A Taste of Koko

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A Taste of Koko is about my passion for cooking, baking, and photography. I love sharing my culinary adventures overseas as well. A foodist at heart, I'm always on the hunt for the best restaurant in town.

A Taste of Koko

10 Dishes You Need To Be Eating // TRACE, Chobani, Papi Tino’s

1. Grilled blackened redfish with fried green tomatoes, pickles and smoked chili ranch. Loving the lunch on-the-fly, only $16 for a soup, salad & sandwich // TRACE 2. Smoked beef brisket with...

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Mediterranean with a Southern Flair at Zoes Kitchen

It’s Mediterranean food with a little Southern flair added in. At least that’s how the manager at the Austin Arboretum described the menu at Zoës Kitchen, the first of its kind in Texas. “It...

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10 Dishes You Need To Be Eating // Backspace, Olive & June, The Carillon

1. Buttermilk panna cotta, blueberry thyme compote, almond soil, thyme crema, blueberry glass, hyssop with blueberry sorbeto. // Olive and June 2. Citrus torta, blackberry ginger marmelata, biscoto...

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Fresh & Casual Italian at Trento Restaurant

Tucked away in Westlake Hills is Trento, a casual fine dining restaurant serving up fresh Italian cuisine with handcrafted pasta, panini’s, slow roasted pork, grilled salmon and chicken Parmesan....

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10 Things I Love and Ate

1. Soft boiled eggs for oxtail soup ramen // Ramen Tatsuya 2. Polenta benedict with prosciutto di parma, poached eggs blanketed with hollandaise sauce (Loved this!) // Winflo Osteria 3. Bloody...

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LongHorn Steakhouse review

I had the pleasure of dining at LongHorn Steakhouse a couple of months ago and was utterly impressed by the food and service. The restaurant was founded by Gorge McKerrow, Jr. through his passion...

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Honey Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting and Caramelized Figs

Friday afternoon had me knee-deep in cupcake batter and a bowl of fluffy frosting that was just coaxing at me to devour. The kitchen was covered with a light dusting of cake flour and my hands...

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Noodles & Company Celebrates Spring with Asparagus + giveaway

Noodles & Company is honoring Spring with an homage to fresh asparagus. And because asparagus season is a short one, they decided to create not one but three new dishes featuring this delectable...

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How To Make A Smashburger Burger + giveaway

Smashburger opens its first location in Austin, with two additional restaurants on the way this year. The Denver fast-casual chain has 163 restaurants in the U.S. and continues with its goal of...

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Spiked Frozen Custard at Yeti Frozen Custard

Summer is around the corner and it’s time to get ready for the sweltering triple digit temperatures. Owned and operated by Andy Ramos, Yeti Frozen Custard is Austin’s premiere Frozen Custard Truck....

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In The Kitchen With Ken Schiller of Rudy’s BBQ

Personally, Rudy’s BBQ is my favorite barbecue spot. It’s consistent, the service is friendly, and the extra moist brisket makes my mouth water. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ken...

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Baker Street Pub

Baker Street Pub & Grill is an English pub based on the life of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at 221B Baker Street. The live entertainment, bar, and pub food makes this a great...

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How to Choose Window Coverings for a New Home

Window coverings add height, drama, breezy ambiance, soften, and even a punch of color to any space. Choosing among the numerous types and styles available can be overwhelming. Shutters or blinds?...

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SXSW 2013 recap

South By South West – where people from all over descend to Austin, the live music capitol of the world and hub of tech innovation, for tech, film, and music. It’s exciting, enlightening and a...

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Food Crawl 2013 at SXSW

WHO: Influential, notable bloggers, and talented entrepreneurs in the food and tech industry. WHAT: 2 hour interactive event that extends through SXSWi WHERE: Launches at Long Center of Performing...

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Best Happy Hours in Austin

Happy hour, glimmering hours replete with affordable cocktails and bite-size eats is my incentive to make it through a long day. I like to celebrate these joyous hours with delicious eats and an...

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Best Brunches in North Austin

Most days, it’s just a cup of joe. Other days, cereal and milk. Actually, who I am kidding, I’m lucky if I even get a cup of coffee in the morning before heading to work. But for the weekends,...

