Tiffany Youngren (above) laughs about the cliche of a couple from Washington state coming to Texas and opening a coffee stand. But that’s what she and her husband, Duane, did shortly after moving to Oak Hill a year ago.

Frank again! Yup twice in so many weeks, as I first wrote about here. I made a repeat visit after winning a gift certificate from Tastytouring, thanks Jodi! Not to mention, the food is damn good. Frank serves artisan sausage, read: classy, in a casual setting in Austin’s warehouse district. Each day there will be two hot dog specials in addition to the regular menu.

I'm a sucker for new food trailers and after hearing about Sushi-A-Go-Go on Twitter last week, I had to check it out. I drove from my office up to Manor Road where this new trailer was parked after being enticed by their daily Twitter special of $1 edamame and fresh tuna and yellowtail roll for $5.50.

The heat is brutal but you gotta give it to the fruits when it comes to summer. My ice cream machine has been working harder than anything else in the store. We have been making ice cream all day everyday. The most popular has been all the dairy free coconut ice cream flavors that I made.

When Austin chef Foo Swasdee first started hosting Iron Chef-style competitions at Asia Fest in Austin four years ago, chef Chan Chi Keung kept winning them. “I recognized how talented he is with dim sum,” says Swasdee, the owner of Satay restaurant on Anderson Lane.

Mom’s Taste is run by the delightful Lee family. The husband and wife owners are fixtures at the store. While both are super friendly and eager to help, they really only speak Korean. On occasion, one or both of their sons are around and the two of them speak better English than I do. I use our encounters as opportunities to grill them on the day’s specials.

A shamefully long time ago now, we were invited to a food blogger happy hour at Parkside. It's shameful in one respect because I had every intention of reviewing it and it's now more than two months later. It's downright unforgivable in another respect – the food was inventive and generally very well executed – I really should have told you all about it sooner.