Aquatic Animals

Are These Leather Pants Tax Deductable?

You’re In The Wrong Clubs

Up With Crawfish, Down With Cancer

Deep Sea’s Splendors, Revealed

U.S. House Gives North Texas Municipal Water District the OK to Import Zebra Mussels Into Texas

The North Texas Municipal Water District, which serves 1.6 million people in Plano and a dozen northern and eastern suburbs, took a major hit in 2009 when zebra mussels were discovered in Lake Texoma. It's a federal crime to transport the highly invasive bivalves across state lines and, because seve ... More >>

Dos Equis to Takeover Nammi Food Truck Next Week with Interesting Food and Free Lunches

Next week Dos Equis is hijacking the Nammi food truck for a little tryst through the most interesting streets of Dallas as part of a larger national event. The "adventurous tasting journey through the lens of local favorites" will provide truly interesting food. The Dos Equis Mobile Food Truck Aca ... More >>

Spraying to Stop West Nile - Is It Safe?

Zebra Mussels Find Their Way to Lake Ray Roberts, Part of Dallas' Water Supply

Zebra mussels, the innocuously named but virulent mollusk, were first discovered domestically in the Great Lakes back in the late 1980's, having spread westward from their native Eastern Europe and hitched a ride in the ballast of U.S.-bound ships. Since then, they have spread through the nation's w ... More >>

Alligator Cafe's Voodoo Sauce Burned My Face Off, But it Was Worth It

I recently mentioned to a friend that I was on a quest to hunt down the best spicy foods in Dallas, and he implored me to visit Alligator Cafe to try their Voodoo sauce, mentioning that they'd appeared on Food Network's Heat Seekers in January. (That's the show where my boyfriend chefs Aaron Sanchez ... More >>

Killer Whales

Booze Hounds

A Bug's Life: Sucking Brains In Deep Ellum

This city looks a little different under the gaze of a lazy Sunday. Gone are the razzle dazzle details of a typical Dallas weekend and, if you're lucky, you get to see the Big D for who she really is. Platform heels tossed to the side, that little black dress traded for the ease of a sundress and th ... More >>

From the Dept. of Awesome: A UT Dallas Researcher Has Designed a Robotic Jellyfish

Before I get to the lame joke that's required by my job description, here's something really cool: Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech have designed and built a robotic jellyfish powered by dissolved gasses. No, really, they have. They have video of it swimming in a ... More >>

A Look at a New Food Truck: Cajun Tailgaters

There has been an steady stream of new food trucks in the DFW area recently. And it seems the scene is, for the most part, taking shape. Last weekend both Dallas and Fort Worth hosted food truck parks or parties and customers kept the meals on wheels busy. A few of the newbies include Potato Potah ... More >>

Mardi Gras Oak Cliff 2012 Promises a Little Workout and Lots of Gluttony

MardiGrasOakCliff.com​With the Super Bowl out of the way, our attention now turns to the next excuse to eat, drink and be gluttonous: Mardi Gras. The non-profit organization Go Oak Cliff is hosting the third annual Mardi Gras Oak Cliff February 18 and 19 with several different events planned ... More >>

State, Federal Officials Insist Zebra Mussel Threat Confined to Lake Texoma. For Now.

​Zebra mussels are really Schutze's thing; he likes his with saffron and a white-wine broth, though of late he's taken to the far more exotic variation with aquavit, tarragon and cream. And per a release just dispatched by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ... More >>

Zebra Mussel Threat to Texas Lakes is Misunderestimated

​Three weeks ago I wrote a column for the paper about a plan to pump drinking water from Lake Texoma even though the lake is contaminated by zebra mussels, an invasive species that can annihilate other animal life in a lake and promote blooms of toxic algae. We here in Texas seriously do not ... More >>

Poster of the Week: Darstar and Sea Lion at Prophet Bar

​What's the deal with owls, am I right? They're everywhere. No, really, they are. And it's weirding me out. If I ever saw a bunch of owls congregating on power lines like I see birds do every evening, around 5 p.m., I'd head for my underground bunker. The "owls have it" (sorry, so sorry) t ... More >>

North Texas Bets Big on Pumping from Lake Texoma

Environmentalists fear plan will let invasive zebra mussels spread.

