The CHOW Guide to Eating and Drinking in Austin, SXSW edition

From Tex-Mex to high-end, CHOW brings you the best eating and drinking locations in Austin.

Rule #1: don’t ever bring anyone a $2 bottle. Ever.

When you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola, you expect it to be bottled at a Coca-Cola distributor and not be a rinsed-out “genuine Coca-Cola bottle” filled with a “cola-like carbonated beverage."

Caramelized shallots, gorg, prosciutto, baby spinach pizza with zinfandel barbecue sauce

A Paris restaurant serves wine in baby bottles.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is mad about young entertainers being used to promote sugary treats.

There’s a little glass bottle in the cupboard calling to me. I must resist. I don’t have a problem. Honestly. I could quit, if I really wanted to. It started innocently, at the yuppie grocery store we frequent. There...

Squid And Cuttlefish

squid and cuttlefish

Tarragon and Red Wine Chicken Stew

Does anyone know where I can get a baby-bottle shaped cake in the Montreal area that won’t cost a fortune?

. But this will be our first trip with our brand-new baby, and she will be six months old. Ordinarily we’d be perfectly happy to consume meals in loud, hip restaurants, stretching well past midnight and with multiple bottles...

it should be). The 78 is more powerful than the 71. Good bottles are insanely great. Another great vintage, the 1962 is one I’ve always wanted to try. The 1990 is a powerhouse. Last time I had it was about 7 years ago......

I love the Budweiser sauce, just used the last of my bottle up last night on some pork sirloins. It’s one of the best I’ve tried in a really long time! Normally in our house it’s Sweet Baby Rays Original or Head...

Good call on Sweet Baby Ray’s. Balanced, not too sweet, doesn’t interfere with the flavor of smoked meats, and it’s cheap as chips, too. There’s always a bottle in my fridge.

, caramelized onions and mustard jus. Both of these apps showed the skill of Chef Aaron in regards to texture, spicing and combining flavors. We split a Blue Bottle salad of mixed baby greens with sliced red grapes, toasted...