Food + Drink
Food is one of my great passions in life—it's easy to tell by just looking at my Instagram feed. As an editor at Austin Monthly and at Texas Highways, I've been in charge of the food and drink coverage. Here are a few of the pieces I've written that I've loved.
Photo by JD Swiger
Is This the Best Food Writer in Austin?
"Texas French Bread owner Murph Willcott’s writing is so engaging, beautifully crafted, and emotionally stirring it leads me to make the case that he might be the best food writer in Austin. Or, at the very least, a marketing genius."
Photo by Will van Overbeek
This Houston Brewery Made Headlines with Its Heroic Harvey Rescues
"Once he and others evacuated one house, next-door neighbors called out for help, and that word-of-mouth chain reaction resulted in five 16-hour days of extricating strangers, the brewery staff navigating the crisis-stricken streets of Houston to rescue nearly two dozen residents who’d been stranded in their homes."
Photo by Annie Ray
An Epic Success Story
"Epic looks, feels, and acts every bit an Austin born-and-bred company. The lack of pretention of its husband-and-wife founders is matched by their quiet determination to succeed and devotion to their mission to build much more than merely a thriving business.