“Eating is an agricultural act”
– from “The Pleasures of Eating” from What Are People For? by Wendell Berry
From the bottom of my heart, I cannot be more grateful that Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson are coming to town to lend their presence to our Fifth Annual Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week on Sunday, December 4.
One of the most influential and beloved voices of environmental stewardship in America, Wendell Berry has written about our relationship with the land in every possible literary form—poetry, fiction and essays. He is the farmer who planted the seed five decades ago that feeds the local food movement. A caring critic of American culture, he challenges us to define our relationship with the world from which food comes and to find our conscious place within it. The pleasure of eating—and life itself—depends on it.
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ABOUT THE COVER
Southern Bicuit Muffins. Photograph by Knoxy.
Notable Edibles
NurturMe, Bake a Wish, in.gredients
People
JOAQUIN AVELLAN
Joaquin Avellan follows in his father’s footsteps with Dos Lunas Cheese.
Edible Cooperative
Red Rabbit Bakery.
People
David Kogan.
Edible Ecology
THE TOTAL CATCH
Discover the obtainable, ample, healthful and beautiful food in our own backyard.
Edible Imbibables
Lara Nixon’s bitters
Bad Dog Bar Craft launches Texas’ first line of locally produced, organic bitters.
Texas Oyster Appelations
What’s in a name?
Edible Foodways
A Mess of Greens.
Edible Brew
craft beer crusaders
Texas craft brewers work together to convert beer drinkers to craft label enthusiasts.
San Saba Pecans
trEASURE along the banks
Pecans grow deep roots in Texas.
Cooking Fresh
sugared. a short history of sugar in texas
Sugar’s long, strange trip to Texas.
Edible Destinations
Marfa, a bounty in the deset.
La Casita de Buen Sabor
Winter soup.
Edible Gardens
Houses of green.
Behind the Vines
Bending Branch Winery.
What I Eat and Why
What is important.
Root Causes
Burst forth.
Seasonal Muse
Fava time.
People
Benjamin Baker.
Seasonal Plate
Noble Pig.
Eat Wild
‘Tis the wild seasonings.
Tipsy Texan
Winter cocktails.
Social Cooking
Tales from a supper club.
Department of Organic Youth
Urban Roots rap
Back of the House
Congress
Art de Terroir
Two Takes on One Space: Lauren Fensterstock and Steve Wiman
