Tweet Italian for ‘star’, Stella already has proven its star potential during a media preview of the newest addition to the Blue Star Arts Complex! Offering locally-sourced menu items (including some of my favorite local farmers, like Oak Hills Farm), the menu is a great, unpretentious option for those in the mood for sharing some
Tweet When the Pearl Brewery Farmers market announced on their Facebook page that a new vendor would be joining the already all-star lineup on Saturday I was definitely interested. When I saw that it was going to be someone selling lamb I’m pretty sure I did a little happy dance and shrieked out loud. I
Tweet Pinot’s Palette – Alamo Heights is the franchise’s first location in San Antonio, TX and we were ready to welcome them with open arms. The fabulous Heather Hunter of The Cowgirl Gourmet arranged an incredible girls night out for some of the local San Antonio bloggers and boy did we have fun! I have
Tweet As a pork loving family, I thought it was really important that we know where our pork was coming from and how it got there. In the process, we became friends with the incredible family behind South Texas Heritage Pork, Mark and Kelley Escobedo. Starting literally from scratch, all they had was a lot
Tweet The Monterey and the San Antonio Chef Coalition are hosting a book signing for one of their own, Chef David Gilbert this Sunday, December 2nd from 10:30 to 2pm. People can enjoy the witty banter and sometimes explicit mulling of the band of chef brothers while sipping bottomless mimosas to those who purchase the
Tweet A couple of weeks ago, a dedicated vegetarian friend and I were tweeting back and forth: @geekettebits Very busy. Trial starting on Monday.Need @beyondthekit to do a veg dinner! — Ashley Street (@ASHinSA) October 26, 2012 and Executive Chef David Gilbert, of Sustenio at the Eilan Hotel, excitedly responded: @ashinsa & @geekettebits You
Tweet Malibu San Antonio has everything you need to celebrate birthdays, have a party, corporate parties, events and team building, and for family gatherings. It’s the perfect place for friends and families to get together and cut loose with fun, games, and great food. With Bumper Boats, Go Karts, Arcade, Miniature Golf, Batting Cages,
Tweet Nicole Parker and Katie Rose Clarke are two women who have played Elphaba and Glenda, respectively, from the hit Broadway musical Wicked. This Friday and Saturday, their show, Wicked Divas, will be putting on two performances at 8pm at Laurie Auditorium. It looks like an amazing program that includes hits not only from Wicked,
Tweet According to a recent tweet made by Restaurant Gwendolyn: Charc week: we’re throwing a citywide party of all the handmade charcuterie in town! Tue Oct 23rd–Tue Oct 30. — Restaurant Gwendolyn (@RestGwendolyn) October 18, 2012 it looks like the city of San Antonio is going to enjoy a week long Charcuterie throw down by
Tweet In the book American Terroir, Rowan Jacobsen explores how the uniqueness of the region translates in the taste of the food. In one chapter, he explains that the Michoacan, Mexico produces half the world’s avocados. Not wasting the avocados that fall to the ground, farmers feed their pigs a diet consisting of 60% avocados.
Tweet San Antonio is in the middle of another ridiculously hot Texas summer! Thankfully, Bohanan’s bartender Jake Corney is reinventing the tropical cocktail tiki menu and serving up some refreshing drinks! Working at Bohanan’s for 6 years doing everything Corney jumped at the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of bartending from the guy
Tweet Open Tuesday through Saturday for dinner and Sundays for brunch, Feast should be included in your “can’t miss” list of San Antonio restaurants. For $5-$12 a plate, share with a group of friends at this sexy restaurant where the playful atmosphere of the room and patrons matches the beautiful array of food. Bright colors,
Tweet Saturday, May 26, 2012, will be the grand opening of the Robert J. and Helen C. Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center at the Witte Museum. This two-story, 20,000 square foot addition will serve as the permanent home for the Witte’s South Texas collections. Visitors will be able to experience over 150 years of change
Tweet No stranger to the lineup for Culinaria’s Wine and Culinary Festival, the Westin La Cantera’s fabulously romantic Francesca’s will be participating in the wine maker’s dinner on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. The toast of the evening is their featured wine, the Sommelier’s Selection Cabernet Sauvignon from Raymond Vineyards of Napa Valley.