now in season

April 2008

Praise the Lard

By Melinda Hemmelgarn    Live long enough, and eventually you’ll witness repeating food and fashion trends. Personally, I didn’t think I’d see that ’70s look—bell-bottoms,

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Part One: Bitter Harvest

By Skip Connett Photography by Skip Connett  If Joe Reider were ever desperate for work, his want ad would read: Seasoned Amish farmer seeks to

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The Gospel of Living Soil

By Dorsey Barger    Photography by Dorsey Barger When I first saw the non-flag-making Betsy Ross on PBS’s Central Texas Gardener, I was transfixed by

Roasted Vegetables

By Lucinda Hutson Photography by Lucinda Hutson Roasted veggies are a party on a platter, delighting the senses in a medley of color, texture and

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The Greening of Garza

By Sharon Doerre    Photography by Jenna Noel Every semester Martha Cason starts her Garza Gardens course with the same blunt question: “How many of

A Trip Through Kolache History

By Katie Cantrell    Photography by Katie Cantrell The following is a legend every Central Texan ought to know. Long ago, in a corner of

The Supersizing of Local

By Robin Chotzinoff    Photography by Jenna Noel Scott Meyer and Scott Carlisle are friends who share similar jobs—Meyer as Associate Director of the University

Adventures in Eating

By Katherine Tanney    Photography by Katherine Tanney One night last spring, while chewing on the ingredients of my usual salad—greens, crumbled blue cheese, chopped

Saving Grace

By Bridget Weiss    Once there was a dinner to herald the very first cool front of the season. The A-list guests were excited enough to

Planting Your Fall Farmacy

Being an avid gardener, I’m afflicted with fall fever. No matter how busy my herbal practice keeps me, I take advantage of the more tolerable

What I Eat and Why: Simple Pleasures

By Louise DucotePhotography by Carole Topalian My sons and I love Laura Ingalls Wilder. The boys love all nine of her autobiographical books—about the American