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2015 Local Food Heroes

Announcing Our Local Food Heroes! Last fall, we asked Edible Austin readers to vote for their local food heroes—those who are making significant contributions to

Little Green Witch

by Ananda Fry Myhre On a stroll through the Texas hills, one might see prickly ash, prickly pear, juniper, agarita or nettles. To the untrained

Niman Is a Pig’s Best Friend

by Jamie Feldmar The signs start showing up in Story City, about 60 miles outside of Des Moines; diamond-shaped yellow traffic signs, like the ones

The Forces at the Front of the House

by Kristi Willis • Photography by Molly Winters When deciding between favorite restaurants, service usually takes a backseat to other considerations, namely, food and libations.

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

Breed ’Em Horns

by Steve Wilson • Photography by Andy Sams When Debbie Davis turned 30 in 1992, her husband, Don, bought her a pair of longhorn heifers.

Mark Paul

by Claire Cella • Photography by Kate LeSueur This story isn’t really about a chef at home. Granted, the article’s title might suggest otherwise. And

Indian Hills Farm

by Claire Cella • Photography by Pauline Stevens One can learn a lot from a pecan tree. Patience and balance, for instance, are qualities that

Fiesta Tortillas

by Megan Giller • Photography by Knoxy Jaime Picos comes from a tortilla family. That sounds silly, since tortillas are to Mexico and Texas what

Pogue Mahone Pickles

by Les McGehee • Photography by Alison Narro There’s a highway of flowcharts scrawled with handwritten notes and a cascading waterfall of spreadsheets thumbtacked to