When creating menus for Slow Burn, Ortiz and Doubrava seek to link up with local farms, butchers, and restaurateurs to get a clear sense of the products and cooking styles that each city holds dear. Lauded for using local ingredients at each of their roaming pop-up dinners, the Slow Burn chefs served savory Texas beef. MORE: KG BBQ Brings Cairo’s Bright Mediterranean Flavors to Austin’s Barbecue SceneĪfter starting their romantic partnership, Ortiz and Doubrava decided to both cut ties with their home bases in New York and California and to embark on a traveling-band-style culinary adventure, “going from farm to farm to volunteer and cook on ranches,” growing their knowledge base on biodynamic and sustainable farming practices, and launching Slow Burn, their nomadic pop-up restaurant series. She calls her first endeavors with WWOOF “kind of an ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ journey, except with way less money.” Ortiz gained first-hand experience with biodynamic farming, building a keen interest in learning more about this type of sustainable agriculture, and her travels eventually led her to a “Meyer lemon orchard in Malibu.” As it happened, Doubrava was one of the few people Ortiz knew in California the two reconnected, Doubrava gave Ortiz a lift to the farm, he decided to stick around to do some farming and to “cook for the guests at the farm’s B&B, and we kind of fell in love over in those canyons.” Last weekend, Ortiz and Doubrava brought a one-night-only dining event to Made In’s Austin studio space, introducing their innovative restaurant format to a location that’s more than ready to welcome them.Īccording to Ortiz, she and Doubrava first got to know each other as “classmates at the French Culinary Institute in New York.” After graduation, both Ortiz and Doubrava started working in kitchens, but Ortiz says that, over time, “my chef job became really corporate, and I felt way less connected to the food.” She decided to leave her kitchen role in New York City and to sign up for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (or WWOOF), a volunteer program that gives aspiring farmers the opportunity to work on organic farms throughout the country in exchange for room and board. With Slow Burn, professionally-trained chefs Tiffani Ortiz and Andy Doubrava take an on-the-move approach to fine dining, driving their Subaru hybrid from city to city throughout the United States and operating pop-ups that focus on local ingredients and sustainable kitchen practices. Avoid making lane changes within work zones.Austin diners have an insatiable appetite for the new, the unexpected, and the environmentally-conscious, which is why a concept that embraces all of these characteristics feels like an ideal fit for the Lone Star capital. ![]() Follow posted speed limits the fine for speeding in a work zone is $300.Go hands-free and minimize other distractions (e.g., don’t eat or drink while driving).Expect delays, especially during peak travel times. ![]() Motorists may encounter lane closures or lane shifts, uneven road surfaces, equipment and other unexpected obstacles when driving near or through work zones. Native prairie vegetation is planted along highway right of way to reduce the amount of mowing needed. Fire also promotes tall native grasses and forbs that trap blowing snow and prevent it from drifting across the road. Healthy roadside vegetation also provides additional benefits such as preserving populations of rare species and making roadsides more attractive. MnDOT performs the prescribed burning of grassland vegetation along many roadsides, which provides for optimal vegetation health. Healthy roadside vegetation provides safer clear zones, stabilizes soil, conveys runoff and treats stormwater runoff. Prescribed burns are scheduled during optimal weather conditions to ensure safety and effectiveness. Motorists should be attentive, slow down and watch for the burn crews, who are monitoring these efforts. Motorists will encounter signs as they approach the burn areas warning of the potential of smoke. Motorists on Highway 218 south of Austin may see smoke from crews conducting a prescribed burn in Mower County on Tuesday, April 19, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. ![]() Latest news releases Watch for workers conducting prescribed burns on Hwy 218 south of AustinĪUSTIN, Minn.
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