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Rice in Texas

by MM Pack For much of the world’s population, especially in Asia, rice is the most widely eaten staple food. Forty percent of humans—mostly in

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Turning a New Leaf

by Elizabeth Winslow • Photography by Thomas Winslow What would you do if you found yourself suddenly uprooted from everyone and everything you know, far

Assured Sharp

by Claire Cella • Photography by Melanie Grizzel Strolling through the Texas Farmers Market at Mueller, I hear it: the gentle, unbroken purr marked by

Barbacoa

by Meredith Bethune If you order barbacoa in  in most parts of Texas, you’ll most likely end up with savory, slow-roasted beef—usually served on, or

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44 Farms

by Layne Victoria Lynch • Photography by Andy Sams When Bob McClaren, current owner and CEO of 44 Farms, reorganized and revived his family’s fertile

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John and Kendall Antonelli

by Kristi Willis • Photography by Kate LeSueur As the owners of Antonelli’s Cheese Shop prepared to ring in the New Year in 2013, there

On Being a Chef Activist

by Dan Barber The idea of chef as activist is a relatively new one. It was the nouvelle cuisine chefs of the 1960s who, breaking

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by Elizabeth Winslow • Photography by Susie Cushner Chef and visionary Dan Barber might be forgiven for presuming to know a thing or two about

A Little Plot for Learning

The farm plot may be micro—spanning just one-fifth of an acre—but that doesn’t mean the vision of the people behind the UT Micro Farm is

Dai Due Gets Physical

,p>Eight years may seem like a rather long time to take to open a restaurant, but Dai Due isn’t your ordinary establishment. In fact, when

Ferment your foods!

The very first Austin Fermentation Festival is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 15 at Le Cordon Bleu’s

Austin’s 130-Year Love Affair

If you need proof that Austin has a sweet tooth, look no further than Lammes Candies. The local confection institution will celebrate its 130th birthday