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Home & Garden

Garden of Learning

By Ellen Orabone This summer, the Sustainable Food Center (SFC) put down roots in East Austin with our move to a permanent facility, and this

Dwarf Tomatoes

By Jim Long There’s exciting news for home gardeners who want to grow full-size, full-flavored heirloom tomatoes. In the past, a grower would either need

Making Hay

What’s worse for our planet than all of the pollution produced by China, and a major source of catastrophic droughts, erosion and even climate change?

Heritage Grains

By Laura McKissack Heritage grains are those that have remained much the same, genetically speaking, as when early European, Andean and Aztec farmers tilled their

The Kindest Cut

By Kristi WillisPhotography by Jenna Noel I’m staring at a package containing my birthday present, puzzling over the cryptic note from my stepmother. “One of

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Live, At Center Stage

By Elizabeth WinslowPhotography by Jenna Noel Ever since Linnaeus published his Systema Naturae, we’ve been wont to classify Mother Nature. Plants serve as food, medicine

Tools for Mindful Eating

By Kristi Willis Fad diets that include bizarre ingredients or omit major food groups are common, and typically result in yo-yo dieting—a cycle of losing

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A Holiday Food and Texas Wine Pairing

By Terry Thompson-Anderson and Russ KaneArt by Bambi Edlund The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian-American tradition based on the Christmas Eve celebration

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His & Hers Must-Have Kitchen Tools

By Alex and Jen Jackson Alex and I spent a great deal of time debating what constitutes a “must-have” for this piece—we both love gadgets,

Buzz at the W

It wasn’t out of character for Stratus Properties to have an apiary fi lled with up to one million bees placed on the rooftop of

A Reminder of Time

A lack of passed-down wisdom regarding the many tips, hints, tricks and timing about gardening can be one of the biggest hurdles faced by new