Robb Walsh

Robb Walsh is the food critic^[1] of Houstonia Magazine, which was founded in 2012; former commentator on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition, Sunday; former restaurant critic at the Houston Press (2000 until 2010); former editor in chief of Chile Pepper Magazine (1999 to 2000); former food columnist for Natural History magazine, three time winner of the James Beard Award.^[2]

In July 2010, along with other veterans of the Southern Foodways Alliance, Walsh co-founded a non-profit organization called Foodways Texas to preserve and promote Texas food culture. Foodways Texas is headquartered in Austin and affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin.

Selected publications

Books

• Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook (Chronicle, June 2002).
• The Tex-Mex Cookbook (Broadway 2004).
• Sex, Death & Oysters (Counterpoint Press 2009).
• Texas Eats (Ten Speed 2010)
• The Hot Sauce Cookbook (Ten Speed 2012)
• Barbecue Crossroads (University of Texas Press 2012).

Anthologies

• Best Food Writing 2001 through 2009
• Cornbread Nation
• Best Southern Food Writing volumes I, II, & IV (from the Southern Foodways Alliance).

References