"You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat" for Planet Shark at Museum of Nature and Science

Sharks are a bit of an evolutionary marvel. If you have any doubts, seeing Planet Shark: Predator or Prey, The Exhibition at the Museum of Nature & Science will surely lock it down for you. The exhibit also confirms that, contrary to popular belief, there is far more media hype than shark attacks ... More >>

Mr. Popper's Penguins: Puttin' on the Shitz

Jim Carrey's latest challenges notion all penguins lovable.

If You've Ever Wanted to Own a Complete Dinosaur Skeleton, or Four, Now's Your Chance

Heritage expects the Allosaurus and Stegosaurus skeletons will go for upwards of $3 million. But that's for the pair. A bargain.​I've taken the almost-8-year-old who lives in my house to several of 'cross-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries' dinosaur auction previews, because, right, ki ... More >>

Try Mola With Your Mocha

Heard That!

Oak Cliff Boils Up 500 Pounds of Crawfish for Mardi Gras Party

Worth the effort.​The key to enjoying crawfish, according to chef Michelle Carpenter, is patience. Carpenter, of Zen Sushi, is advising attendees at Mardi Gras Oak Cliff's first-ever crawfish boil this Sunday to accept there's no quick way to peel a mud bug. Carpenter, who's preparing 500 pou ... More >>

Under The Sea

N'awlins Nibbles

What the Duck: Why Do Duck Breeds
Get Short Shrift?

​Even eaters who dine out only on special occasions have typically been exposed to Berkshire pork and Waygu beef. But when it comes to duck, few restaurants bother to reveal which breed they're serving. "Every time I see duck on the menu, it just says duck," says Ted Hill, co-chair of the Dal ... More >>

What Lies Beneath

The Green Light

Lion-Serving Restaurateur is King of the Bungle

What kind of fool offers to serve Americans lion burgers? Bet he resembles this extinct species.​Food lovers, many of whom aren't inclined to get worked up about disallowed goals, have saved their World Cup-related outrage for an act of culinary one-upmanship that unfolded last week in Arizona ... More >>

Monkey Around

Passing Up Everybody Loves Raymond Reruns for a Little Korean Nightlife

​Being the stodgy homebody that I am, I haven't the faintest idea of what goes on in this city after 10 p.m. Even on most weekends, anything after that time is reserved for bad television and snuggling with my dog. My friends, meanwhile, including the boyfriend, are creatures of the night, who ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Show at The Loft with Shearwater, Wye Oak and Hospital Ships

In this week's forest-killing version of DC9, one Cory Graves handles the task of catching us all up to speed on Austin's Shearwater, which comes to town tomorrow night with Wye Oak and Hospital Ships in tow for maybe the best top-to-bottom bill we'll see all weekend. Turns out Shearwater just dropp ... More >>

Shearwater, Wye Oak, Hospital Ships

Saturday, April 10, at The Loft

Over The Weekend: Fair to Midland's Wreck Benefit at Curtain Club

Fair to Midland Wreck Benefit with House Harkonnen, Serosia, Bronze Whaler and Moving Atlas Curtain Club February 14, 2009Better Than: watching this year's very underwhelming Olympic opening ceremonies. (Great job, Canada!)​ When asked what was on Fair to Midland's mind the moment its van tum ... More >>

Su Nombre Es Dora!

Different Strokes

Afterimage features Horenstein

Blue Symphony

The DSO dives in

It's Getting Chili

Incredible Feets of Science

Flying Feathers

Fiscal Dieting

Banking on famous names, Nobu is proud to be pricey

Fearless in Mesquite

Skip the suburban chains and head to Kamikaze Japanese Cuisine

Gill Kill

At Little Katana, you can buy a sword for $800. What? Or is it why?

Grape Lift

When it comes to food, Marty's Bistro is game--and its vino is primo

Bib Rustle

At Lobster Ranch, the main course claws its way to the top

Feeding Frenzy

Some high-demand fish are in danger of extinction--and restaurants are caught in the middle