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May 24, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 85: Chicken-Fried Egg at Union Bear
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Union Bear's beer list is a reason to go all on its own, but its chicken-fried egg is ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 87: The Brisket at Pecan Lodge
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. My first Texas brisket was eye opening. Back in DC, there were a few barbecue places t ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 89: Croissants From Rush Patisserie
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I was surprised it took me so long to find these, considering they're offered just up ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 90: Ginger Soy Baby Back Ribs at Tei Tei Robata
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email us. I never expected to eat some of the best ribs in Texas at a sushi bar, but I did. I'm ... More >>
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May 16, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 91: Devils On Horseback At The Chesterfield
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I was worried I wouldn't be able to include this dish in our 100 Favorites list since ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 92: Regina Margherita At Cane Rosso
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Last year Cane Rosso's pizza made our 100 Favorite Dishes list when it was still a hu ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 93: Chicken and Waffles at Jonathon's Oak Cliff
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It could just be the picture. I've admitted my obsession with it before. There's somet ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 94: Smoked Ham Mac and Cheese at The Porch
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. And now the real reason I went to The Porch comes to the surface: I'd heard good thing ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 95: Dan-Dan Noodles at Royal China
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Royal China has been banging out beef and broccoli for almost four decades, but it's t ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Dallas' Five Best Chinese Restaurants
I am not a Jewish person, but I like Jewish things. Latkes top my list. As does getting drunk. Gefilte fish doesn't excite me very much, but Christmas does, which isn't Jewish at all, but you know the drill: movies, Chinese food, drunk. I'm good at these things. These are City of Ate's five ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Dancing in Exile
I am not a Jewish person, but I like Jewish things. Latkes top my list. As does getting drunk. Gefilte fish doesn't excite me very much, but Christmas does, which isn't Jewish at all, but you know the drill: movies, Chinese food, drunk. I'm good at these things. These are City of Ate's five ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
The State of Pecan Pie in Texas: It Ain't That Good
Texas Pecan trees have taken a punch. The USDA predicts our state's trees will collectively produce 40 millions pounds of pecans this year, which is 30 million pounds less than the 2010 crop. The Sunnyvale Pecan orchard east of Dallas is closed for the season. And today I spoke with Red Gra ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Another Chinese Import
Texas Pecan trees have taken a punch. The USDA predicts our state's trees will collectively produce 40 millions pounds of pecans this year, which is 30 million pounds less than the 2010 crop. The Sunnyvale Pecan orchard east of Dallas is closed for the season. And today I spoke with Red Gra ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Glyph Notes
Texas Pecan trees have taken a punch. The USDA predicts our state's trees will collectively produce 40 millions pounds of pecans this year, which is 30 million pounds less than the 2010 crop. The Sunnyvale Pecan orchard east of Dallas is closed for the season. And today I spoke with Red Gra ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Stories of the East
Texas Pecan trees have taken a punch. The USDA predicts our state's trees will collectively produce 40 millions pounds of pecans this year, which is 30 million pounds less than the 2010 crop. The Sunnyvale Pecan orchard east of Dallas is closed for the season. And today I spoke with Red Gra ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Children of the Empire
Texas Pecan trees have taken a punch. The USDA predicts our state's trees will collectively produce 40 millions pounds of pecans this year, which is 30 million pounds less than the 2010 crop. The Sunnyvale Pecan orchard east of Dallas is closed for the season. And today I spoke with Red Gra ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Can Royal China Be the Real Deal and Not Be in Chinatown?
