Email Author Elaine Liner

Awards

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "First, Noel"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Something to Sneeze At"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Grain Man"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "With a Vanya on My Knee"

• 2006 - Katie Awards

  "Madame Ovary"

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2010 Stories by Elaine Liner

• Dallas Theater Center stages a lavish Henry IV (with a touch of Rufus Wainwright).

  published September 23, 2010

  What Hamlet says about mothers and sons, Henry IV says about fathers (and father figures) and sons. Shakespeare's drama... More >>

• In the Indian Market, a Chaat and a Chew

  published Sep 21, 2010

  On weekends hungry customers line up five-deep at the chaat counter at the back of Tajmahal grocery store (501 W. Belt Line Road, Richardson). Chaat, roughly translated, means snack or street food. On... More >>

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  Five Bestsellers From Tajmahal Imports

  published Sep 17, 2010

  Go on in. Don't be shy. If you're not sure what's what inside Tajmahal Imports, the all-vegetarian Indian grocery at 501 W. Beltline in Richardson, ask for Mr. Shah. That's Pramod Shah, the owner of t... More >>

• Flutter Through White Rock For Free Breakfast With Butterflies

  published Sep 17, 2010

  If you haven't visited the lovely Butterfly Garden outside the Bath House Cultural Center on the east side of White Rock Lake, drop by the Dallas Green Festival Butterfly Rally tomorrow morning for a ... More >>

• My Fair Lady Lifts Lyric Stage To New Heights; DFW Theater Critics (Who Include Elaine) Honor Top Actors And Shows.

  published September 16, 2010

  The bigger the show, the smaller the revival. Vintage American musicals keep getting make-unders on Broadway. The trend began with 2005's... More >>

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  Gail Simmons Sees How the Cookies Crumble on Top Chef Just Desserts

  published Sep 13, 2010

  The Emmy-winning and highly rated Top Chef franchise on Bravo puts the icing on its cake with this week's debut of Top Chef: Just Desserts (10 p.m., Wednesday, September 15, then moving to its regular... More >>

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  Man v. Food Feels the Thrill of Grilled Cheese

  published Sep 10, 2010

  Could you eat a 5-pound grilled cheese sandwichr Should your If there's anyone who can and will, it's Adam Richman, star of Travel Channel's cross-country chow challenge series Man v. Food. On Monda... More >>

• Downward-facing Dog, then Down
  A Glass of Wine

  published Sep 10, 2010

  W Dallas' Living Room Terrace bar in Victory Park is hosting "Vinyasa and Vino" nights for the next four Sundays. The hotel and the Lululemon Athletica yoga-wear store at NorthPark are teaming up to o... More >>

• No-Cook Prune Whip Is Plum Tasty
  (Ike Liked It, Too)

  published Sep 08, 2010

  Discovering a collection of old recipe booklets my late grandmother saved and used for decades has inspired me. Can I replicate some of those now-forgotten dishes the way they used to make themr First... More >>

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  Right on Cue, 8 Ball Zucchini in Season

  published Sep 03, 2010

  Among the veggies in season right now at the downtown Dallas Farmers Market (1010 S. Pearl St.) are the adorable 8 Ball zucchini squash. About the size of a baseball, in yellow flecked with green or s... More >>

• At Garden Cafe, a Chow Down
  In the Okra Corral

  published Sep 03, 2010

  You're either an okra person or you're not. Mark Wootton is an okra guy. As a kid in Highland Park, Wootton grew okra in the back yard of the family home on Shenandoah Street. "And I had an okra stand... More >>

• Timing Is Everything As Pocket Sandwich Theatre And Stage West Go Broad With Their Comedy.

  published September 2, 2010

  The season of farce is upon us. Two more big comedies have just opened for grins: Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps at Fort Worth's... More >>

