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Rethinking Backpack Cuisine

by Eve Chenu Year after year, my husband Tobin and I leave our home in central Austin to enjoy a peculiar form of slow-motion extreme

Take It from the Top

by Claire CellaPhotography by Carole Topalian You most likely do it without thinking: Grasp the freshly plucked produce resting on the cutting board and lop

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Of Field and Stream

by Kristi Willisphotography by Jody Horton The tradition of hunting and fishing in Texas—both for sport and to provide food for the table—is beloved by

Hunters for the Hungry

At Angel House Soup Kitchen in the Austin Baptist Chapel just east of downtown, Senior Pastor and Director Frank Deutsch often uses locally sourced ground

Good Fast Food

No matter if your diet is vegan, Paleo, gluten-free or you just want some good, old-fashioned baked chicken like Grandma used to make, the online

Packaged for Success

Last year, 18-year teaching veteran Victoria Schwandt—an employment development specialist with Hays Consolidated Independent School District’s (HCISD) special education department—was brainstorming ways to better serve

Surprise Deliveries

What’s better than a surprise package delivered right to your doorstep? How about one filled with an assortment of regional goodies, homemade treats and other

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DIY Kimchi

By Kate PaynePhotography by Jo Ann Santangelo My kimchi days started a few years back in Brooklyn when our CSA program box overflowed with bok

Food Thrift Redux

By Kristi Willis Americans waste a staggering amount of food. From crops left behind after harvest to discarded leftovers, 40 percent of food in the

The New Drinking Age

By David AlanPhotography by Whitney Arostegui In a time of “born-on” and “drink-by” dates, it may come as a surprise to even the most enthusiastic

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Seeds of Change

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Kate LeSueur and Carrot Salad by Thomas Winslow Perhaps the most metaphorical of all the foods we eat, seeds are alive

Scrap Cuisine

By Elif SelviliIllustration by Bambi Edlund When we think back to childhood, some of our favorite dishes—now often re-created with fanciful makeovers and served in