Joslyn raises two funny, bright, dramatic, impossible, lovely daughters Audrey (5) and Millie (2) with her stellar husband Bryan (who also happens to be the smartest person she knows and makes the world’s best quesadillas), works in online marketing and writes the blog Simple Lovely...She does all this in a city she loves (at last!)
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Perfecting A Pizza Crust
By Joslyn Taylor
Posted in Food, Lives on 18 September 2009
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During Joslyn Taylor’s recent eat-well-on-the-cheap experiment, she discovered the joys of homemade pizza. Here she shares her recipe.

A Local Food Experiment Taxes Time, Yields Pizza
By Joslyn Taylor
Posted in Food, Lives on 28 August 2009
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For three weeks, Joslyn Taylor has tried to eat only local and organic food. Now the tiresome, somewhat complicated experiment is forging new habits.

Searching For Breakfast
By Joslyn Taylor
Posted in Food, Lives, _ on 31 July 2009
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More often than not, we find ourselves with an out-of-town visitor from some less breakfast challenged locale (like Austin or San Francisco) racking our brains for someplace other than the handful of trusty standbys to grab a couple of breakfast tacos or a stack of pancakes and coming up empty.

Can We Afford Great Food?
By Joslyn Taylor
Posted in Food, Lives on 24 July 2009
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To prove that eating well is not a luxury for the upper classes, our food writer embarks on a slow food quest on a budget.

Berry Pickin’
By Joslyn Taylor
Posted in Food, Lives on 17 July 2009
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While I no longer have the luxury of grandparents who own a berry-frocked farm, there are a number of places reasonably close to Dallas that offer the chance to feed the harvest-jones. Prime berry-picking season is May – June, but there is an abundance of late summer delights including tomatoes, peaches, summer squash and more still to come.

A New Farmer’s Market Gets It Right
By Joslyn Taylor
Posted in Food, Lives on 10 July 2009
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I usually leave the Dallas Farmer’s Market a little frazzled, often times toting a package of Driscol strawberries and wondering if what I purchased was any better than the offerings at our neighborhood Kroger. So I was pretty excited when a friend told me about the new monthly White Rock Local Market which kicked-off the second weekend of June.

I Never Wanted to Love Dallas
By Joslyn Taylor
Posted in Lives on 29 May 2009
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After a childhood spent in Northern California and college years in Austin, I vowed to live in a similar place. But in spite of my resolve, I ended up here, leaving the lovely, temperate, mountainous Boulder, Colorado on an especially mild summer day to arrive in Dallas during a triple-digit heat-wave.