Hailing from the Ozarks, Addie Broyles expanded her cooking (and eating) skills on the West Coast and Spain before settling in Austin, mainly for the aguas frescas at the taco stand down the street from her house where she, husband Ian and son Julian are now attempting to grow their own food in the backyard. They recently welcomed another baby boy and two chickens to the family.
Relishing food is about taking time to enjoy what has become the often hurried and mundane task of nourishing our bodies. Relish Austin is Addie's search for things that make her go "mmmm." High brow, low brow. Fast food, slow food. In Central Texas. On the Web. On the streets. In your garden and in your kids' lunch box. In your refrigerator and on your dinner table.
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By Addie Broyles
| Monday, April 4, 2011, 03:26 PM
Congratulations to the more than 100 bakers who donated dozens upon dozens of treats for the Austin Bakes for Japan bake sale on Saturday. Their hard work enticed Austinites to donate more than $11,540, which organizer and Austin Gastronomist blogger Kathryn Hutchison has already sent to AmeriCares. The group is providing relief to thousands of people in the tsunami- and earthquake-ravaged region of Japan.
I knew a lot of people were participating, but I didn’t fully grasp the scale until I swung by the sale at Shop at Mira Vista in Rollingwood on Saturday and saw the most beautiful, artfully decorated and packaged brownies, bars, cupcakes, macarons, cake pops, chocolate-covered pretzels, pies, cookies, biscotti and even preserves and cheesecakes.
Those sweets brought in $1,500 more than even the organizers had hoped. Nice work!
Top photo by Alberto Martinez for the Austin American-Statesman.
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