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Chefs

Andrew Brooks

ven though Chef Andrew Brooks is a fan of the kale-draped diet that much of our city espouses, he could do without that particular four-letter word: “diet.”

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Tien Ho

Tien Ho has a double grill on his patio and he’s not afraid to use it. You can’t keep him away from the twin flames,

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Grae Nonas and Chiai Matsumoto

Editor’s Note: Grae Nonas recently announced that he’s relocating to Minneapolis to open Tullibee, a new hotel restaurant focused on Nordic-styled fare. Plans for the

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Hive Mentality

Heading out of Austin on Highway 71, the road curves through Lakeway, then winds along Lake Travis—climbing deep into Texas Hill Country terrain. And just

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The Mark of a Chef

by Steve Wilson • Photography by Alison Narro Please don’t call them badasses. Chefs in the Austin food scene may have a thing for show-stopping,

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Eden East

by Jessica Newman • Photography by Kate Lesueur Though the food trailer and pop-up restaurant concept has saturated Austin, one mobile kitchen on the East

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Jeremy Barnwell

by Megan Giller • Photography by Alison Narro Some people might call Jeremy Barnwell a “lunch lady,” but the parents at Austin area schools are

Chef John Currence Is No Chicken

by Kristi Willis Chef John Currence of the City Grocery Restaurant Group in Oxford, Mississippi is playing chicken with the crowd at the Austin Food

On Being a Chef Activist

by Dan Barber The idea of chef as activist is a relatively new one. It was the nouvelle cuisine chefs of the 1960s who, breaking

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Janelle Reynolds

by Kristi Willis • Photography by Kate LeSueur Chef Janelle Reynolds might be the winner of Food Network’s “Chopped,” but back at home, she’s a

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Casey Wilcox

by Claire Cella • Photography by Kate LeSueur It’s a Sunday night at the South Austin home of Casey Wilcox, executive chef of Justine’s Brasserie,