
Winter 2012
The Heirloom Issue Welcome to The Heirloom Issue. Focusing our winter issue on food culture, tradition and heritage foodways is not new to us. Last

The Heirloom Issue Welcome to The Heirloom Issue. Focusing our winter issue on food culture, tradition and heritage foodways is not new to us. Last

Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2011, Dogwood twigs, wire, upholstery, basket, and mannequin, 86” x 36” x 28” Courtesy of the Chaney Family Collection, Photograph: James Prinz

By Amy Crowell When Europeans first came to Texas, the Tonkawas were the major Native American group that resided in our area. They hunted many
By Lucinda Hutson It just didn’t seem like Christmas. For reasons unfathomable to my youngest sister and me, a dark cloud hung over our family

By Terry Thompson-Anderson Photography by Sandy Wilson The journey from the theater to the vineyard has been an interesting one for Texas winemaker Don Pullum.

By Kate Payne Photography by Jo ann Santangelo Last fall, my small garden was fraught with neglect after book-touring events took me everywhere, it seems,

By Laura Cottam Sajbel Photography by Nuri Vallbona Steaming pork, chiles, beans and masa (dough) permeate the humid air with the distinctive aroma of Mexican

By Nicole Lessin Photography by Nuri Vallibona At 10 o’clock on any given Saturday morning, a crowd gathers in front of the SFC Farmers’ Market–Downtown
By Kristi Willis Photography by Andy Sams Sitting down for a family dinner is about more than food; it’s a precious ritual—a time to touch

By Alabel Chapin Photography of boletes by Nathaniel Chapin and of Alabel with chanterelles by Elizabeth Chapin We are hunting for mushrooms, and I find myself

By Jason Cortlund, on the making of Now, Forager It’s September 2010 as I drive from Brooklyn to a Ukrainian summer camp in the Hudson