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Me and the Bees founder Mikaila Ulmer and her mom, D Andra, hosted a little pop-up lemonade get-together a few weeks ago.
The front yard gathering was one of the first media events I d been to since vaccinations became available. It was sweet to see some familiar faces and sip on a drink they came up with for the event: a purple-tinted lavender lemonade from Austin bartender Coleman DeWayne Steagall, who owns a pop-up bar service called Jitters Espresso & Spirits.
The family behind the Austin-based lemonade company was celebrating a recent expansion into 800 Target food cafes, where customers can now find Me & the Bees in three flavors: Classic, Prickly Pear and Ginger.
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Large food festivals haven t taken place in Austin in more than a year, but with the pandemic easing in the area, several organizations are bringing back their sip-and-stroll events.
The Texas Craft Brewers Festival announced recently that it would host its popular tasting event at Fiesta Gardens on Oct. 23.
Organizers from the Texas Craft Brewers Guild said they were optimistically planning for the festival to take place this fall with dozens of breweries from around the state. Tickets won t go on sale until later this summer, and there will likely be some changes to how the event is structured, depending on what happens between now and then, organizers said.
Texas Sheet Cake has been a Lone Star favorite for generations.
It s a simple dessert: Chocolate cake topped with a pourable chocolate frosting that usually has pecans. The key is that the cake is served from the sheet pan in which it is baked, which makes it perfect for potlucks.
The folks at Blue Bell had an idea: What if we put the chocolate sheet cake in ice cream?
That s the inspiration behind Chocolate Sheet Cake, the newest flavor from the Brenham-based creamery. Their spin on this Texas staple is Blue Bell s chocolate ice cream mixed with chocolate sheet cake pieces, chopped pecans and a chocolate icing swirl.