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Getting Outta Dodge

Deep summertime presents challenges to dwellers in Central Texas. Relentless sunny, cloudless skies with either too much humidity or too little, depending on the current

Swift’s Attic Chef Auction Dinner

We’ve been lucky enough to work with Exectuive Chef Mat Clouser and Pastry Chef Callie Speer from downtown restaurant Swift’s Attic over the past two

Season of the Spritzers

by Lucinda Hutson Desi Arnaz and I have shared a few cocktails together. For more than three decades, during the month of May, I went

The Fizz Biz

by Kate PaynePhotography by Jo Ann Santangelo Born in drugstores and apothecaries, handmade syrup-flavored fizzy-water beverages from a soda fountain were the norm until commercial

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Genius Gin

by Shelley SealePhotography by Alison Narro You might say Mike Groener got a head start on the path to developing an appreciation for diversity. As

The History of Gin

by David AlanIllustration by HIllary Weber-Gale Gin is considered to be the quintessential English spirit; thus it may come as a surprise that the drink

Preparing for Abundance

by Laura McKissackPhotography by Ryan Donahue It’s about to be peak tomato season, and I hope your garden will soon be bursting with tiny golden,

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The Burnet Road Crawl

by Les McGeheePhotography by Whitney Arostegui First of all, it’s pronounced BURNit, like “Durn it.” Good old Burnet Road—from 45th Street clear out to the

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Summer Salads

by Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Michelle Min Just when warmer temperatures and longer days suggest foregoing long-simmered soups and hearty casseroles in favor of cool summer

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The Texas Terroirists

by Terry Thompson-AndersonPhotography by Sandy Wilson Terroir is often described as a “sense of place”—be it geographical, climatic, topographical or cultural—that’s imbued into things that

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Austin Beerworks

by Layne Victoria Lynch Photography by Knoxy While it takes some people years of kicking back frosty mugs of adequate, mass-produced beer to develop an