If there is one festival that I don't want to miss for the rest of my film career, it's Fantastic Fest. It's in Austin, TX and it's basically the best thing that ever happened to me. Austin is an amazing food town. Day one--we stand in line for tickets, and then headed over to Torchy's Tacos for breakfast tacos. I have Rene R. in Los Angeles to thank for this recommend. Breakfast tacos were amazing. There was a lot of eating done at the Alamo Drafthouse, where you can't take pictures of the food cause there is movies playing, but everything is delicious. The fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, the shakes, the pizzas....everything is good. A friend had mac and cheese and it looked awesome. Needless to say, I gained some weight in Austin.
The last day there we went to Gordo's---home of the most amazing donuts. Above is a picture of the bacon/maple donut. It was---in a word---heaven. If calories didn't exist and my hips weren't expanding at an exasperating rate, I would eat one of these every week, and then feel like I am going to die.