Austin Cookbook

Paula Forbes is a food and restaurant writer based in Austin, Texas. Forbes was founding editor of Eater Austin, where, for two years, she tracked buzzy restaurant news and interviewed chefs during an exciting time that included the height of the food truck trend, the rise of Aaron Franklin and a barbecue renaissance, and the explosion of the Austin food scene onto the national stage. Following her time at Eater Austin, she was deputy editor at Eater National, senior editor at Epicurious, and managing editor of the cult food blog Eat Me Daily. Forbes has reviewed cookbooks for nearly a decade and has been published on Food52, The Cut, Extra Crispy, AmEx Essentials, and more.

"the go-to guide to Austin eating [...] humourous essays on cooking techniques and the city’s food culture.” Publishers Weekly“Austin has more than tacos and winning brisket. Forbes's extensive Texas restaurant experience comes through here as she brings in recipes from quintessential local haunts—including plenty of barbecue and Tex Mex staples.” Tasting Table“Easily the most colorful book of the season (yes, some pages are printed in millennial pink and we’re not sorry about it) longtime cookbook reviewer Paula Forbes’s first book is an enthusiastic love letter to her adopted hometown…the book can easily double as a restaurant guide.” Food & Wine Online“What rounds it out is Forbes’s experience in restaurant reporting and cookbook criticism. She acknowledges differences in opinion while stating her own well-founded beliefs, explores long-held misconceptions, dedicates pages to brief histories of regional foodstuffs, and offers delightful asides from prominent Austin-based chefs. Through it all, she convinces the reader that eating (like she does) in Austin is a whole heckuva lot of fun.” Eater magazine“thoughtfully written recipes, and stories about one of our country’s greatest eating cities.” GQ Online