Austin360 Food Review: 5.8.2013

Catch up on some of our best recent food reporting in Austin360:

• Review: Smoke and sophistication at Freedman’s, a barbecue spot with a swankier approach
  
  
• Culinary craftsmen: Salt & Time owners practice classic methods and source quality meats: A look inside the new brick-and-mortar of this butcher/dining spot in East Austin.
  
  
• Austin Food & Wine Fest kicks off at Butler Park: A look at this year’s festival, which moved from Auditorium Shores and received positive reviews for the change
  
  
• Waffled hash browns anyone? Using a waffle maker for more than just breakfast and more than just waffles
  
  
• Ask Addie: What to do with kasu, plus recipes for Austin-favorite Chi’lantro bulgogi burger and Central Market remoulade

Austin’s newest festival is the Wobeon Fest, a world music festival happening this weekend - listen to our playlist while you read more about it

March 30, the Urban Music Festival will be at Auditorium Shores. Check out info while you listen to our Spotify playlist: http://bit.ly/ZZrD9j

Our Austin360 writers pick their favorite music of SXSW 2013. Read more while you listen to our playlist!

SXSW Music Day 4

(Photo credits clockwise: Ashely Landis, Ashley Landis, Rudolfo Gonzalez and Laura Skelding for Austin American-Statesman)

• Usher joins Afghan Whigs onstage at Fader Fort Our reporter says it was “weird, but cohesive,” and then Usher came back out for some solo time. Check out the photo gallery too
  
  
• Green Day’s big SXSW day: First was the SXSW premiere of Green Day’s documentary, then came the band’s performance at ACL Live. (And check out the photo gallery from the show too.)
  
  
• The Flaming Lips get weirder than usual for packed Auditorium Shores audience (Photos of Friday’s Auditorium Shores concerts)
  
  
• More photos: Our big, giant gallery of all day Friday/SXSW Music Day 4; The Beards at City Hall; Depeche Mode; and all our A-List galleries from Friday’s parties
  
  
• Why SXSW still matters: It’s a choose your own adventure of music from around the world (Check out the awesome Vine videos in the post to sample some of the international acts)
  
  
• The Cuban connection: Cuban band Escape stopped at SXSW as part of brief sojourn to the U.S. and panel discussion of Cuba’s underground metal scene
  
  
• Scene reports from the Flatstock poster show; from the market at Auditorium Shores; Youth Lagoon and Sky Ferreira at Hyp Hotel; Spin Party at Stubb’s and goth versus psych at SXSW
  
  
• Quick hit reviews of performances by: Vampire Weekend; Natalie Maines; Austin’s Patty Griffin Bouldin Castle; Caitlin Rose and Palma Violets; master accordionist Celso Pena; MØ and Rhye
  
  

And for Saturday night, there are $30 tickets available at the door for the ACL Live show featuring John Fogerty, True Believers and more.