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  Sweet Deal from Bravo's Top Chef Just Desserts

  published Sep 01, 2010

  Reality TV just got a little sweeter. To celebrate the September 15 debut of Bravo's Top Chef spinoff, Top Chef Just Desserts, OpenTable.com is offering free dessert with meals purchased at more than ... More >>

• Cafe Express Tests New Pastas,
  Tweaks Menus per Diner Requests

  published Aug 25, 2010

  Cafe Express has long been a fallback when I can't get anyone to agree where to meet for a quick dinner. The menu is diverse, dishes are reasonably priced (most are under $10) and there are enough opt... More >>

• Ladies sling the booze in Blue Moon Dancing; Circle Theatre has a classical gas with Bach at Leipzig.

  published August 26, 2010

  Like so many of the plays produced at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, the new one by Ed Graczyk called The Blue Moon... More >>

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  Tonight's Fundraiser to Help DTC's Former House Manager Manage Hospital Bills

  published Aug 23, 2010

  Since January 17, Tonja Bigelow-Brown has died three times. She died first on an operating table at Medical City Dallas, where surgeons cut her open to find the source of an E.coli bacterial infection... More >>

• Hatching a Chile Celebration at Central Market

  published Aug 23, 2010

  Second only to Christmas holidays for bringing in customers, the 15th annual Hatch Chile Festival at Central Market stores, going on now through August 31, creates shopping cart gridlock. What is it a... More >>

• From an Old Trove of Recipes,
  Cottoning To a Tasty Oil

  published Aug 20, 2010

  My mom saves everything. When I helped her move last month, I begged her to jettison the trunks and boxes and tubs of old papers and letters she'd held onto for decades. She's not a hoarder, more of... More >>

• First Night Feasts Leave Theater Audiences Humming the Free Cake

  published Aug 19, 2010

  What actor doesn't love a free mealr But it never hurts to give theatergoers a nibble on opening nights, too. In theaters around here, there are some really toothsome reasons to buy tickets (for as l... More >>

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  Go for the Food, Stay for the Play
  At Stage West's Ol' Vic Cafe

  published Aug 18, 2010

  Actors tend to know the ins and outs of food service. Table-waiting pays the bills for many a young thesp until that big break comes along. Edie Falco waited tables at a Manhattan steak joint even aft... More >>

• Bollywood Lysistrata Puts An Indian Spin On A Greek Classic With Mixed Results; Kitchen Witches Places Comedy On Slow Boil

  published August 19, 2010

  When they're up and dancing, A Bollywood Lysistrata, a new piece by Level Ground Arts in their new home at KD Studio... More >>

• Theatre Three Presents A Most Aesthetically Pleasing Sherlock Holmes; There's Big Gay Fun In Forbidden Broadway; Spelling Bee Gets Too Complicated

  published August 12, 2010

  Sherlock Holmes as hottie? Theatre Three has him in actor Chuck Huber, starring as the title character in Sherlock Holmes in the... More >>

• Catch a Wave at the Dallas Museum of Art With Free Screening, History of Lone Star Surfers

  published Aug 05, 2010

  Landlocked we are, but at 7 tonight at the Dallas Museum of Art, there'll be a whole lotta surfin' going on. Continuing the summer-long series of free Thursday screenings of movies set on beaches, DMA... More >>

• Desperados Reaping Rusty Tacos' Leftovers

  published Aug 03, 2010

  The popularity of the bite-sized $2 tacos at five-month-old Rusty Taco on Greenville Avenue has had a direct effect on business next door at Desperados, the 34-year-old Tex-Mex landmark. "Our business... More >>

• God, I Hope I Get It: As Hamlisch Takes Over DSO's Pops, A Talent Search at Arts Magnet

  published Aug 03, 2010

  Marvin Hamlisch has his EGOT. That's Emmys (four of 'em), Grammys (four), Oscars (three) and a Tony. The composer of A Chorus Line and the film score for The Way We Were also has a Pulitzer Prize and ... More >>