Edible Austin

Mr. Smarty Plants Revealed

By Katie Cantrell Photography by Meg Griffiths Over the airwaves, the cries for help come in. I have fallen in love with lantana plants. The

A Community Affair

Kelly Sosland and Cynthia England got fed up with trekking 90 minutes to Austin from Fredericksburg on Saturday mornings to get their weekly supply of

Growing Sentiments

The Chandler and Price letterpress in Shannon Lowry’s backyard studio has been working hard for nearly 100 years, while the seeded paper she uses in

Share the Bounty

The BioGardeners are looking for a few urban landowners who can look at a vegetable garden and see romance. “These are the people who see

Nice Catch

Even if you’re not in the restaurant business, you can still buy Gulf seafood direct from the source. One of the more innovative additions to

Older, Wiser, Better Fed

Denise LoSchiavo, retirement home director, believes in home-cooked dinners. “The ham and turnips are baking,” she says one recent afternoon. “I’m also cooking three

Frontage to India

The Whip In convenience store—long known for its vast beer and wine selection and commitment to local foods—recently added another non-7-11 amenity: down-home cooking. “If

Bordering on Tasty

The Dell Children’s Medical Center, which opened in June 2007, is full of auspicious contrasts: a world-class, million-dollar art collection paired with sustainable linoleum flooring,