SXSW Festival: Eating Austin by Tanya Edwards in News, March 14th, 2011
- Cheap, fast and delicious
A few members of the Food Network team hightailed it to Austin, Texas this week for the South by Southwest media conference. I’m happy to report Austin is an excellent food town, so while we’re learning ways to make your experiences on our site even cooler, we’re also going to be reporting on what we eat.
- It's screaming "eat me" isn't it?
Austin is a food truck and trailer town, and Downtown Burger was (wisely) dishing out burgers, french fries and beer across the street from the convention center. A line of hungry hipsters extended to the sidewalk.
- What's better than wine and cheese? Nothing.
After attending a few panels, I headed over to Whole Foods corporate headquarters for a wine and cheese tasting with the Techmunch team. The tasting featured wines from the Bordeaux region, and all of the featured bottles were under $20 and selected by Doug Bell and Jeff Ryan, Whole Foods global wine buyers. If you are near a Whole Foods, I’d recommend the Chateau La Fleur Dallon Cotes de Bordeaux Rouge, a well-balanced medium-bodied red.
Still hungry, a few of us walked over to Sandra Bullock’s well-known restaurant, Bess Bistro. I’m a huge fan of her acting, but none of us where sure what to expect. It was a delight. We shared a dished of perfectly fried artichokes along with fried green tomatoes over fresh crab meat. My meal was two lamb sausage patties that had that perfect lamb richness. The restaurant is in the lower floor of an old house, and was cozy with brick-lined walls and charming waitstaff. We polished off our meal with beignets dipped in hot fudge, which is how I would like to finish all meals really.
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i cant seem to get on either and i wanted to name the brownie dish
Also looking for the contest as I have a good name for the brownies.
I, too, am trying to enter this brownie "namethisdish" contest but can't find the link to do it. I have had this same problem before with your contests and I believe, if you are going to offer these contests, then get the darn page out there where we can access it!!
I also cannot find the site to enter. Very frustrating!
i have tried to log onto the site name this dish. no luck!
june sweepstake
cannot get thru to customer service. maybe it's time to cancell subscription!
Ditto the above. Have tried to enter the contest in your Hot Dog issue and cannot get into the site. Shouldn't advertise the contest if one is unable to access it. May cancel or not renew my subscription.
Me, too, Lynne. Can't find the site — and when I contacted Food Network via email, they give no additional information. Just "we'll get back to you." VERY irritating!
Great recipes in the magazine — but perhaps you might like to re-do your customer service department.
What is it that they DO? Certainly not respond to emails about the Name This Dish contest….
ive got the winning name for name this dish cant find site ugly
you can enter the current Name This Dish contest (stuffed peppers) here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/namethisdish
not able to get anywhere either with name this dish , can someone that has had success please let the rest of us know how you got through , THANK YOU