Chef Shawn Cirkiel, the creative culinary talent behind Austin restaurants Parkside, Olive & June, and The Backspace uses as much locally sourced produce, meat and dairy at his restaurants as possible. He shares a terrific summer dish that will become your “go-to” salad whenever the temperature rises and watermelons are in season.

The talented Daniel Curtis, Assistant Director of Food & Beverage for the AT&T Conference Center and The Carillon Restaurant recently experienced a life-altering accident over Memorial Day weekend that has left him paralyzed with a severe spinal cord injury.