A.V. Club Austin Food Reviews

Here, you can read the 12 articles I wrote in my monthly restaurant review column for the Austin branch of the A.V. Club.

For each one, I had to pitch concepts to the city editor for approval. I researched topics and compiled information on subjects. I created articles that work equally well for print and web. Each article provides an enhanced online reading experience. Click on the page numbers below to be taken to a different page for each article.

Movin’ On Up to the East Side

Depending on the source, the changing landscape of East Austin is either a good thing (“It’s raising the quality of life!”) or a horrible disaster (“It’s a culture-destroying march of gentrification!”). Nevertheless, several East Side restaurants tout their connection to the neighborhood’s rich history right in their names, all the while aiming to create unique spins on established American cuisine. The A.V. Club visited three such East Austin eateries to see how they successfully merge the old with the new.

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Successfully Eating Excessively

Texans regularly shoot for first place in everything from football to national high school rocket challenges (Go Rockwall-Heath Hawks!). Austinites don’t shy away from this fight for national bragging rights either, so why do we lag far behind five other major Texas cities that, according to Men’s Health, fall within the top 10 fattest in the United States? In an effort to help Austin residents give up their willpower and abs and indulge in more waist-expanding foods, The A.V. Club took a slow, belabored breath-inducing adventure around town to sample worthwhile, scale-tipping meals.

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These TV Dinners Aren’t Frozen

Another A.V. Club Austin food article: These TV dinners aren’t frozen. I test out some “as seen on TV” restaurants around town to see if the Food Network and Travel Channel show hosts hyped them up more than they deserve

Make that Sweet Tooth Scream for Mercy/More

A sweet, February restaurant/food review column for the A.V. Club Austin receives a chocolate-infused blast.

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Fry Away Your 2011 Resolutions

A trip around Austin for fried foods to bust any healthy 2011 resolutions you may have made. Possibly the unhealthiest thing I’ve written for the A.V. Club Austin.

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Drunk on food: Alcohol-soaked meals around Austin

A December restaurant review column in the Onion’s A.V. Club Austin on booze-filled foods in restaurants around Austin.

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A taste of (someone elseʼs) home

Please accept this cliche image of Thanksgiving as a representation of Austin’s culinary melting pot.

This November entry for my monthly food column with the the A.V. Club‘s Austin branch consists of a series of interviews with notable non-native Austinites about their favorite foods from where they grew up.

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This Halloween, release the vegetarian beast inside

My food column in the Austin A.V. Club on “meatless options that even the most committed carnivore can enjoy.” Each column receives a full-page spread with graphics and pictures in the print edition.

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The coffee experience — wake up your taste buds

Another food article for the A.V. Club Austin. This one centers around coffee-based and -infused foods. Also of note is that each of my articles receives a full-page spread with pictures when printed in the paper edition.

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Fire with flavor

My third article as the regular food column writer for the A.V Club Austin. Dishes around Austin that will make you sweat without letting their spiciness outshine their flavor.

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