Slide of Cynthia North molding baker's clay to demonstrate German kitchen craft at the Texas Folklife Festival. North is in the foreground with a young girl to her left who is also molding clay and to North's right are many finished crafts in baskets. In front of North is a table covered in large mixing bowls, a hand mixer, a rolling pin and other kitchen gadgets.

Photograph of a man constructing a log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing on top of a corner where the logs overlap, carving out a groove for the next log to be placed. Behind him is a log house roof covered with several wood shingles.

Photograph of a man chopping wood for the log kitchen construction at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Shirtless and standing on a log, the man is chopping the piece of wood with an axe.

Color photograph of three people making sauerkraut at the Kendall County Community booth, one of many booths at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman on the left is shredding the cabbage using a wooden mandoline. The woman in the middle is transferring her shredded cabbage from her mandoline to a large pot. The man standing on the far right is looking down at the table.

Photograph of a man and a woman sawing logs for the log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are on either side of a log using a two-man crosscut saw. Visible on the right is the partially constructed log kitchen with logs stacked up to about six feet.

Slide of the Plato Mexicano Tortillas booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the foreground is a woman laying down a tortilla on a kitchen device. Behind her are women taking orders and making the orders.

Slide of a booth in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth was sponsored by LULAC and is serving tacos de barbacoa to many people in the image. In the booth, there are many kitchen gadgets to cook food and keep food warm.

Photograph of a man roofing a log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The log cabin building demonstration features volunteers building an entire cabin by hand, to demonstration how shelter was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the photograph, the man sits on the roof of the cabin, attaching shingles with a hammer.

Photograph of a man roofing a log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The log cabin building demonstration features volunteers building an entire cabin by hand, to demonstration how shelter was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the photograph, a man in a blue cap and shirt prepares the roof of the cabin to be shingled.

Photograph of a man roofing a log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The log cabin building demonstration features volunteers building an entire cabin by hand, to show how shelter was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the photograph, several men balance on the roof of the cabin as they attach shingles. Festival participants watch the demonstration to the left of the cabin.

Photograph of Richard Bolt, chuckwagon cook for the 6666 ranch, preparing sourdough biscuits in Cattle Drive Corral at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing under a tent covering in an outdoor kitchen, scraping the biscuit batter out of a pot. He is wearing a tan cowboy hat, a rusty-orange shirt, and a white apron.

Photograph of a man roofing a log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The log cabin building demonstration features volunteers building an entire cabin by hand, to show how shelter was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the photograph, a man in a blue cap and denim shorts attaches shingles to the roof of the cabin with a mallet. Festival participants watch the demonstration from underneath a shaded area.

Photograph of an American Indian woman making Alabama-Coushatta Fry Bread at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in front of an outdoor stove placing pieces of rolled-out dough into a cast iron frying pan full of oil. To the left on a small table is an industrial-sized silver kitchen bowl filled with finished fry breads, ready to be served. The woman is wearing a red shirt with rainbow zig-zag stripes on the sleeves.

Photograph of a Jo Ann Witek, co-chairman of the Polish food booth, holding up Polish sausage at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is smiling, wearing a pink outfit, and holding up a large meat fork on which a long Polish sausage is skewered. She is standing next to a table that has two dishes of Polish food on it. In the background, more kitchen and serving ware is visible.