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On Being a Chef Activist

by Dan Barber The idea of chef as activist is a relatively new one. It was the nouvelle cuisine chefs of the 1960s who, breaking with an onerous tradition of classic French cuisine, stepped out of ...

Janelle Reynolds

by Kristi Willis • Photography by Kate LeSueur Chef Janelle Reynolds might be the winner of Food Network’s “Chopped,” but back at home, she’s a champion at teaching her son, Jace, to eat ...

Learn | Taste | Experience

SPONSORED Go behind the scenes with this video series to learn, experience and taste the best of this year's talent featured at the Austin Food & Wine Festival. April 25-27, ...

Jen and Alex Jackson

By Lauren WalzPhotography by Kate LeSueur Jen and Alex Jackson are remarkably laid-back for a hardworking power-chef couple. As they prep dinner in their apartment building’s breezy rooftop ...

Tink Pinkard

By Nicole LessinPhotography by Kate LeSueur It’s about five o’clock on a Saturday afternoon and Tink Pinkard is working in his backyard, breaking up small flames on the ground with a ...

Josh Watkins

By Layne Victoria LynchPhotography by Whitney Arostegui Some chefs embrace a dogmatic mind-set when it comes to cooking in a professional kitchen, while others labor tirelessly to innovate and ...

Tim Byres

By Kristi WillisPhotography by Kate LeSueur On a weekend morning, the activity at the Byreses’ ranch-style house in North Dallas wavers between energetic and chaotic. Tim and his wife, Mo, ...

Tatsu Aikawa

By Robin ChotzinoffPhotography by Kate LeSueur “So, y’all are…not serving lunch?” the guy asks. No, and the absent line stretching down past the post office and into the ...

Diana Kennedy

By Soll SussmanPortrait by Kate LeSueur After decades of traveling and writing about Mexican food and cooking it with flair and expertise, Diana Kennedy finds it uniquely challenging to settle on ...

Aaron and Stacy Franklin

By MM PackPhotography by Whitney Arostegui Mondays, Aaron Franklin does not smell like smoke. That’s the day that Franklin Barbecue—the ridiculously popular restaurant he owns with his ...