Full and Content Has Moved

Time to update your links.

If you haven't visited the new site yet, here's what you've missed:

• The 2014 Comprehensive Guide to In-Town Austin Barbecue
• Jeff Amador's Guide to the Best Downtown Austin Eats
• SX SouthBites 2014 Guide
• Review of parkside for the 2014 Austin Food Blogger Alliance City Guide
• Review of The Salt Lick for the 2014 Austin Food Blogger Alliance City Guide
• Review of The Buzz Mill for the 2014 Austin Food Blogger Alliance City Guide
• Review of Arirang
• Review of Dan's Hamburgers
• Review of Hopfield's
• Recipe for Roasted Beets with Grapefruit and Quinoa in a White Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Recipe for Brussels Sprouts Slaw with Lemon-Poppyseed Dressing, after Micklethwait Craft Meats
• Recipe for Brussels Sprouts and Tofu Stir-Fry
• Recipe for Fried Brussels Sprouts with Pecorino and Golden Raisins, after Salty Sow
• Recipe for Tex-Mex Shakshuka
• Recipe for Spicy Pork Loin Lettuce Wraps
• A recap of my cooking demo at PEAS Farm
• A recap of a lunch I catered for Austin Ladies Rock Camp

Here's a sampling of some in-progress posts that you won't want to miss out on:

• A profile of Texas Monthly barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn
• A whole slew of South Beach Phase 1 friendly recipes
• Reviews for Kome, Paco's Tacos, Pieous, Blue Dahlia, and more
• New recipes for the upcoming 2014 loquat season

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This old site will be self-destructing after a reasonable grace period.

The New Full and Content is Coming

Head on over to fullandcontent.com for a tiny glimpse.

Those Aren't Crickets You're Hearing

It's the sound of internal cogs turning and the clickety-clickety of a keyboard in fervent use.

Judging only by published posts, a reasonable person might assume I have fallen off the face of the planet, or possibly just been off gallivanting around the town completely having forsaken this little forum known as Full and Content.

A person might think that, but they'd be wrong.

Nope. I haven't been slacking (though I have been doing plenty of gallivanting around town, but that's nothing new). I've been in thinker mode. Planning. Researching. Brushing up on a needed skill or two. Plotting. Brainstorming. Scribbling. Sketching. Generally doing all the things that need to be done before beginning a complete overhaul of a website.

Yep. That's right. Enough of this infuriatingly limited freebie template. It's going to seem a little more quiet than usual for a while longer, but I promise it's not because I have forsaken you. And I have not lost my interest in blabbering on about barbecue, fresh veggies, what completely inappropriate thing was said too loudly while having drinks with friends, how frustrating it can be that my kiddos only want to eat crap, or any of the other things I regularly do in this space. Au contraire. This is happening because I'm cranking this baby up to eleven.

ELEVEN.

And it's been a long time coming.

Prototyping, building, testing, rebuilding, reshooting, content converting, more testing, and then finally publishing begins as soon as the holiday celebrating is over. I work fast. I work effectively. And I am my own worst nightmare of self-taskmaster. So while there is a lot of behind the scenes work to be done, the quiet will not last forever, and I'll still poke my head in for a quick hello… plus you can always find me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

I do have a small favor to ask of you. While things are still in wireframe mode, I'd love some informal feedback from people on how you use this site, just to keep in my head while I play with various organizational options. Short and sweet is fine, no need for an essay (unless you want to do that), just let me know what you tend to check out most (or would like to see more or less of), such as:

• recipes
• stories
• interviews
• browsing photos
• reviews
• restaurant guides
• specific categories of content (barbecue, CSA, cooking with/for kids, school farm, restaurants, Meatless Monday, etc.)
• anything else you think is relevant

Feel free to leave a comment below or send me your thoughts on Facebook or Twitter.

Your input would be much, much appreciated. I would like to make this as relevant to people as possible, and as always I am so grateful for all of you guys and for the community that has built up around this site. Thanks much.

Pomegranate-Pear Green Smoothie

This post has moved to the new Full and Content.

To get recipe, go here.

Last Day at the Original la Barbecue Location + Grand Re-Opening!

This page no longer exists. Please visit the new Full and Content.

Classic Texas Red

This post has moved to the new Full and Content.

To get the recipe, go here.

A Collective Guide to Thanksgiving

This post has moved to the new Full and Content.

To get the recipes, go here.