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With Austin’s hot shot chefs and flourishing restaurant choices, the city is becoming known for a lot more than just barbecue and Tex-Mex these days. But what were Austinites feasting on 125 years ago?

KUT’s Nathan Bernier speaks with Mike Miller from the Austin History Center about the first cookbook published in Austin, which includes tersely worded recipes for partridge, possum and calf’s head.

http://library.austintexas.gov/press-release/austins-first-cookbook-our-home-recipes-remedies-and-rules-thumb-book-release