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Edible Austin

Publisher’s Note

Spring is the season for preparing food gardens and for hatching chickens. I apologize in advance to our readers who are not fans of the

Counter Culture: Thyme and Dough

You might as well accept it—the counter line at Dripping Springs’s beloved Thyme and Dough will never move fast. With every kind of home-baked pastry

You Got Oatmeal on My Hyacinth

Recall, if you will, those old commercials in which someone with a jar of peanut butter crashes into someone with a chocolate bar—serendipity that results

Flan Famoso

Story and Photography by Lucinda Hutson The word flan sounds as velvety on the tongue as it tastes in the mouth. The silky, soft custard,

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Paggi House

Photography by Jody Horton Paggi House Chef Shane Stark’s Texas Rack of Lamb with Shepherd’s Pride lamb (San Angelo), Hands of the Earth (San Saba) turnip

Publisher’s Note

There are two things on my mind as I write this note. The first is how grateful I am to our editorial staff. From the

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David Bates

David Bates since 1982: From the Everyday to the Epic On view at the Austin Museum of Art 823 Congress AvenueNovember 21, 2009 – January

Winter Nuts

By Amy Crowell Acorns—they fall like wayward hail onto rooftops and clutter gutters. They attract a thousand chattering squirrels and sprout, slapdash, all over lawns.

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Handiwork: Date Loaf Candy

Story and Photography by Lisa Fain I come from a candy-making family. You’d know Christmastime was fast approaching when Great-Grandma Gibson and my great-aunt Pearl

What I Eat and Why: Garlic

By Alain BrauxPhotography by Cecilia Ciarlo An excerpt from How to Lower your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food: A Practical Guide Garlic’s culinary and medicinal