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By Dick Pierce Dear Gardening Folks, Thinking-about-its and Wannabes,It’s June in Central Texas and our long, hot summer is here. Gardens and gardeners are stressed
By Dick Pierce Dear Gardening Folks, Thinking-about-its and Wannabes,It’s June in Central Texas and our long, hot summer is here. Gardens and gardeners are stressed

By Mike Evans Photography by Max Elliott The Tuesday morning harvest is in and the temperature continues to rise, but in the shade of the

By Kristi WillisPhotography by Andy Sams Wee Chloe happily accepts a heaping spoonful of cottage cheese nestled alongside homemade spinach puree, then smiles from ear

by Marshall Wright Big smiles and big plates piled high with locally sourced flavors are the trademark of Jack Allen’s Kitchen. Opposite page: a peek

By David AlanPhotography by Jenna Noel Ice, the most common ingredient in cocktails, is one that we barely give more than a passing thought to—even

By Terry Thompson-AndersonPhotography by Marla Camp Is it something in the blood or in the soil that creates a master winemaker? For native Texan Kim

Photography by Jody Horton East Side Show Room Chef Sonya Coté’s “The Showroom”—Pola’s Full Harvest Moonster (Houston) with beet vinaigrette (Springdale Farm, Austin); Pola’s Rawblucchon (Houston)
By Anna Lappé Photography by Carole Topalian Adapted from Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What
By Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt Photography by Carole Topalian From the book Republic of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the Brisket by Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt, © 2009. Courtesy

By Ida H. McGarityPhotography by Jody Horton If you haven’t had the pleasure of sinking your teeth into a juicy peach right off the tree,

By Spike GillespiePhotography by Jody Horton Dorsey Barger stands amid her recently acquired flock of 200 chickens and describes how the girls greet her each

By Valerie Broussard Photography by Shaun Jones and Carrie Kenny Heritage foods—the plants and animals that once sustained our ancestors before the food supply became