Cuisinart Kitchenware

Please Help the Learning Process

As Dan Aykroyd knows, small-mouth bass plus food processor or blender equals a delicious smoothie.​My apartment has less counter space than Barbie's Dream House. It's not uncommon for me to balance a cutting board on a hot burner, or on my lap as I sit cross-legged on the floor, or even to fin ... More >>

Wave Bye-Bye? That Ill-Conceived Whitewater Feature on Trinity River Nearly Claims a Life.

​On May 5 I wrote a column about the city's bungled "whitewater feature" in the Trinity River -- a fake rapids for kayaks that cost $4 million to build -- and I included the following observation about a so-called safe bypass around the fake rapids for canoers: "One powerful current slams you ... More >>

No Paddling Allowed on Trinity River Paddling Trail. Which, Come to Think of It, Is So Dallas.

​Thank goodness. Finally reached Judy Schmidt, marketing director for the city's Trinity River Corridor Project, to ask about tomorrow's grand opening of the Trinity River Paddling Trail. I had been trying to reach her since last week to ask if she was going to warn people they might be killed. Bu ... More >>

The Trinity River's 'Standing Wave' Crashes into Reality

The city spent millions on a kayaking park that almost no one can use -- and the money's still flowing.

Trinity River Project's Standing Wave: Great, Now City Hall's Trying to Kill Us

​The city of Dallas sent out a lovely little notice earlier this week inviting people of the canoe paddling ilk -- which would be me -- to attend the opening of the Dallas Trinity Paddling Trail, a canoe "path" on the Trinity River, established as part of a statewide system of canoe trails. T ... More >>

Fake Chanukah, Real Potato Latkes:
An Accommodation

Photos by Adam DonaldContemplating the meaning of Fake Chanukah for a kid...presents​Deeply rooted in the rich traditions of the Jewish people is the potato latke. Born of the shtetl and carried to this country on the taste buds of immigrants, the potato latke, a.k.a. the potato pancake, is ... More >>

Downward Mobility

Brit movie brat takes the B horror movie where it deserves to go

The Beatdown

Forget hailing the king-- give it up for San Antonio's DJ Jester

Farce Majeure

Limp Lettice & Lovage at Theatre Britain; Imaginary Invalid coughs and sputters at Theatre Three

Pac Rim Rumba

Fusion weds Asian and Tex-Mex and creates a happy marriage

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Built for Laughs

Theatre Three's Comic Potential stars a pretty android programmed for punch lines

Kill Me Tomorrow

October 22

Art Brutal

Beware an "outsider" tag concealing run-of-the-mill art

True Lies

Thai Bistro

No guts, no glory

David O. Russell gets to the heart of the matter, down to the last detail

Wizard of os

Candidate R.D. Rucker explains the joy of sex and the problems of an elected judiciary

Ghost ship

The only space in Event Horizon is between the director's ears

Sweet and sour

Extra Virgin's Hemlock is a seductive dose of despair

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