Reata Monthly Newsletter: March 2010

2010 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, TX

Fort Worth natives and members of the Reata family, Chad Feehan and Amanda Micallef, have been invited to World Premiere their film, WAKE, at the 2010 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, TX. The red carpet premiere will be held at the historic Paramount Theater at 4 pm on Saturday, March 13th. Tickets are available through SXSW. WAKE is a taut, psychological thriller starring Josh Stewart, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Chris Browning, Angela Featherstone and Afemo Omilami. For more information on the film and the festival please visit www.bringoutthetruth.com or www.sxsw.com

Texas Toast announces a Big Break on Spring Break in Big Bend

March 8, 2010 - Texas Toast Culinary Tours launched a new plan today for its West Texas cuisine adventure, letting you be the decider: You decide how to get there and you decide where to sleep – and we’ll provide the yummies, the inside skinny and all the fun you can ingest, March 24-28.

Join the food-touring outfit to find out how Marfa – one of the nation’s great art centers – has become a destination on the culinary map. In addition to breathtaking scenery and world-renowned art spaces, this Big Bend culture capital now provides sensational gastronomy discoveries.

Texas Toast has pared down the package to its food-and-wine elements, giving you big flavors for four days in late March for just $595. If you’ve wondered why the New York Times and other publications have raved about restaurants like Maiya’s, Blue Javelina and Austin Street Café, this is your chance to find out. This Marfa road trip also introduces you to the new culinary center at El Cosmico, found next to the famous Chinati Foundation, and we’re bringing you a chuck-wagon breakfast from the original Reata in neighboring Alpine.

In addition, you’ll be treated to a wine-and-food pairing class and dinner at Cathedral Mountain, the vineyard owned by Times Ten Cellars; a picnic lunch beside the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park; a farmstand tour, cooking class and lunch with chef Louis Lambert, owner of Jo’s and Lambert’s restaurants in Austin and Fort Worth; and a cookout with live music and star-gazing beneath the magnificent West Texas night sky.

Hurry! The registration deadline is March 15; book your trip at www.texastoastculinarytours.com; call 817-239-1634 or 817-228-5220 with questions. Visit the website also to read about other road trips and tours.

Note: For Marfa lodging, your options include El Cosmico (www.elcosmico.com); Hotel Paisano (www.hotelpaisano.com); and the Thunderbird Hotel (www.thunderbirdmarfa.com). For all Marfa information, visit www.marfacc.com.

Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit

Make plans to attend the 5th Annual Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit. Reata Chef’s Juan Rodriguez and Travis Purdin along with 13 other chefs from some of Texas’s best restaurants will be featuring some mouth watering dishes. For more info go to www.periniranch.com/summit/index.htm.

Central Market Cooking School

On May 26th at the Central Market in Fort Worth, Reata Chefs Juan Rodriguez and Nicholas Bivens will be teaching a class at the cooking School. For more info go to www.centralmarket.com/Cooking-School.aspx.

Easter Reservations

Make plans now to enjoy Easter Brunch on April 4th, 2010. Reata will be serving selections from our brunch and lunch menus, as well as our full dinner menu for you and your family this Easter. To make reservations, call 817.336.1009 or go to www.opentable.com.

Featured Recipe from Reata Legendary Texas Cuisine

Buttermilk-Pecan Biscuits
(From page 135 of the Reata Cookbook)

Click for the recipe.