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 …

I wanted to share this note that was sent to the members of the Food Touring Facebook group today:
Thank you all for being a part of Burning Love last night. I had wanted to create a faux ceremony but in the end, I’ve been sick for weeks and couldn’t psych myself up for it.
In place of that, I wanted to share with you some of the sentiments I had hoped to share:
Fire is a profound event. In nature, a forest fire will cause seeds that have lain dormant for decades …

Thanks to everyone who came out to “Burning Love” at the Trailer Park Eatery on S. 1st Street. We checked out some fancy gourmet ’smores at La Dee Dah and went around the campfire throwing in handwritten notes, pictures, labels that symbolized things we wanted to rid ourselves of or cleanse.
Click on the photo below for a sideshow of this sweet and vicious event:
See also Burning Love invite and the Laura’s Candy review.

Laura from Laura’s Candy sweetly sent me some artisanal marshmallows and graham crackers to sample for the blog. I learned about this Minnesota-based small business through Josh Frank, co-owner of La-Dee-Dah, a South Austin Airstream trailer business featuring sustainable art and gifts.
La-Dee-Dah has opened a snack window on one end called Treat, featuring flavored popcorn, LovePuppies brownies, Tempt chocolate, the gourmet s’mores, and a wide variety of beverages including $1 coffee. I hope you will join me there on Friday, Feb. 13 for the Burning Love pre-Valentine’s Day event.
On …

What better way to celebrate the day AFTER Valentines Day (date moved from Feb. 13) than to get together around a fire pit with fancy s’mores and participate in a group bonding activity.
Please bring either a photo or paper item (note, receipt, brochure) that symbolizes something you want to let go of — ideas include a photo of an ex-beau, an old checkbook, a receipt, a poem, something personal you have written, a bad habit, etc….
We’ll ceremonially burn these things in a campfire and tell stories about the things we …