Coppell (Texas)

Artful Posters Aim at Getting SNAP Participants to Spend Their Benefits on Vegetables

Until last summer, low-income people who received federal assistance to purchase nutritious food could use their benefits to buy a Pepsi from the local corner store. A fresh bell pepper at the Dallas Farmers Market, however, was off limits. The Dallas Farmers Market administration couldn't be bother ... More >>

How Dallas Killed Farmers Markets

Dallas leads the nation in over-regulating farmers markets ­— which is why we have so few of them.

Why Dallas Doesn't Have More Farmers Markets

Almost two years ago, when I was deciding whether or not I wanted to move to Dallas and devote my life to writing about burgers and Reuben sandwiches, I sat in my old office in Falls Church, Virginia, and looked at Google maps. I've been fascinated with maps since I was a kid, and having access to t ... More >>

Cheese-maker Dave Eagle: It Takes Passion to Make it in the Cheese World

Dave Eagle of Eagle Mountain Farmhouse Cheese in Granbury speaks with a strong Texas swagger and often in a very direct, to-the-point manner. Before becoming a cheese maker, he practiced law. And I suspect that if you were involved in some type of litigation, you'd want him on your side of the table ... More >>

Latte Da Dairy in Flower Mound on Award Winning Goat Cheese And Raising 31 Kids

Anne and Johnny Jones started Latte Da Dairy in 2005 with five acres of land and a wild cheese-making dream. Anne, a veterinarian by trade, bought just two goats to get started and named them Serenity and Rosemary. But, no kidding, things have really changed in eight years. On April Fool's Day this ... More >>

Farmers Market Report: Texas Worm Ranch's Swiss Chard

I hope you didn't miss the farmers markets this weekend. While this year's season is still in its infancy, plenty of beautiful vegetables are sprouting at nearby farms. Greens are king right now, and this Swiss chard is a great example of garden fresh produce that beats anything you can find at the ... More >>

Junius' Joseph Martinez Couldn't Stay Away from Dallas

Junius used to be a band from Boston. That's where they formed almost a decade ago. But then leader Joseph Martinez wanted to start a family, so he decided to go back to where he grew up. So for the past three years, Junius has been a Dallas band. Well, not actually. Seems the four guys in this part ... More >>

Jan Pruitt, CEO of the NTFB, on The Greatest Misconceptions of the NTFB, 49 Million Meals

In the 16 years Jan Pruitt has been the CEO of the North Texas Food Bank, food distribution has grown 300% and the "ReThink Hunger" program has succeeded in providing more nutritious meals. We spoke recently about their $7 million goal, leadership and what it takes to provide 130,000 nutritious meal ... More >>

Seeds of Hope for Dallas Farmers Market

Long negotiations could plant something cool at the southeast corner of downtown.

Dallas Will Chip In $600,000 to Develop Housing for Veterans

The debate around permanent supportive housing for Dallas' homeless has become incredibly bitter in the past several years , while regulation of private housing for the mentally ill will only really begin come October. But soon one group in dire need of housing will have a few more options: veterans ... More >>

The Rest of Dallas County Will Get Its Aerial Coating of Poison Tonight at 9

Last night it most of the north and east parts of Dallas and the Park Cities; tonight it's everywhere else. County Judge Clay Jenkins and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings held a press conference at the Dallas County Administration building this afternoon to lay out their plans to murder every single mosqu ... More >>

An Englishman Reviews the BBQ of Hard Eight for The English

This is a blog written by a complete barbecue amateur. You see, the thing is, in the UK a barbecue is something you cook a burger on and is largely a celebration of the few and far between days when it's not raining. There's no sauce except tomato, and any beef will be cooked to a crisp. It's a cele ... More >>

Tto Tto Wa Is On The Move: Get Your KFC Fix While You Can

Remember Tto Tto Wa? The tiny box of a restaurant has been serving up sticky fried chicken and other Korean snack foods for more than two years. It's a cool little spot with tiny tables tucked into tiny booths and an atmosphere that feels far, far away from Dallas. We sent a photographer to Carrollt ... More >>

Want to Know How David Blaine Does That Stuff? (Don't Hold Your Breath)

If there really were such a thing as magical power, wouldn't it be a waste to use it on card tricks? Or trying to break the record for consecutive minutes not breathing without dying? But that is what magician, illusionist and "endurance artist" David Blaine does and he did some of it last night at ... More >>

Hail Mary: Cowboy Kevin Ogletree Paid His Debts, But Only After a Lawsuit's Filed

