Hot Summer Nights Reviews

Free music fest cools out record hot summer

"...Billy Glitter: blending familiar yet sonically diverse earworms. – D.B.H. Choux Choux at Chess Club..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: 10 New Things to See at Hot Summer Nights

New bands, new names, and new releases among the hundred-plus free-entry acts

"...of new bands, new names, and new releases below. Choux Choux..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

So Many Easter Dining Options!

And we’ve rounded up a tasty bunch for you

"...eggs, roasted asparagus, charred carrot potato salad, corn maque choux, and more – there's something for everyone in this..."

April 11, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Celebrate Bastille Day in Austin

Parlez-vous français?

"...including salmon rillettes and pommes dauphine, potato pâte à choux napped in chives and sauce Mornay. If you’re sticking..."

July 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Review: Bonhomie

Philip Speer brings friendly French to Austin

"...à la Parisienne (the kind made with pâte à choux instead of potato dough). The rotisserie chicken is plump..."

June 2, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The First Plates Guide to Eating in Bed

No sleep ’til breakfast

"...as you embrace the disastrous potential of pâte à choux and white sheets. Via 313..."

May 5, 2017 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

Review: Eberly

Style rules over substance at South Lamar hot spot

"...a heavy hand with the cream in the maque choux, compounded by the butter cracker crumble...."

March 24, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Patrizi's Owners to Open New Food Truck at Scoot Inn

Cajun concept will be ready by March

"...plate – all served with dirty rice and maque choux. The “vittles” section features small plates like eggplant sott’olio,..."

Feb. 3, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

12 Days of Christmas Desserts

Dessert magic from Janina O'Leary

"...ice cream •Seven Swans a Swimming: swan pâte à choux, blood orange crème anglaise •Eight Maids a Milking: “Mill-King..."

Dec. 10, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Period Piece

Sawyer & Co. rings out the old

"...The sauce almost had brio, the side of maque choux almost had depth. Both needed a more liberal use..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Ready to Roll

Garbo's brings the yeehaw to New England

"...Baby clams are puffed in a weightless pâte à choux. There's still a faint slick of oil, but fried..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

'The Grand Budapest Hotel' a Delightful Confection

Old hotels, dastardly villains, a pastry heroine, and cream puffs

"...Dessert - Mendel's Courtesan au Chocolat (pate a choux, chocolate custard, buttercream, candied pecans); Charles de Fere Brut..."

March 19, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

5 Kitchen Tips From Joanne Chang

The Flour founder knows her stuff

"...from the adorable cream puffs made with pâte à choux (literally: "paste of cabbage") is beyond me. But sometimes,..."

July 31, 2013 Food Post by Monica Riese

On the Beignet Trail

It can take you to the most surprising places

"...that the first beignets evolved from French pâte au choux dough, others suggest they originated from Spanish buñelos. In..."

Feb. 11, 2013 Food Post by Rachel Feit

The Gay Place: SO MUCH BOUNCE PER OUNCE

Express yourself and ya booty with so much bounce, it'll make ya flounce

"...RUSTY LAZER SURGERY It's a top surgery benefit for Choux, and ex-ATX-patriate BOUNCE-Jesus Rusty Lazer throws down his big..."

July 20, 2012 Column

Bistrot Mirabelle

Cozy French classics

"...herby tomato broth, all topped with crisp breadcrumbs. Thursday's choux farci, cabbage stuffed with spiced pork and beef, has..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Seafood With a Conscience

Shoreline should be applauded for taking a step to help preserve our seas without ever making us feel deprived

"...The halibut saltimbocca ($32) came with crispy pâte à choux gnocchi (i.e., made from flour, not potatoes), cherry tomatoes,..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

MM Pack's Top 10 Bites From Small Austin Producers

"...Patisserie: Coffee éclairs Classic French confections of pâte à choux and coffee-flavored pastry cream, glazed with sweet coffee icing...."

Jan. 7, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Dining del Lago 2010

What a difference some rain makes! The water is blue, the hills are green, and several new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.

"...fresh, and the corn on the cob with maque choux butter was incredibly sweet with a hint of spice...."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature

Ad Hoc at Home: Family-Style Recipes

"...with roux, and the dumplings made with pâte à choux. The whole production takes an entire afternoon. Ah ......"

May 28, 2010 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Evangeline Cafe

Evangeline Cafe

"...perfectly sautéed catfish fillet smothered in luscious crawfish-and-corn macque choux ($13.99)...."

April 27, 2007 Food Review by MM Pack

Ms B's Authentic Creole Restaurant

Whatever you do, order the sweet potato fries

"...Creole menu entrées. Another is the creamy corn maque choux (pronounced "mock shoe") with traditional minced sweet red pepper..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Food Review by MM Pack

Food-o-File

Off with our heads on some misreporting of the Lazy Fork Barbecue legacy; plus, an Independence Day Event Menu

"...Mandola's; the Soup Peddler's Chicken Big Mamou and Macque Choux; cobbler made with Rhew Orchards peaches and blackberries from..."

June 30, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Azul

Azul opened quietly a couple of years ago in a refurbished two-story home on East Cesar Chavez, but it quickly became an important cornerstone of the gourmet sandwich revolution in Austin

"...The Gougers ($4.25), tiny French choux pastries flavored with Gruyère cheese, are a popular snack..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...worst cupcake of my life, plus a few pâté choux-based items – a couple of cream puffs and an..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column

Most Churrascarias Are Brazillian

"...worst cupcake of my life, plus a few pâté choux-based items – a couple of cream puffs and an..."

Jan. 4, 2005 Postmarks

Robbie's Cajun Kitchen

"...can't go wrong with an order of Corn Maque Choux ($9.95), Robbie's twist on a traditional bayou classic in..."

July 26, 2002 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

The Art of Eating Well

Aquarelle brings to the Austin dining scene a studied elegance and a decidedly Old World taste for unrestrained luxury, Chronicle Cuisines writer Rachel Feit writes. But it is still a young restaurant.

"...Cage du Caramel ($6) is a crown of baked choux pastry filled with mocha butter-cream and drizzled with caramel...."

Nov. 3, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Le Belle Arti

"...les choux de bruxelles au beurre..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Ultra-Gallic Gastronomy

Barbara Chisholm elucidates the finer points of dining at Chez Nous.

"...-- fried balls of puréed potatoes mixed with a choux pastry, these pommes inspire a passionate sense of possessiveness..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

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