, Aaron Franklin’s annual springtime convergence of food and music. Among some five-dozen chefs participating in this year’s fest, popping up throughout Austin May 23 to 26, are Caribbean restaurant Canje’sBut we’re not talking about any of that. Rather than discuss their Hot Luck offerings, these participants indulged in chatting about the other side of the festival.
Is there a restaurant you always try to hit when you’re on the road? What about your favorite gas station snack?Somehow we always end up at Whataburger, just ’cause it’s open late after our shows. Then at gas stations, I would say a 5-hour Energy and a thing of Cheetos.Eating local is a good thing and sounds really nice, but it’s often not just impractical when you’re on the road, but dangerous, in that you don’t know where you are.