him appears on a Google image search.
The paper’s dining guide will come out on Friday. Below is a video of Mike and food writer Addie Broyles from a Statesman promotional video. See if you can figure out who’s who…

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Andrea chatted with me, Andy, and Bryan today about Flip Happy Crepes, the converted airstream trailer she owns with business partner Nessa Huggins.
She brought some delicious crepes for us to taste include the vanilla cream with berries, lemon curd with blueberries, the Cuban, ham and cheese, and bananna nutella. If only every day began with a fresh nutella and banana crepe. Mmmmmm.
The news? Flip Happy is now open from Wednesdays to Sundays from at least 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. They are closed on Monday and Tuesday.

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We really enjoyed talking with Jesse Griffiths from Dai Due on KGSR today about their upcoming supper clubs and presence at the Farmers Market in November.
To listen to the show, download the files below.

Jen Strickland, co-owner of Home Slice Pizza joined us today on KGSR to chat about the staff’s recent pizza research trip to New York City, their blog, share some Home Slice goodies with us (like pizza, calzone, salad, garlic knots, and a rice krispies treat).

We also talked about their new patio bar with ping-pong table, upcoming expansion into the building next-door, Carnival of Pizza coming up on Dec. 5, and Seth Mazow’s “Year of the Pizza.”
Check out that calzone. HUGE. Delicous.

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