Dallas backup wide receiver Kevin Ogletree was planning on stiffing his housesitter for more than $16,000 in expenses incurred while he was out of town during the lockout, according to a lawsuit filed in Dallas County on December 30 by the son of longtime Cowboys strength and conditioning coach Joe ... More >>

John Wiley Price, West Turn Up For Tense Forum on Fate of Dallas's Main Post Office

Photos by Anna MerlanDallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price attended, but did not speak at, last night's town hall. He sorta mailed it in.​Technically, the U.S. Postal Service hasn't yet made a decision about whether it will close the processing center at the main post office near Sylvan ... More >>

A "Very Concerned" Mayor Mike Sends Letter to U.S. Postmaster General Over Possible Closures

​As it turns out, the United States Postal Service is looking at shuttering several post offices in the city -- not just the main processing facility on IH-30, but also its locations in the Earle Cabell Federal Building (known as "Station C"), the Belmont Finance Station on Greenville Avenue and t ... More >>

On Wednesday, Public To Be Told USPS Study Recommends Closing Dallas Main Post Office

​Here we go again.Ever since I read this last month, I've been trying to nail down whether the United States Postal Service intends to shutter the Dallas Main Post Office on IH30. I went so far as to contact Eddie Bernice Johnson's office; two weeks ago her spokesperson said, "We are going to hold ... More >>

Artizone, Online Purveyor of Local Goodness, Expands Its DFW Coverage and Suppliers

Supporting local farmers, ranchers, chef-driven restaurants or family-run anything is all good. But honestly? It's a beat down schlepping across all of North Texas collecting stuff from different spots. The farmer's market, Urban Acres, the cheese place, the wine place, the butcher, and what about m ... More >>

DPD: Man Guilty of One Sexual Assault Responsible For Another at Occupy Dallas Site

Dallas County SheriffRichard Armstrong​One week ago we got Occupy Dallas's side of the story concerning the sexual assault that took place at its encampment behind Dallas City Hall. Today, we get the official version from the Dallas Police Department, which is reporting that it has arrested Ri ... More >>

What the Frack: Task Force Isn't Done, But City Moves Closer to Issuing First Drilling Permit

Click to enlarge this map from the city's April gas drilling ordinance presentation​XTO and Trinity East, two of the companies that have paid the city big money and signed leases to drill for gas within the city limits, have agreed to wait 30 months while the city rewrites its gas drilling ord ... More >>

A Tourists Guide to a Dozen Dirty Deeds by Dallas Cowboys

Dallas ISD Trustees Take A Look At Ways to Bring More Charter Schools Into the District

​A handful of Dallas Independent School District gatheredn the old board room at 3700 Ross this morning to poke at a question with big implications: How can the district get the most of its new partnerships charter schools, possibly even next school year? Born out of April's West Dallas "School Zo ... More >>

Coppell's Emily Elbert Gets Some Love From Glamour For Her Jazzy, Acoustic Stylings.

21-year-old area singer-songwriter Emily Elbert's no stranger to local music fans, having performed her fair share of gigs at Opening Bell and the Kessler Theater in recent years since picking up the guitar at age 15. She's no stranger to the Internet either: Her jazzy, acoustic take on Michael Jack ... More >>

Coppell Murder-Suicide: Watching the Tough-on-Crime Go Soft on One of Their Own

Jayne Peters​Tell you what. I will agree to leave the Coppell mayor murder-suicide story alone and stop stirring the pot just as soon as everybody else does. But today I have yet another pot-stirring by somebody else to deal with. Mark Davis, the conservative talk-show guy who writes op-ed pieces ... More >>

Cornerback Dwayne Goodrich: "The Cowboy Who Killed Those Kids"

Former cornerback Dwayne Goodrich comes to grips with his hit-and-run of three Good Samaritans as he plans for life after prison

Un-Super Size Me: One Week of Eating Local

One man’s attempt at slow food living in the Dallas metroplex

Wine, Loin and Kiddie Tech

Bin 555 is good for grownups too

The Sweaty Hereafter

Pandora to open in Purgatory

Mystic Chords of Memory

The Burning Question crew looks back at 2002

Seeing Red

Green Pepper touches on fare from Japan to Vietnam

Bar None

Who are the best bartenders in Dallas?

Bugs in the Tubs

Texas consumers take on the whirlpool business--and that mysterious black crud shooting out of their bathtub jets

Sleeps with the Fishes

Soprano's gets squeezed out

Thango Tied

Tasty Thai now available in Flower Mound

Hash Over

Who am I this time?

The Bistro inches through incremental evolution