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Robert Earl Keen

by Steve Wilson • Photography by Kate LeSueur Robert Earl Keen has a technique for getting a cowboy hat to look just right. “Go in the shower, stick it under the water and just soak it to ...

Suzanna Choffel

By Claire CellaPhotography by Kate LeSueur In a city that lays claim to having it all, Suzanna Choffel has discovered something it doesn’t have. Breakfast ...

Foodie on the Move

It’s hard to imagine that an Olympic gold medalist foodie who has apprenticed in the kitchens of some of the world’s top chefs could relate to the quotidian challenges faced by regular ...

Peter Bay

By Robin ChotzinoffPhotography by Marc Brown In his 13th year with the Austin Symphony, conductor Peter Bay hasn’t forgotten the buzz he felt when he first came to town. “I knew Austin ...

Wally Workman

By Robin ChotzinoffPhotography by Marc Brown Sure, you could call it a soiree, but local art gallery owner Wally Workman would consider that a pretty fancy word for her regular Thursday night ...

Ray Wylie Hubbard

By Robin ChotzinoffPhotography by Marc Brown The first step to making Ray Wylie Hubbard’s Ray’s Hell hot sauce is to get some dried chili pequins and bang them up with a hammer. ...

Generation Food

By Robert Jensen Photography of Punjabi seed-saver (above) by Jason Taylor; of Raj Patel (below) by Jan Sturmann In the 2007 book Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food ...

Lisa Byrd

By Layne Lynch Photography by Marc Brown As is typical with busy, overly scheduled people, it had been three or four years since Lisa Byrd had visited her doctor for a checkup. The former ...

Christian Remde

By Megan Myers Photography by Marc Brown On a muggy, overcast Thursday in the middle of Austin’s South By Southwest film, interactive and music festival, filmmaker Christian Remde sets ...

Kate Payne

By Shannon Oelrich Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo Alfie, an orange and white tomcat, saunters onto the kitchen table and inspects the offerings: orange vanilla buttermilk muffins ...