These are from the Austin Food & Wine Festival this past weekend where my company had (among other things) a cheese-tasting booth that I put together with some other deli managers. I didn't get nearly as many pictures as I did last year but I'll share a few.
I walked up to this the very first morning before the gates were open. Some poor kid was slumped over in his chair and had obviously been turning the dern thing half the night.
Beyond these gates were tables and booths full of beer, wine, spirits, sweets and savories.
Our awesome cheese booth! Right as the gates opened the first day and just before we were absolutely swarmed!
Close up of two of our HEB cheeses. The brie had a caramelized onion compote on top that people went crazy for.
One of the premier evening events is called Rock Your Taco. Chefs from Austin and beyond create small bite tacos and a winner is crowned. I only got a few pics.
Tim Love's taco. I forget what he said was in it. But he kept telling everyone "Lime last!"
This one was really interesting. Pardon the blurry pic. The shell was a slice of beet. It had beets roasted with masa and goat feta, chipotle, peanut sauce and puffed rice in it. Bryce Gilmore of Barley Swine.
This unimpressive photo is of the very impressively delicious taco that won that night from Tyson Cole of Uchi and Uchiko. It was a yucca chip shell with raw hamachi, roe, apple, topped with Marcona almonds, and it one of the best things I ate all weekend. The Marconas seemed out of place at first but they made it.
This was at the very end of the fest when people were fading out and we were breaking down. They had a roasting pit in the center of the grounds where they did whole animal roasting all weekend. This is what was left of a goat. We walked by and my friends yelled out, "Hey come on, we're ripping the goat!" We walked up and were each handed a disposable glove. We each ripped of a hunk of meat. It was one of the other best things I ate all weekend.
I walked up to this the very first morning before the gates were open. Some poor kid was slumped over in his chair and had obviously been turning the dern thing half the night.
Beyond these gates were tables and booths full of beer, wine, spirits, sweets and savories.
Our awesome cheese booth! Right as the gates opened the first day and just before we were absolutely swarmed!
Close up of two of our HEB cheeses. The brie had a caramelized onion compote on top that people went crazy for.
One of the premier evening events is called Rock Your Taco. Chefs from Austin and beyond create small bite tacos and a winner is crowned. I only got a few pics.
Tim Love's taco. I forget what he said was in it. But he kept telling everyone "Lime last!"
This one was really interesting. Pardon the blurry pic. The shell was a slice of beet. It had beets roasted with masa and goat feta, chipotle, peanut sauce and puffed rice in it. Bryce Gilmore of Barley Swine.
This unimpressive photo is of the very impressively delicious taco that won that night from Tyson Cole of Uchi and Uchiko. It was a yucca chip shell with raw hamachi, roe, apple, topped with Marcona almonds, and it one of the best things I ate all weekend. The Marconas seemed out of place at first but they made it.
This was at the very end of the fest when people were fading out and we were breaking down. They had a roasting pit in the center of the grounds where they did whole animal roasting all weekend. This is what was left of a goat. We walked by and my friends yelled out, "Hey come on, we're ripping the goat!" We walked up and were each handed a disposable glove. We each ripped of a hunk of meat. It was one of the other best things I ate all weekend.
Allison aka Younger Bay
"The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude." - Julia Child
"The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude." - Julia Child