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Dec
10
Wed
Bubbles Wine Tasting @ Lenoir
Dec 10 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

lenoirChris Kelly will host the year’s final Wednesday Wine Tasting on Wednesday, December 10th from 1-3 PM. This final month’s flight of 2014 will focus on the holidays’ essential beverage: sparkling wine. The tasting will include a light lunch, lively discussion and a chance to purchase some of these wines to take home and toast in the New Year. This is an awesome value and a great time, so we hope to see you there. Tickets are $25.

Cookies + Cocktails Happy Hour @ Métier
Dec 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

MetierCookieandCocktailHHGet more from your holiday shopping experience with Metier this December. On Wednesday evenings, from 6PM – 7:30PM, they’ll be serving up champagne cocktails and giving out Jessica’s favorite holiday cookie recipes with every purchase, just in time to liven up your holiday party. Plus, they have beautiful gift options for all of the cooks in your life AND awesome, one-of-a-kind vintage items to spiffy up your holiday table. Stop in before heading to dinner – pick up a hostess gift or a treat for yourself!

Cooking Therapy with Monica Pope @ Sparrow Bar + Cookshop
Dec 10 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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Join Chef Monica Pope in the kitchen as she shares her best ingredients, techniques, and recipes with you for an interactive cooking lesson upstairs at Sparrow Bar + Cookshop located in Midtown Houston.

Dec
13
Sat
Pie Maker’s Workshop @ Métier
Dec 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

MetierPieWorkshopIt’s pie season, and maybe you love eating it but are intimidated by making the crust. Let Jessica take the mystery out of the process for you when she hosts a workshop on tips to make your pie dough flakier, on lattice, fruit preparation and choosing the right tools for the job. This is a great class for all levels, and a good chance to get your hands dirty (and eat a slice a pie, while you’re at it!)

Reserve your spot now – the class size is limited and will fill up pretty darn quick.

Dec
15
Mon
Uchiko’s Vegetarian Night @ Uchiko
Dec 15 @ 5:00 pm

UchikoVegDinnerUchiko’s monthly vegetarian celebration will continue on Monday, December 15.  Ranging from a tasting menu to sushi pieces featuring vegetables. Even the biggest meat eater will be enticed by the menu!

Food-as-Medicine Dinner – Mindful Eating and Mood-Foods @ Sparrow Bar + Cookshop
Dec 15 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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Join integrative dietitian of Naturally Nourished, Ali Miller, as she walks you through a food-as-medicine dining experience prepared and created by chef Monica Pope of Sparrow Bar + Cookshop.

Dec
17
Wed
Cookies + Cocktails Happy Hour @ Métier
Dec 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

MetierCookieandCocktailHHGet more from your holiday shopping experience with Metier this December. On Wednesday evenings, from 6PM – 7:30PM, they’ll be serving up champagne cocktails and giving out Jessica’s favorite holiday cookie recipes with every purchase, just in time to liven up your holiday party. Plus, they have beautiful gift options for all of the cooks in your life AND awesome, one-of-a-kind vintage items to spiffy up your holiday table. Stop in before heading to dinner – pick up a hostess gift or a treat for yourself!

Dec
18
Thu
A Very VOX Holiday @ Noble Sandwich Co. @ Noble Sandwich Company
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

VOXHolidayThe holiday season has arrived, and two Austin–area restaurants are getting into the yuletide spirit with a seasonal collaborative dinner eventVOX Table, the New American restaurant opening at the beginning of 2015 in the Lamar Union community complex in South Austin, and Noble Sandwich Co., Central Texas’ popular gourmet sandwich eatery, will host A Very VOX Holiday @ Noble Sandwich Co. This special six-course dinner event ($70 per person), which includes a collaborative menu and complimentary cocktails from Austin’s Treaty Oak Distilling Co., takes place on Thursday, Dec. 18, beginning at 7 p.m., at Noble’s North Austin location, 4805 Burnet Road. And in the true spirit of the holiday season, portions of the proceeds from the dinner event will benefit the local Toys for Tots charity.
This unique dining experience will feature menu courses devised and created by Noble Sandwich Co. chefs and co-owners John Bates and Brandon Martinez, as well as VOX Table Executive Chef Joe Anguiano. The feast’s first course, prepared by Noble Sandwich Co., includes Beet Carpaccio served with a buttermilk bleu cheese dressing, toasted nuts, chicory salad, radish, endive and escorol. Chef Anguiano’s second course features a seasonalRoasted Chestnut Soup with licorice root and herbed croutons, followed by Chef Anguiano’s third course, Black Grouper with a vegetable cassoulet and a decadent red wine and lobster coral sauce. Noble chefs Bates and Martinez will prepare the fourth course, a savory Bone Marrow Budino served with mushroom bacon, a Meyer lemon sauce and a watercress and frisée salad. VOX Table’s fifth course is a Roasted Duck Breast served with a cabbage and leek confit, and sweet and sour strawberries. The final course includes an indulgent dessert ofWhite Chocolate and Allspice Mousse with pomegranate gelée, grapefruit-walnut granola and florentine tuile, prepared by VOX Table Pastry Chef Allison Henschel.

In addition to feasting on this collaborative chef-created meal, event guests will be treated to complimentary spirits from Treaty Oak Distilling Co., including a welcome punch, three cocktails throughout the dinner and a dessert-paired cocktail.

Tickets for A Very VOX Holiday @ Noble Sandwich Co. are limited and available through EventBrite

Dec
24
Wed
Cookies + Cocktails Happy Hour @ Métier
Dec 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

MetierCookieandCocktailHHGet more from your holiday shopping experience with Metier this December. On Wednesday evenings, from 6PM – 7:30PM, they’ll be serving up champagne cocktails and giving out Jessica’s favorite holiday cookie recipes with every purchase, just in time to liven up your holiday party. Plus, they have beautiful gift options for all of the cooks in your life AND awesome, one-of-a-kind vintage items to spiffy up your holiday table. Stop in before heading to dinner – pick up a hostess gift or a treat for yourself!

Dec
31
Wed
New Year’s Eve Dance Party at Gibson Street Bar @ Gibson Street Bar
Dec 31 2014 – Jan 1 2015 all-day

Looking to ring in the New Year while avoiding the downtown crowds? Look no further than Gibson Street Bar. The South Lamar favorite will be featuring a DJ dance party all night as well as free champagne to toast at midnight. The best New Year’s Eve party in South Austin will not have a cover and kicks off at 8 p.m.