Get Your Goat On at Windy Hill Farm

An interview with Ty Wolosin

"...Ty Wolosin runs Windy Hill, a small farm in Comanche, Texas, but his influence in Austin grows..."

Sept. 1, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Veggie Heaven

A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm

"...might expect to see a lush, self-sufficient, certified organic farm would be among the scrubby hills and limestone cliffs..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

Farmers’ Market Report: March 1-2, 2014

Sausages, snapper, shrimp, soap, and scones

"...weather overnight temperature shifts like cabbage, and all our Farmers’ Markets have lots of beautiful red and green cabbages...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers’ Market Report: Jan 25-26, 2014

Breathtaking tomatoes, local lemons, Dai Due, and duck eggs

"...The local greenhouse tomatoes are pouring into the Farmers’ Markets, and here is the photographic evidence. These are..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Home on the Range

It’s fitting that this is Disney’s last traditionally animated feature; the whole affair has a warm, nostalgic feel.

"...hold down the folding seat. This genial, animated Disney Western, which has been in the works since 2000 and..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

HOPE Farmers Market

Check out what's happening Sunday morning at the HOPE Market

"...Although I generally stick to the three Saturday Farmers Markets that I usually shop at (Downtown, Sunset Valley..."

Oct. 13, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Food-o-File

Mark and Melanie McAfee set the Barr high

"...been arduous. "The Texas Department of Agriculture certifies organic farms in Texas based on guidelines established by the USDA,..."

July 27, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Facing the South

The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa

"...90% Hispanic and is dominated by the Rio Grande Valley, from McAllen west to Falcon Reservoir. And so, there..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Farmers Market Report: April 28-29

Farmers Markets shift a few hundred yards in either direction

"...week is that the SFC Markets (Downtown and Sunset Valley) now have a fishmonger! Yvonne Cavazos of Concha’s Salsas..."

April 26, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Farmers' Market Report: Dec. 7-8, 2013

Cauliflower, beeswax, habañero jelly, and bitter cold

"...to be bitter on Saturday and Sunday mornings, the farmers and other vendors are likely to be there, because..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Day Trips

Aloe King: Soothing the Lower Rio Grande Valley for four decades

"...plants as the plantations of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. That's no brag, just fact. In the field, the..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hill Country Food and Wine Guide

"...2. Little Country Diner Hwy. 71 W. (9 miles west of the corner at RR 620 & 71W), 264-2926..."

April 5, 2002 Food Feature

Food-o-File

A turf war yields more farmers' markets for everyone

"...the interesting food events sprouting up around South by Southwest got blown right off the screen when the phone..."

March 19, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...2. Little Country Diner Hwy. 71 W. (9 miles west of the corner at RR620 & 71W), 264-2926..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Farmers Market Report: December 15

Let's take a look at the Sunday markets!

"...reporting “beat”, and cover all of the weekend Austin farmers markets (sorry Cedar Park, you are a different town)...."

Dec. 15, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Count the Blessings

The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival at 25

"...chefs who championed the regional cuisine of the American Southwest. Each year, organizers present Texas wines alongside those made..."

April 16, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...much. He's a county judge in the Rio Grande Valley, hard on the border with Mexico. Vera started lambasting..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Into Town

Will Austin shoppers support a Downtown farmers' market?

"...When the new Austin Farmers' Market opens this weekend in Republic Square Park, the..."

May 2, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

"...E. McLeod The Upper Guadalupe River begins 28 miles west of Kerrville in the low, rolling hills. The river..."

May 8, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-o-File

Texas finalists in the Gallo Family Vineyards Gold Medal Awards, the Loft Bar at Finn & Porter debuts new menu, another Lamberts, and more

"...are noted with an asterisk.) Congratulations to Boggy Creek Farm* of Austin for Larry's Smoke-Dried Tomatoes, Cocoa Puro* of..."

March 28, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Sarah's Party, a benefit for Sarah Rowland of Hairston Creek Farm, will feature locally produced foods and beverages and a silent auction

"...one of four couples who pioneered the modern organic farm and farmers' market movement in Central Texas in the..."

May 23, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Saving Darma

A UT linguist travels to northern India in a quest to preserve the local language of the Darma Valley

"...their villages in the high basins of the Darma Valley on the border of Chinese-occupied Tibet...."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

Harvesting History

An appreciation of the pecan

"...spread native pecans north and east into the Mississippi Valley, and farther south into Mexico...."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

Farmers Market Report: May 4-5

More summer vegetables arrive

"...the peppers.....at least it isn’t predicted to. Fruitful Hill Farm will be bringing the first of this years (outdoor-grown)..."

May 3, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Roger Duncan's Night Visions

Austin Energy's GM invites us to wrestle with the conundrum of clean energy

"...in municipal-scale solar technology, new infrastructure, or a wind farm. "There's some correlation between the people that will show..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Sxsw

"...are over 700 bands playing this year's South by Southwest conference? You are only one person, with two legs,..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...a six year break from movies, SXSW regular Ti West (The Innkeepers, In a Valley of Violence, House of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

September events around the state are waiting for you to arrive

"...return. The Kerrville Folk Festival returns to the Quiet Valley Ranch south of Kerrville for its 49th season on..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters @ 3AM

On this drive, the universe condensed into one word: invitation.

"...wondering about a wild gal. Of such stuff are Western legends made...."

June 23, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Red River Valley," Gene Autry..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

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