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February 2012

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Savoring Spring

By Kristi WillisPhotography by Carole Topalian Many home chefs were taught to cook by first finding a recipe and then hunting down the ingredients at the

Budget Cuts

By Kristi WillisIllustrations by Bambi Edlund There may be no food more quintessentially Texan than beef, yet with cattle prices skyrocketing, consumers and chefs are having

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Boggy Creek Farm

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Pauline Stevens What is now the lively, noisy, vibrant, densely populated neighborhood of East Austin was once a dark-alluvial-soil-rich stretch of the

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It’s All In The Words

By Kjeld Petersen Much of our conversation about local food is laden with jargon—sometimes confusing as we look to find a common language to describe it.

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Red Caboose Winery

By Soll SussmanPhotography (above) by Soll Sussman; Photography (below) courtesy of Red Caboose Winery When asked at what point green design became an important part

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Hoover Alexander

By Layne Victoria LynchPhotography by Marc Brown At the beginning of 2011, Hoover Alexander, founder, chef and owner of Hoover’s Cooking restaurants, arduously reflected on

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Eat Our Homework

By Kristi WillisPhotography by Jenna Noel On the first day of the spring semester, Chef Mike Erickson introduces his culinary students to a catering job

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Get Your Licks

By Jessica Dupuy Photography by Dustin Meyer  Not many retail businesses can pull off a name comprised simply of a single verb and expect to

Wholly Cow

Wholly Cow Burgers—recently named Best Eco-ambitious Burger Counter by the Austin Chronicle—all started with the sweet simplicity of a Texas peach. Owner Jeff Woodard peddled

5 Mile Farms

The minds behind Resolution Gardens already had a great thing going. For the past three years, the nonprofit, led by Austin Green Art founder Randy

When in Drought

Though the seemingly generous amount of rain our city finally received in December and January provided much-needed relief from record-breaking aridity, Central Texas drought conditions

A Side of Fresh

The bevy of bars near 7th and Red River in downtown Austin may not be the first destination for a seasoned locavore, but revelers in