People still climb the stairs from the River Walk to the Fig Tree Restaurant asking for Beef Wellington. But there’s no Beef Wellington at Fig Tree, because the Fig Tree that lived at this La Villita ...

Every year around this time, I wait for a text from some good friends who have an old, sprawling fig tree in their backyard: “Figs are ripening! Come pick anytime!” And we do. Figs are utterly unlike ...