Browsing: Food

By the the end of this month, the city of Waco will finally have a permanent location for Indian food. The Tandoori Trailer will serve such authentic Indian cuisine as chicken curry, vegetable biryani and garlic naan from a food truck at Franklin Avenue and University Parks Drive.

Thursday, a new restaurant will be added to Fast Food Row. Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is opening its doors at 10:30 a.m. with its new location across the highway from campus.

Being a self-proclaimed connoisseur of all things “hot dog,” driving by Wise Guys: A Chicago Eatery every time I jet down Valley Mills had become quite painful. Passing Vegas Buffet, Michaels and eventually Wise Guys meant one more time, I wasn’t taking the chance to pull into the often-sparse lot to venture inside the Chicago-themed restaurant.

After discovering the wealth of vintage cookbooks in the archives of the Texas Collection, cooking the weird, old recipes and sharing the surprising results in a regular column seemed like the logical thing to do. Welcome to Cookbook Confessions.

Change and renovation are a theme this year on South Eighth Street. Most notable of changes in recent weeks has been the opening of Milo Waco where the El Crucero taco truck once stood.

Twisted Root Burger Co. is uprooting its Dallas-bred restaurant and opening shop in Waco at 11 a.m. Monday. However, while the interior is on target for completion by opening day, the vibrant mural on the outside won’t be finished until the end of next week.

As a young adult born and raised in Italy, owner Mary Baris, who dreamt of exploring countries, came to America and soon-after opened a restaurant in New York. But since NYC was too crowded for her taste, she soon found her way to Waco.

Behind the counter of Lula Jane’s, whisking eggs into a meringue or slicing up a decadent layer cake, you’ll find a woman in flour-dusted overalls named Nancy Grayson.

Where can you find a Mexican pulled pork slider, Korean fusion and wood fired pizzas? Waco. Yes, Waco. The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce, along with title sponsor Legacy Land and Ranches, will host the Texas Food Truck Showdown March 28 in downtown Waco.

The Texas Collection has vast archives full of essays, novels and academic books. One genre that doesn’t get a lot of recognition, though, is its collection of cookbooks.

The World Hunger Relief Veggie Van recently launched a mobile shop of locally grown vegetables harvested at the World Hunger Relief farm north of Waco. These vegetables are gathered, sold and distributed throughout Waco in order to provide for those who do not have access to fresh produce.

These cookies have received the Lariat stamp of approval. A breeze to prepare, fun to make and enjoyable to eat, these cookies make for great company on the coldest (or, in Texas, the most tepid) of winter nights.

When I recently visited la Paleteria y Neveria la Nueva Michoacana in the budding Hispanic district west of campus, I knew it was going to be an adventure.