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November 21, 2012

Get Your Goat

By Claudia Alarcón Photography of Windy Hill Organics goat by Janice Williams On a cool, early fall evening, chefs James Holmes and Andrew Francisco hosted

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Sweet Memories

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Knoxy I married for love, but if I’m being completely honest, the recipes had something to do with it, too. My

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Stephanie McClenny

By MM PackPhotography by Andy Sams Wearing one of her quirky signature aprons, Stephanie McClenny closely monitors the enormous pot of gently bubbling fruit in

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Yes, We Can

By MM PackPhoto courtesy of TAMU Cushing Memorial Library and Archives For thousands of years, humankind has preserved foods. Via dehydration, heating, cooling, freezing, fermenting,

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A Barnyard Dance

By Dorsey BargerPhotography by Jody Horton Life on HausBar Farms in East Austin is a marvelous, circular dance between vegetables and animals; a whirling waltz

Jackie Letelier

By Layne Lynch Photography by Marc Brown Over the years, pâté has become one of the world’s most revered delicatessen; the crowning glory on warm slices

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Preserving Traditions Through Noodles

By Kristi WillisPhotography by Pauline Stevens Early on Monday and Wednesday mornings, in the converted century-old schoolhouse at the Texas Wendish Heritage Society, three women

Bakery Lorraine

By Sharon ArmstrongPhotography by Marks Moore Photography On an early September morning in San Antonio, the rain comes down in sheets. It streams down gutters

And On That Farm

Last July, in the middle of the worst drought Texas had seen in a hundred years, Kathleen Mooney of Wimberley’s EIEIO’s Organic Farm was out

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Tooling Around

Photography by Nicole Lessin It was logical that the Holly Neighborhood Coalition would ask a team of public interest design graduate students at the University

Never Too Old To Grow

Senior citizens prefer card games indoors; gardening is best suited to the young and physically fit; and older people can’t tolerate the Texas sun. These