Edible Dallas & Fort Worth Spring 2022

Publisher’s Letter We always look forward to the start of spring! But this year es- pecially. Did you know this is our 13th year publishing edible Dal- las & Fort Worth? We have much respect and appreciation for all our advertising partners who’ve remained loyal to our publication, especially considering the lean times of the past two years. With their support, we have managed to continue printing interesting local stories for you to devour and enjoy. We hope that you will strongly support all of these won- derful businesses who have kept us grounded. Thank You!! book. Paleo, gluten-free, and diary-free dishes are clearly marked. Rick Baraff tells the story of amazing people doing some groundbreaking work in South Dallas at Restorative Farms. They are taking on the challenge of, and having success at, transforming a food desert into a sustainable food system. Both the story and photos are heartwarming and give us hope. In “Gin & Jen,” Toby Thomason weaves a delightful tale of two spirits – Gin, and Jennifer Spring, manager of Waterboy Farms. Not only do the recipes inspire cre- ativity themselves, we can’t say enough about the fantastic art of Azure Photogra- phy and Mattie Lewis Photography. The cover shot tells it all! Many thanks to the GOTEXAN Program, in partnership with the Texas Depart- ment of Agriculture, for once again sponsoring our North Texas Farmers Market Guide for 2022. We love having to add more markets to our list as demand increas- es for local, sustainable food sources. Hopefully you will find one near you. We had so much fun at Urban Dirt’s chef gardens, capturing vibrant images with photographer Teresa Rafidi, even though it was winter and not the height of grow- ing season. Daniel Cunningham tells the history of how Piper Klee-Waddle and her Urban Dirt Company have set a standard in the growing restaurant garden scene. And yes, we got our hands dirty in this photo shoot! Here’s to our favorite season, and to all the farmers in North Texas whose crops and livelihood depend on the good graces of Texas weather. Maria Whitworth & Nanci Taylor, part of the edible DFW team. Photo by: Nikky Phinyawatana “Home is Where the Heart Is” includes del icious recipes by local DFW author Alex Sno- dgrass, from her new cookbook The Comfortable Kitchen , which is an expression of celebrating life’s great events. We highly en- courage everyone to pick up her

Dallas & Fort Worth edible

PUBLISHER AND EDITOR Nanci Taylor

ART DIRECTOR Michael Nott

MANAGING EDITOR Eve Hill-Agnus

WEB DESIGNER Mary Ogle

CONTRIBUTORS Azure Photography, Rick Baraff, Julie Beall, Daniel Cunningham, Lauren Gillan, Kristen Kilpatrick, Piper Klee-Waddle, Trevor Landry, Mattie Lewis Photography, Teresa Rafidi, Krystal Read, Vijay Sadhu, Alex Snodgrass, Marie Tedei, TobyThomason, MariaWhitworth

ADVERTISING AND MARKETING MariaWhitworth

ADVERTISING DESIGNER Julie Beall CONTACT US Edible Dallas &FortWorth

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Edible Dallas & Fort Worth is published quarterly by Edible Dallas & Fort Worth LLC. Distribution is throughout Dallas, Fort Worth and 34 counties in North Texas and nationally by subscription. Subscription rate is $28 annually. Subscribe online at edibledfw.com or email: info@edibledfw.com. No part of this publication may be used without written permission of the publisher. ©2010 Every effort is made to avoid error, misspellings and omis- sions. If, however, an error comes to your attention, please accept our sincere apologies and notify us.Thank you. We reserve the right to edit or reject advertisements at our sole discretion without notice.

Nanci Taylor, Publisher

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