Noble Pig Teaches Secrets; Behind The Bar At ESSR

FAR NORTH -- The Noble Pig is teaching another Central Market cooking class. Attend on March 27 and learn the secrets of some of Austin's finest sandwiches. [Eaterwire]

TACOWIRE -- Trend alert: Serious Eats is looking for America's best tacos, and wouldn't you know it: there's a bracket involved. Austin's Tacos Veracruz and Tacos La Flor made the Sweet Sixteen. [SeriousEats]

EAST SIDE -- CultureMap Austin talks to Chauncey James, the "executive barkeep" at East Side Show Room, about getting his ass kicked by a patron and his favorite booze, rum. [CultureMap ATX]

BBQWIRE -- The Atlantic's Cities outfit talks to the proprietor of Smoque BBQ in Chicago. Barry Sorkin ate at 18 barbecue restaurants in Austin and decided to take it home to Illinois. [Atlantic]

The Noble Pig. [Photo: Jay T./Yelp]