Volumes of food at Texas Book Festival

Courtesy Planning Ahead, Austin  Wed, 09/09/2009 - 12:21pm

If Halloween candy is already on the shelves at grocery stores, that means the Texas Book Festival is around the corner.

The free festival, which takes place the first weekend in November, is one of Austin’s best public events , showcasing the best of the book world. Big-name authors are always a draw — Buzz Aldrin, Margaret Atwood and Jeanette Walls among them this year — but cooks will be thrilled at the food lineup for...


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