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Welcome to In Season, our series celebrating the juiciest fruit and crispest veggies in Texas. This spring, we asked local chefs to share stories about their favorite items of seasonal produce—and create original recipes that make the most of spring’s bounty.  The dead of winter isn’t prime strawberry season in Fredericksburg (or anywhere in Texas, for that matter). So when local farmer Gary Marburger stepped foot in Cabernet Grill one January offering an abundance of strawberries, chef Ross Burtwell was delighted and a bit perplexed.“I didn’t know strawberries could be in season in January. Normally you have to wait until March for them,” Burtwell said. “I guess he was growing them under tents.”Strawberries have long symbolized spring and rebirth, so receiving a wealth of them brought Burtwell…

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