Older, Wiser, Better Fed
Denise LoSchiavo, retirement home director, believes in home-cooked dinners. “The ham and turnips are baking,” she says one recent afternoon. “I’m also cooking three
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Into the Gulf: Stoops & Son
By William Norris Photography by William Norris Uchi, Fino, Starlite, Wink, Asti, Zoot, Aquarelle, Dai Due Supper Club—John “PJ” Stoops’s client list reads like a
House of Plenty
The manager’s workday began at 7:00 a.m., when he unlocked the door to the cafeteria, and ended often after ten or eleven at night. Throughout
A Chat with Author Carol Dawson
Interview By Lisa Fain If you’re a Texan, chances are you grew up pushing a tray down the line at Luby’s Cafeteria (watch those
Hill Country Gold
“I keep a bottle of olive oil on my table the way other people keep ketchup,” says Jack Peters of Bella Vista Ranch. In fact,
Hey, Dogs…Stay!
The question is this: would anyone visit the Decker Creek B&B without a dog? “Yes, amazingly,” says Pat Rathbun, who runs the Manor rental cottage
A Ripe Opportunity
The typical greenhouse-grown tomato looks and tastes like a hard pink sponge, and consumers of local, organic produce have tended to be suspicious. Not intimidated
Give Us This Day Our Weekly Bread
“The loaves just came out of the oven,” says Jonathan Panzer, born salesman. “Would you like to procure a challah?” The smell of just-baked challah—the
More Flavor, Less Trash
Austin’s Clara Serrano is a young woman who sometimes seems to have spent her childhood in the early 1900s. Living on a five-acre farm in
Sprouting Healthy Kids
By Andrew W. Smiley At Sustainable Food Center (SFC), our mission is simple—we help people grow, share, and prepare good food. Our programs include
The 60-Day Salad
Photography by Jody Horton The culmination of your late-summer / early-fall planting stares at you from a bowl. What do you do? Treat it simply.
From the Ground Up
If YouthLaunch organizers have their way, 20 new farmers, ages 14 to 18, will sprout on Austin’s East side, just in time for spring planting.
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