Texan Vegetarian Chili and Beer From Brooklyn

ROUND ROCK — November 7 brings the Lone Star Vegetarian Chili Cook-Off to Old Settlers Park in Round Rock; $8 allows you to discover out what, exactly, chili that has no beans and no meat contains. [Veggie Chili Cookoff via @vegaustin]

DOWNTOWN — 24 Diner's chef Andrew Curren is apparently a little homesick for New York, and has planned a "No Drink Till Brooklyn" dinner to remedy it: five courses plus apps paired with beers from Brooklyn Brewery. November 3, $55, 512-472-5400. [Eaterwire]

SFA WIRE — More reports on Texan food talk at the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium last weekend, this time on a panel called "The Gulf and the Spill" featuring Houston food writer Robb Walsh, Chef Adolfo Garcia of Rio Mar in New Orleans and Jim Gossen of Louisiana Foods. [HP]