now in season

April 2008

Publisher’s Note

Having just finished Barbara Kingsolver’s inspiring new book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, that she co-wrote with husband Steven and daughter Camille about their year of eating

Edible Books

By Lisa Jones    —A plate of puff pastry scrolls, each of which does not contain a sausage: The Day No Pigs (In Blankets) Would Die.

Purple Haze

By Andrea Abel Photography by Meg Griffiths Twenty miles east of Austin lies a bit of the Mediterranean in Central Texas—the two acres Randy Graybill

A Boy And His Flock

By Augusta Dexheimer  Photography by Carole Topalian If you want to find a nice, small, cottage-like house with a chicken farmer who is seven years

The Forager

By Amy Crowell     Photography by Jenna Noel As a forager, I hunt and eat wild foods that grow in my immediate area. It’s as

Feel Free to Smoke

By Bridget Weiss June in Austin is a beautiful, though precarious, time of year—early enough to captivate us with al fresco music festivals and spring-fed

Gardening Inside the Box

By Sharon Doerre Photography by Carole Topalian Lukas Hjallbring was just two-going-on-three in the spring of 2006, but already suffering from what his parents, Henrik

Summertime Greens

By Dorsey Barger    Photography by Dorsey Barger As the owner of the Eastside Café, I’ve been on intimate terms with an organic garden for many

Waterwise

By Ellen Zimmerman    Photography by Carole Topalian (left and middle) and Ellen Zimmerman (right) This past summer my husband and I had the unfortunate experience

Ethiopia Rules

By Lisa Jones    Photography by Jenna Noel Aster Kassaye of Aster’s Ethiopian Restaurant loves to talk about her culture. In her country, she says, people

Talking with Timpone

Photography by Carole Topalian Timpones Market, new to Dripping Springs, has a deli, fresh-baked bread, outdoor organic lunches, grassfed beef and fresh seafood for dinner.