The Back Burner

Featured Foodie: Dan Stacy

He’s cooked professionally for nearly a decade in two of the top foodie cities in the world: first New York and now Austin. When Dan Stacy moved south in 2008, he and his new wife Kristen knew they wanted to start a food business. A catering company that sourced primarily local, organic ingredients was a more »

Featured Foodie: Cara Reed

Cara Reed is on a mission.  In her kitchen in Los Angeles, California, she’s recreating every sweet treat you loved as a child.  But here’s the real kicker: she’s going to make it vegan and gluten free, and it will be better than you remember.  Since being diagnosed with dairy and gluten allergies last year, more »

Featured Foodie: Heather Scholten

In some ways, Heather Scholten’s Farmgirl Gourmet is a typical food blog. Heather started it in 2006 with few expectations; she had just moved to Eastern Washington and used Farmgirl Gourmet as a forum to keep her friends and family updated on the goings-on in the Scholten household.  Like many new bloggers with an inviting more »

Featured Foodie: Jameson Fink

In 2004, Jameson Fink’s IT job ruled his Monday to Friday, but his weekends were full of wine.  No, he wasn’t drowning his sorrows in Thunderbird, he was exploring the wine regions of France, Italy, and America, all inside Randolph Wine Cellars and the Tasting Room in Chicago’s West Loop. He started blogging that year, more »