Food

Infusing with Extracts

My garden is producing the most abundant aromas with basil, oregano and mint taking over whole rows. I live alone and don’t cook as often as I’d like, but these restorative beauties can’t just ...

Curry

Many don’t realize that curry is neither a specific spice blend nor a dish in its own right. In the 17th century, when the British occupied India, they fell in love with the local food. In an ...

Hunters for the Hungry

At Angel House Soup Kitchen in the Austin Baptist Chapel just east of downtown, Senior Pastor and Director Frank Deutsch often uses locally sourced ground venison as a key ingredient in a hearty ...

Rice in Texas

by MM Pack For much of the world’s population, especially in Asia, rice is the most widely eaten staple food. Forty percent of humans—mostly in populous, less developed ...

DIY Dog Food

by Claudia Alarcon • Photography by Alison Narro If the title of this article got your attention, we probably have a few things in common: Our dogs are part of our families; we’ll do just ...

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A Growing Market

Many people don’t know that Austin’s beloved Barton Springs was once home to a three-story, spring-and-dam-powered gristmill that processed locally grown grain. Although William (“Uncle ...

The State of Austin Food

by Steve Wilson Austin sports an impressive 6,000 restaurants, 1,000 food trailers and seemingly countless raves from adoring foodies. But on the flipside of this culinary scene, the numbers ...

The Perfect Chapati

by Devyani Borade We’re gathered around the dinner table—three generations of women standing over steaming bowls of chicken curry and fluffy rice, vegetables and dals and tiny pots ...

“E” is for Egg

by Lisa Joy Solomonillustration by Hillary Weber-Gale In her beautiful and brave memoir, “I Dreamed of Africa,” Kuki Gallmann—born and raised near Venice, Italy—recounts the ...

By Kristi Willis Creating personal cookbooks is an age-old tradition that used to require not only publishing prowess but hour upon hour of labor spent compiling and formatting recipes. But thanks ...