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Eat Local Week: Meet Your Local Brewers Happy Hour

What better way to end my time capturing the Eat Local Week by Edible Austin than by enjoying beers from local breweries? The popular Austin Whip In mini-grocery is a fine purveyor of beer, wines, and spirits as well as delicious organic and local foods. So, we had a regular parking lot party with some...

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Edible Austin Week: Fine Food Art Night

Edible Austin continues with Eat Local Week at the Wally Workman Gallery with the Fine Food Art Night. Tonight’s event was a delicious combination of foods and fine art on display. Some of the foods were actually displayed as art, hence the rice krispy pig and dog display, :)  Participating vendors included Tipsy Texans, Paula’s...

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Eat Local Week: Edible Local Holiday Gift Fair

Edible Austin and Better Bites of Austin had a create your own local holiday gift basket from numerous local artisan food providers at City Hall. The event was part of a week long Eat Local Week here in Austin Tx. All proceeds go to benefit Urban Roots, a YouthLaunch program that teaches youth the benefits...

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Edible Austin: Whole Foods Local Growers First Frost

What’s more seasonal than ice skating while shopping for locally grown foods? GO TEXAN featured live entertainment and refreshments on the Plaza with local food, wine and beverage vendors offering tastings of their wares inside Whole Foods during the event. Participating vendors included Sweet Leaf Teas, Nazareth Olive Oil, and Go Texan. All proceeds go...

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Eat Local Week: Gulf Coast Sampler

Austin Museum of Art and Edible Austin hosted a Gulf Coast Sampler tonight featuring fish, crawfish, and desserts from local providers. Aside from the delicious eats, a discussion panel was hosted by Southern food historian Elizabeth Engelhardt, Arthouse Director Sue Graze, chef Jesse Griffiths, and fisherman Roberto San Miguel to discuss culinary traditions, sustainability, David Bates’s art, and fish tales. Supporting...

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