A host of culinary notables will be on hand tomorrow night for the Farm to Plate fund raising event benefitting the Austin Farmer's Market and Sustainable Food Center. The event will showcase fresh, local food directly sourced from Austin Farmers' Market member farms and local wineries....

As you may have read months ago, Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation took Cannes by storm earlier this year. The hometown folks will get to see what all the hullaballo’s about next Tuesday, as the Austin Film Society and Sustainable Food Center will be screening the Austin premiere of the fictional adaptation of Eric Schlosser’s best-selling book. “We are thrilled to premiere this powerful film in Austin and to partner with Sustainable Food Center to......

Local big name Chefs Tyson Cole of Uchi and David Bull of the Driskill Grill will go head-to-head “Iron Chef” style this Saturday during the Healthy Chef Showdown at the Austin Farmers’ Market. Cole, named one of Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chefs of 2005 and Bull, who tried to kick Bobby Flay's ass on the real Iron chef and lost (but still kicks ass if you ask us), will get all Celebrity......

If Central Market and Chuy’s haven’t provided you with enough green chile madness, local southwestern trend-o-mat restaurant Z’Tejas presents a special green chile menu with some proceeds benefiting the Sustainable Food Center. The cause is good, and if the ubiquitous Navajo Eggs and requisite Bloody Marys are any barometer (and if you don’t hate trendy southwestern American kitchen fodder) this one is probably worth the effort. Z’Tejas 1110 W. Sixth St and 9400-A Arboretum......

Kevin Dini is fresh. Ask any of his clients at Namaste Salon (as well as his many friends) and they'll tell you the truth - he's a peach. That's why we were thrilled last night when he accepted our invitation to check out the Downtown Farmers Market at Plaza Saltillo at 5th and Comal, which will be open Thursdays from 4-7pm until September 28 in addition to their already wildly popular Saturday downtown presence.We......

FRIDAY [Music] Rilo Kiley 7pm @ Stubb's - $14 [Film] TriPartIte Film Festival (benefitting SafePlace) 8:30pm @ Jo's - Donations encouraged SATURDAY [Art] The Portrait Show: You Don't Know Us 7pm-11pm @ Camp Fig [Dance!] KVRX Prom Night w/ Clap!Clap! 8pm @ Iron Gate Studios - $5 [Music] Spring Fling for SafePlace 8pm @ Velvet Spade - $30 at the door [Art] The Works of Peter Beste 7pm-Midnight @ The Space (Beste will be in......

There is big red fun going on at Big Red Sun this Saturday (the 7th). Hello, Birdie is family fest, a concert, and a gala all for a good cause--the Sustainable Food Center of Austin. From 12-7pm you and your posse can enjoy local foods, music, birdhouse building and viewing, a petting zoo, and even face painting. Ooooh, a butterfly for us, please! At 7pm our future governor Kinky Friedman arrives to host the......