If you haven’t tried pies or crimps from The Pie Society yet, you’re missing out, Austinites. The Pie Society is a totally local, totally homegrown business started by my friends and former colleagues, Lindsay and Emily.
Let me first answer the question that’s undoubtedly on your mind, “what the heck are crimps?” According to the menu, crimps are bite-sized, fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand crimped balls of pie, with a flaky, golden crust on the outside and a delicious savory or sweet filling on the inside.
Basically, crimps are the perfect size to sample many different …

There are some really fun food events coming up this weekend and next weekend that I want to make sure you know about. They each feature delicious food, entertainment, giving back to the community, and maybe best of all, AIR CONDITIONING. Yes, it’s been over 100 degrees for way too long here in Austin. We are currently at over forty days of over 100 degree heat…it’s almost biblical what is going on down here! But thank goodness for that air conditioning.
Anyway, this weekend, I’m competing in the Slow Food Austin …

Addie Broyles JUST posted on her blog the news that the much anticipated (at least by me) Austin360 Food and Wine Blogger Bash has been announced. Here is what she had to say:
A week from today, local and national food and wine bloggers will get a chance to eat, drink, mingle and celebrate the vibrant food scene in Central Texas at the first ever Austin360 Food and Wine Blogger Bash, sponsored by Whole Foods Market and the Go Texan program of the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Here’s the flier from the …

Bud Royer was my friend on Facebook but now he’s my friend IRL. Bud graciously invited me and Adam to stop into his restaurant, Royers Round Top, for dinner last weekend on our way to Houston.
Bud and the rest of his family treated us so well. It was quite overwhelming. The restaurant is run by Bud’s daughter and her husband and one of his sons was working that night. Bud lives in Austin but heads east to Round Top on the weekends to hold court at the front table and …

I love pie. I love social events. I love community building. I love Clarksville. I love MLK, Jr. I love Equality.
If you love any of these things, you should come out to the first annual Sweet Home Dream Pie Social this Saturday, Jan. 17 from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
The Sweet Home Baptist Church is hosting the event in honor of Martin Luther King , Jr. Day. The organizers hope to embody King Jr.’s dream by “gathering around the community table to serve a piece of the pie, an age-old …