Austin Yankee
Social marketer by day.
Wine and Food adventurer by night.
Join a native New Yorker, doing her part to "Keep Austin Weird" while exploring the 78702.
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Congrats to these Austin chefs for their nominations
- Philip Spear, Uchi: Outstanding Pastry Chef
- Bryce Gilmore, Barley Swine: Rising Star Chef of the Year
- Paul Qui, Uchi: Best Chef SouthWest region
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Any one up for wine tasting at the Austin Wine Merchant from 4:30-6:30pm today?
Masi Veronese Wines (and more)
2010 Masi Masianco Pinot Grigio e Verduzzo
2008 Masi Campofiorin Veronese Rosso
2009 Masi Tupungato Passo Doble Malbec Corvina (Mendoza, Argentina)
Visit the Austin Wine Merchant: 512 West 6th Street Austin, TX 78701
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I feel special. This weekend, I’ll be a guest of Wine Sisterhood at their first annual Gathering of women in wine. Three and a half days of wine tasting, food pairing, social media sessions and merry making with other thirsty wine loving women is the perfect working vacation before SXSW.
I’m looking forward to the Food and Wine Pairing session with Thirsty Girl and wine media personality Leslie Sbrocco. And can’t wait to meet Christine Trice from OMG I so need a glass of wine or I’m gonna sell my kids, I don’t even have kids and have felt this way, oh so many times. LOL Healthy lifestyle personality, Sonia Hunt will be there, as will Extraordinary Mommy vBlogger Danielle Smith and my hero and friend Aliza Sherman
The agenda includes a visit to Bottega in Yountville, the Kitchen Door at the Oxbow Market in Napa, enjoying Swanson Winery for a VIP tasting and attending a blending seminar at Conn Creek Vineyards. There is even a meet & greet and dinner with some amazing female winemakers in the barrel room of the Black Stallion Winery, an olive oil tasting at Round Pond Estate and a gala dinner at Farmstead Restaurant in St. Helena.
I think you can still get in on the action HERE. Don’t worry, if you can’t make the Gathering this year. I will be live blogging/Tweeting/Trovering/4SQing the whole thing so you can can follow right along here. -
Photo reblogged from Thought for Food
How to make Gumbo in 16 pictures
Making (and eating) gumbo and red beans and rice in 16 steps, from one-hour roux to a satisfying bowl of leftovers. (Note the bloody mary for the cook. Very important step.)
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Photo reblogged from Wine Library
That’s what I’m talking about!
Amateur Wine Bloggers made their debut at number 16 this year on Decanter’s 2011 Power List. Harnessing the power of social media, bloggers are credited with diluting the influence of the big name critics and demystifying the culture of wine for their readers. In doing so they are reshaping the way that people choose the wines they purchase and ultimately the wine industry itself.
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Creole Crab & Corn Chowder just in time for Madri Gras.
I’m going to use seafood stock I’ve made from from the shrimp shells I’ve been stock piling in my freezer.
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I’m doing it ’cause it’s fun. What happens when things become not interesting? Then it’s a job. I had a job for years, I know what it’s like to show up every day and do the same thing the same way. I don’t know how Howie Mandel gets up in the morning. I don’t ever want to be that.
Anthony Bourdain
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Does anyone know why the Grackles swarm at first light?
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The worst winter weather in half a century has wiped out up to half this year’s wine harvest.
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Due Mar 8th just in time for your #SXSW late night food fix
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from Events - Austin Wine Tasters
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A Dutch scientist has created ‘meat’ from stem cells…
Yum or Yuck?