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5 minute ideas: DIY Valentine Fortune Cookies

Add a personal touch this year for Valentines with these DIY fortune cookies. You can write personalized predictions and sweet nothings on strips of paper and tuck them right into each cookie for a...

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5 minute ideas: Chicken with basil cream sauce

Lighten up your day with this creamy chicken dinner that’s ready in 5 minutes with no clean up. Brought to you by Lean Cuisine, you’ll never guess this delicious meal comes straight out of a box...

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Noodles and Company tasting

Food coma. We all experience and I’m a veteran of it. And I hate it. Sometimes I just want to have a good meal and have the perfect feeling of satiety, and not fall into a sluggish and...

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Brunch at Zed’s (Austin, TX)

Tucked away in the North Austin, Zed’s Restaurant is serving up Southern-style comfort food with French and Moroccan touches. Known for one of the best patios in Austin, makes it the perfect spot...

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THIS WEEK’S QUOTE: PASSION

What is your passion? How do you invest your time in it? How true those words are. In 2010, I had just switched my degree from Biology to Nutrition and realized, “What am I doing with my life?”...

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Chef Nisa Burns on Kitchenability 101

Chef Nisa Burns, a spunky young chef is headed to Austin on her cookbook tour. If you don’t know Nisa yet, she is a food blogger, culinary grad, and author of Kitchenability 101: The College...

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A Taste of Koko on Huffington Post, NBC, and 12 days of giveaways

2013 is officially here and A Taste of Koko has undergone many changes in the past month. For starters, we have officially made the move to WordPress. After being on the Blogger platform for 2...

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12 Days of Giveaways: Pumpkin Beignets

There’s something comforting about spending the weekends in bed with a steaming cup of coffee and a plate of warm beignets. Soft, warm pillowy goodness covered with a flurry of powdered sugar. If...

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How to make Croque Monsieur & giveaway

In 1910, the first Croque Monsieur appeared on Parsian café menus. Rumor has it that French workers left their lunch pails by a hot radiators and came back later to discover the cheese in their...

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PhoNatic Vietnamese Cuisine #ATX

Located on Anderson Lane in the same plaza as Walmart, Noodles & Co, and Schlotzsky’s, you wouldn’t expect to find authentic Vietnamese cuisine at PhoNatic – but PhoNatic does not disappoint....

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12 Days of Giveaways: One chocolate chip cookie recipe

It’s one of those days when I just want a cookie all to myself. Crispy edges with a soft and chewy center when you sink your teeth in and where the chocolate chips melt in your mouth. I like mine...

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12 Days of Giveaways: Chai Tea Wedding Cookies

Tender, crumbly cookies, full of ground almonds and covered with a blizzard of confectioners’ sugar that melt-in-your-mouth and are as white as a cumulus cloud. There’s different variations of this...

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A Taste of Koko

10 Dishes You Need To Be Eating // TRACE, Chobani, Papi Tino’s

Mediterranean with a Southern Flair at Zoes Kitchen

10 Dishes You Need To Be Eating // Backspace, Olive & June, The Carillon

Fresh & Casual Italian at Trento Restaurant

10 Things I Love and Ate

LongHorn Steakhouse review

Honey Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting and Caramelized Figs

Noodles & Company Celebrates Spring with Asparagus + giveaway

How To Make A Smashburger Burger + giveaway

Spiked Frozen Custard at Yeti Frozen Custard

In The Kitchen With Ken Schiller of Rudy’s BBQ

Baker Street Pub

How to Choose Window Coverings for a New Home

SXSW 2013 recap

Food Crawl 2013 at SXSW

Best Happy Hours in Austin

Best Brunches in North Austin

5 minute ideas: DIY Valentine Fortune Cookies

5 minute ideas: Chicken with basil cream sauce

Noodles and Company tasting

Brunch at Zed’s (Austin, TX)

THIS WEEK’S QUOTE: PASSION

Chef Nisa Burns on Kitchenability 101

A Taste of Koko on Huffington Post, NBC, and 12 days of giveaways

12 Days of Giveaways: Pumpkin Beignets

How to make Croque Monsieur & giveaway

PhoNatic Vietnamese Cuisine #ATX

12 Days of Giveaways: One chocolate chip cookie recipe

12 Days of Giveaways: Chai Tea Wedding Cookies

12 Days of Giveaways: Sun-dried tomato granola bars

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