Is "authentic" Chinese cuisine within Dallas city limits a good thing? That was the question my friends and I were left with when we paid a post-Christmas lunch visit to Royal China last Sunday. The immediate answer would be "yes, of course," right? Driving out to the suburbs for an Asia ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Simple Woman
Is "authentic" Chinese cuisine within Dallas city limits a good thing? That was the question my friends and I were left with when we paid a post-Christmas lunch visit to Royal China last Sunday. The immediate answer would be "yes, of course," right? Driving out to the suburbs for an Asia ... More >>
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August 9, 2010
Lin's China Diner: College Station Import Brings Light Asian to Plano
Promised delivery time: 35-40 minutes Actual delivery time: 22 minutes THE SCORE Delivery earlier than promised: 20 Points No online ordering: Minus 5 Points No MSG: 10 Points Fresh tasting food: 40 Points Food securely packaged: 10 Points TOTAL: 75 points E-mail menus, snail-mail menus, a ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Leaps And Bounds
Promised delivery time: 35-40 minutes Actual delivery time: 22 minutes THE SCORE Delivery earlier than promised: 20 Points No online ordering: Minus 5 Points No MSG: 10 Points Fresh tasting food: 40 Points Food securely packaged: 10 Points TOTAL: 75 points E-mail menus, snail-mail menus, a ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
Mexican Men Would Love to Take Out Some Chinese
Promised delivery time: 35-40 minutes Actual delivery time: 22 minutes THE SCORE Delivery earlier than promised: 20 Points No online ordering: Minus 5 Points No MSG: 10 Points Fresh tasting food: 40 Points Food securely packaged: 10 Points TOTAL: 75 points E-mail menus, snail-mail menus, a ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Days Gone Bite: C-Rations, K-Rations and SOS
C RationsTo the men of the 504th regiment, 82nd Airborne--"the Devils in Baggy Pants"--who crossed the Waal in Holland and battled Panzers in the Ardennes. My uncle 'Highlee' fought with them. And to Marines of the American Legation Guard, Peking, colloquially known as "the North China Marines" w ... More >>
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August 5, 2009
How Jason Terry Spent Summer Vacation
Yesterday, just because, the NBA posted some of the Dallas Maverick's home movies from his trip to China. In a word: adorable.
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March 5, 2009
Going For Gold
Mike Osbourne preserves Beijing 2008 on film
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February 20, 2009
Burning Question: Are People Tipping Less?
Some wag in some diner some years ago posted a clever reminder for guests: "Tipping is not a city in China"--which may have seemed funny, oh, about once.Nowadays China owns a good chunk of American debt, as well as the power to let us topple into the economic dunking pool...if we weren't doing such ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Made In China
The Peking Acrobats bring magic to the DSO
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January 5, 2009
SMU Economics Prof Ravi Batra Says You Need a Bailout, Not Your Bank
After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra's five-point plan for fixing the U.S.'s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its p ... More >>
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October 16, 2008
The River Runs
After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra's five-point plan for fixing the U.S.'s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its p ... More >>
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September 9, 2008
Without China, Dallas Dies. At Least, That's What It Sounds Like in This Story.
After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra's five-point plan for fixing the U.S.'s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its p ... More >>
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July 2, 2008
Is This Why Leppert Was in China?
After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra's five-point plan for fixing the U.S.'s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its p ... More >>
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January 18, 2008
Hello, My Concubine
After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra's five-point plan for fixing the U.S.'s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its p ... More >>
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December 27, 2007
Funny With Bubbly
After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra's five-point plan for fixing the U.S.'s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its p ... More >>
News
August 30, 2007
Land of Opportunity...
...For many skilled immigrants, it's not here, it's home
Blogs
August 3, 2007
The China Syndrome
...For many skilled immigrants, it's not here, it's home
Calendar
February 1, 2007
New Year? Try New Era
...For many skilled immigrants, it's not here, it's home
Dining
November 30, 2006
Speed Stix
Royal Chopstix is visually vibrant but less than exotic
News
June 8, 2006
Chop Suey Syndrome
Our restaurant critic travels to China to unravel the riddle: Why can't Dallas do Chinese?
Film
May 4, 2006
Technicolor Yuan
China's most expensive film looks lovely but feels empty
Calendar
May 12, 2005
Women's Lit
Anchee Min and righteous babes
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Chinese Restaurant
Gingko Tree China Bistro
Film
August 26, 2004
Jet Propelled
Zhang Yimou makes a soaring, mythic Hero out of Jet Li
Calendar
July 1, 2004
Dream On
Team China takes a shot
Dining
February 6, 2003
Noodles Unleashed
Liberty grows up
Best of Dallas
September 26, 2002
Best Culinary Vacation Spot
Taiwan Supermarket
Dining
August 29, 2002
Cool Cucumber
On Harry Hines, sea cucumbers and watermelon help an unlikely revolution at Chef Hsu
Calendar
March 21, 2002
Circus of the Spars
The Shaolin Warriors kick some Zen for TITAS
News
August 2, 2001
Unlocking the Gong
A group of Falun Gong, the outlawed Chinese spiritual movement, travel from Dallas to D.C. on an urgent rescue mission, sending out righteous thoughts and cultivating Xing Xing along the way
Dining
July 29, 1999
My other secret garden
Garden China needs more than a good weeding
Music
July 17, 1997
Out There
Garden China needs more than a good weeding
Dining
August 17, 1995
Good fortune
Royal China should live long and prosper on Preston
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