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The Ice Man Crafteth

The cold doesn’t seem to bother Javier Roberto Flores—not even the 10-degree deep-chill of the industrial freezer that houses the heart of his company, Fat Ice. With hardly a shiver, he walks ...

Armenia Meets the Hill Country

Just 102 miles west of Austin in Fredonia, Texas, Texas Food Ranch farmers Rick and Alik are successfully growing heritage Armenian crops on Hill Country ranch land that’s been in Rick’s family ...

Kevin Russell

Kevin Russell might just be one of the best frontmen in America today. We’re a little light on frontmen these days, too (2016 took Prince and David Bowie; 2017 took Chuck Berry and Tom Petty). I ...

An Amiga’s Amor for Miguel Ravago

When loved ones pass away, they leave us with so many questions we forgot to ask and stories we wish we could hear again and again. Having known Miguel Ravago—beloved chef at Austin’s Fonda San ...

Pure Luck Farm & Dairy

Pulling into the drive of Pure Luck Farm & Dairy on the western edge of Dripping Springs, you’re greeted by the sights and sounds of bucolic farm life: gentle breezes combing through the ...

When artistic inspiration strikes, some write, some paint, some perform. De J. Lozada makes popcorn. Nothing less than the muse of kernels struck Lozada when she dreamed up and perfected nearly all ...

Newsom Legacy Comes to the Hill Country

While at Texas Tech in the late 1970s, Neal Newsom (Texas High Plains cotton farmer Doyle C. “Hoss” Newsom’s son) had the fortune to encounter chemistry professor Dr. Roy Mitchell. At that ...

Sheriff Sally Hernandez

Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez has a lot on her plate. And right now, that means a multi-tiered wedding cake. “I do it all by myself,” she says with a shrewd smile. She bakes, she ...

Sertodo Copper

“Did you find copper or did copper find you?” I ask Jonathan Beall, founder of the Mexico-based artisan copper cooperative, Sertodo Copper. “Let’s say we stumbled into each other,” he ...

Moving Beyond the Line

The title of “chef” evokes images of someone orchestrating in a restaurant or hotel kitchen—creating masterful dishes that amaze and delight diners. But opportunities for chefs abound beyond ...