Kimchi Fries @ Chi’lantro

Thousands of people will flock to Zilker Park the next two weekends for the Austin City Limits Music Festival.  No good festival is complete without good grub.  Some of Austin’s most popular food trucks will stay stationary for the weekend to serve their famous street food.  For the complete list of vendors check … Read more

The Big Mess Burger

Super Bowl Sunday is two weeks away and sports fans are going to be watching football and stuffing their faces.  Serious football parties require serious munchies.  Search “football food” on the web and you’ll find all different kinds of fun snack ideas, including mini stadiums made entirely of food.  My favorite food to … Read more

Savory, Sweet And Spicy Egg Sandwich

Sweet And Spicy Egg Sandwich

  My Savory, Sweet and Spicy Egg Sandwich recipe was selected for Community Picks RecipeTesting at FOOD52.com.  Here’s the recipe. Savory, Sweet And Spicy Egg Sandwich Author: David Moser Ingredients 2 slices raisin bread 1 teaspoon sriracha hot sauce 2 pieces double smoked bacon 1 egg 1 slice american cheese Instructions Lightly toast the … Read more

Shiitake Mushroom Tapenade

Tapenade isn’t the prettiest food to look at but it sure packs a flavor punch.  It’s made traditionally with olives, capers, anchovies and olive oil.  Despite containing only a few ingredients, this simple preparation is really flavorful with a salty, briny, even meaty mouthfeel.   Part of the reason it tastes so good is because … Read more

Crispy Italian Ham and Kale Pesto Burger

Crispy Italian Ham and Kale Pesto Burger

Eater just finished up burger week highlighting the best ground-meat-patties from across the country. A photo-essay showing how Jacoby’s Mercantile makes their ranch-to-table burger was featured on the Austin page. The photos were taken by Robert J Lerma, a man who knows how to photograph meat. I ate the cheeseburger a few weeks ago, and it’s one … Read more

Must Try Specialty BBQ Sandwiches In Austin

BBQ Sandwiches

I’d consider myself a barbecue purist and prefer to eat my meat unadorned by sauces and bread. But every once-in-awhile I get a hankering to wrap my hands around an over-sized sandwich and stuff my face. Here’s a list of Austin barbecue joints that feature some seriously delicious specialty BBQ sandwiches and a few … Read more

Roasted Peaches With Cardamom Ricotta And Ginger Almond Brittle

Roasted Peaches with Cardamom Ricotta and Ginger Almond Brittle

I moved to Austin a few years ago.  While packing up our previous home, I realized that over the three-year period that we lived there, I had barely used some of the many spices I had purchased when we moved in.  Although spices rarely spoil, they lose their flavor with time. For this … Read more

Roast Carrots with North African Flavors

North African Inspired Roasted Carrots

Before Spring arrived and the air was still chilly, I developed the recipe for these Roasted Carrots with North African flavors. Spring produce is now available here in Texas, in fact the highly sought after yet illusive ramp was just sighted in a local grocery store the other day. However carrots are available … Read more