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Moving Beyond the Line

The title of “chef” evokes images of someone orchestrating in a restaurant or hotel kitchen—creating masterful dishes that amaze and delight diners. But opportunities for chefs abound beyond ...

Typewriter Rodeo

Think: literary prowess combined with mad improv skills, impressive stamina and an uncanny ability to uncover the deepest secrets and desires of strangers. Welcome to Typewriter Rodeo—Austin’s ...

Tavel Bristol-Joseph

Some pastry chefs talk a big game about never over-indulging in sugar. Tavel Bristol-Joseph isn’t one of them. “Candy is my jam!” proclaims the head pastry chef and co-partner at Rainey ...

Joshua Thomas

Joshua Thomas shows off the fancy bowl his wife, Allison, won as valedictorian of her class at the Culinary Institute of America, where they met as students. “She eats breakfast out of it every ...

Ben and Liz Kweller

Walking up to the homestead at Ben and Liz Kweller’s Heart Springs Ranch is like floating back in time. The door to the screened-in porch is open wide, leading to an outdoor table already set and ...

William Ball and Philip Speer started My Name is Joe Coffee Co. last February to offer people a pick-me-up—but not just via the caffeine. In a respectful nod to the ever-important number 12 (as in ...

Cooking with Class

How many kids in the U.S. can make a full-course dinner? According to dailymail.com, 30 percent of college students can’t boil an egg, while 18 percent can’t make a piece of toast. Is it ...

a.k.a Alicia Kim

Observing Alicia Kim at the Texas Farmers Market at Mueller, you’ll notice that her youthful, warm and sparkling personality manages to upstage the row of jewel-toned juices and syrups that glow in ...

Feed The Soil

Driving up the road to Austin Discovery School during the school year, you’re likely to see gaggles of kids with wheelbarrows, shovels, hoses and hoes. You also might see a bunny named Rusty being ...

Andrew Brooks

Even though Chef Andrew Brooks is a fan of the kale-draped diet that much of our city espouses, he could do without that particular four-letter word: “diet.” Brooks established Spirited Food ...