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Heritage Village is Truckin' for the Holidays

Six Ways to Localize Your Dallas Thanksgiving

Pearl Brand Artisanal Ice Cream​We've already talked turkey. Now, let us not delegate lesser attention to the other elements of a proper Thanksgiving feast, many of which you nary have to travel far to find. There are, in fact, many ways to bring a local farm, wine-maker, cheese crafter, coffe ... More >>

Calais Winery Launches Recycling Program. Not Convinced? It Involves Free Wine.

​On Saturday, Calais Winery will launch its new wine-bottle recycling program with the first rendition of what will become semi-annual event. From its rustic little shop on Commerce, the winery will accept empty bottles from any Texas winery. In exchange, generous winos will receive free tas ... More >>

Texas Tipples: Calais Winery's La Cuvee Principale

Calais Winery​To oak or not to oak? That is the question for chardonnay makers. For many years, American winemakers tended to follow the example Kendall-Jackson set with its flagship chard, suffusing their wines with so much oak that it was sometimes hard to taste anything but tree. Then, ab ... More >>

So Three Cabs Walk Into a Wine Garden...

For those of us who visit the State Fair, it's worth braving the Midway to revisit old favorites and discover new delights. As I reported last week, my wining companion and I were particularly pleased to find the Go Texan Wine Garden, a little Hill Country-esque oasis of vino, music and sanity near ... More >>

Landon Winery Chocolate Finale: Dessert in a Glass

​For a long time, wine-making in North Texas was pretty much limited to the city of Grapevine. In recent years, that has slowly but surely changed, and now more purveyors can be found on the eastern side of the metroplex, with Fuqua, Times Ten Cellars, Calais and Inwood Estates setting up shop ... More >>

Just What Do They Sell In A Cheese Shop?

A sandwich from Scardello.​"How does this place make money?" You know you've heard that question dozens of times--whether from a friend or in your own head--when looking at the small, boutique purveyors so popular in the food world these days. We encountered it just yesterday on a trip to Scarde ... More >>

Hash Over: Roll For Charity, Get Spoken To At Brooklyn Jazz Cafe, And Mr. Mango Rising

We suggest contestants find out who the judges are before attempting a Nyotaimori presentation. ​The ever-charitable RA Sushi in Plano will hold its first "Roll'N With RA" charity sushi contest 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. Six non-profit organizations--Hunger Busters, the Susan G. Komen Race For ... More >>

The Man and the Monument

The Nasher Sculpture Center is full of revelations about a man and his art