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 It must be raining somewhere...
Rain is part of the hydrologic cycle of energy that we call "weather." As water evaporates from the surface of our earth, it must just as assuredly fall, somewhere.
And there are pauses in the cycle. There are dry cycles and wet cycles. But timing is everything when your livelihood depends on water falling back to earth to grow the crops that feed your family and nourish your business when your business is farming. May marked the seventh month of the driest seven-month period on record for Central Texas over the past 150 years. As frustrating as it is to watch the home garden wither and the ants crawling out of the woodwork in search of moisture, nothing can compare to what a farmer goes through in periods of drought. It makes the hard work of farming harder.
What can we do to help our local food producers weather these periods of uncertainty? Buy your food directly from the farms and farmers markets. They need your support and your food dollars more than ever. The berries may be smaller (but no less sweet!) and the peaches may not be as plentiful, but there will be food to buy and it will be delicious.
ABOUT THE COVER
Pulled pork sandwich from Franklin Barbecue (page 81). Photograph by Marshall Wright. Photograph by Marshall Wright.
Edible Texas Wine Food Match.
Notable Mentions
Beat Divas' Songs of Food, Love & Mayhem, Author Jonathan Bloom at Rain Lily Farm, Urban Farm Open House benefits SFC, Upcoming Slow Food Austin events, The Herb Bar celebrates 25th Anniversary, FRESH movie Screening in Dripping Springs celebrates summer fare, AMOA and Edible Austin present “Cold War, Cold Cocktails” with Tipsy Texan David Alan, Plan now to attend the 5th Annual Farm and Food Leadership conference, Texas Honey Supper at Springdale Farm, Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees telling us?, Way Out Wineries hosts Summertime Pork Cook-off Road Trip
Notable Edibles
Martineau & Bird, Texas School for the Blind baristas, Edible Communities’ high honor.
Barrie Cullinan
She works in small batches but has a big passion for baking.
Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio.
Mastering the market.
Larry McGuire.
A+S
New generation farmers share their story. .
Greening beyond the menu.
In Your Own Backyard
Catch the buzz on backyard beekeeping.
Rohan Meadery
Reviving the allure of honey wine.
Turkish Summer
Enjoy this light and mostly vegan menu for hot summer entertaining.
Leslie Horne.
Thai Fresh.
Smoked pork shoulder with Lexington-style sauce.
Eat your roses.
The pastry chef’s daughter.
Tiki craze.
Salt Lick Cellars.
Seasoned salt.
Frying time.
Back of the House
Franklin Barbecue
You want that lean or fatty?
Very superstitious.
Preserving the harvest—pickles and relishes.
Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller.
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