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A Dallas Woman Accepts Washington Post's "Eat Local Challenge"

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Bread and Circuses

When food legend Julia Child came to Texas spreading her gospel of good eating, no one was spared. Not even Big Tex

Dueling Chefs

When food legend Julia Child came to Texas spreading her gospel of good eating, no one was spared. Not even Big Tex

10 Questions: Rocky Tassioni

On Sunday, April 19, the Dallas Farmer's Market Friends will host a roundtable discussion of the "buying local" concept and its challenges.Tassioni knows these all too well. Since 1997, he and his wife have operated a hydroponic farm (Tassione Farm) near Stephenville, growing specialty greens and he ... More >>

Frank Poe, In Charge of the Dallas Convention Center, Is Heading to Atlanta

Frank Poe​Frank Poe, the city's Convention & Event Services Director, is outta here. According to various reports, the man in charge of the Dallas Convention Center is taking a job with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority in Atlanta, where he'll assume the title of executive director. ... More >>

The Belmont's Smoke at the Beard Foundation is a Big, Hairy Deal

Danny FulgencioThe crew at Smoke: Chris Zielke, Tim Byres, Christopher and Jessica Jeffers​Celebrated local chef Tim Byres is en route to New York City as we speak with a hell of a carry-on: dinner for 80, plus booze. Executive chef of the Belmont Hotel's posh barbecue outfit Smoke, Byres will coo ... More >>

Old World Sausage Comes Knocking...A Little Late

​Old World Sausage Company Farmer's Market Shed #2 1010 S. Pearl Expressway 214-760-9000 oldworldsausagecompany.comEstimated Delivery Time: 60 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 75 minutes Not having to order Chinese food or pizza: 20 Friendliest service encountered during Knockers review: 40 Exce ... More >>

More Burgers. Always More Burgers. And Other Stuff.

Mai Pham /Houston Press Remember when a burger was just a damn burger? Man, you're old.​If you like burgers or the word "unctuous," this week in Dallas blogs was a delightful bounty. If you prefer barbecue and invention conventions, just 'til tomorrow. Read on. City of Ate Andrew Marton stre ... More >>

Primebar, the New Uptown Bar-Restaurant, Puts the Swank in Sporty

Lauren Drewes DanielsNot a bad way to watch a game. ​Primebar opened in Uptown last week, and I got to check it out briefly on Friday. I'll definitely put it on my places to go when I want to dabble in swank while a watching a playoff game and drinking a microbrew. There are several differe ... More >>

City's Looking For Someone to Raze That Food Kiosk in Middle of Downtown Farmers Market

​Waaaaay back in the spring of 2006, the council's Economic Development & Housing Committee was told: The food kiosk sitting in the middle of the downtown Farmers Market is "a visual barrier" and needs to come down. See that photo? That's from this briefing, prepped in advance of the 2006 bond ... More >>

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 >>

One More List of Things to Do In Dallas Reminds: There Are Much Better Things to Do

It's always fun to take out-of-towners to the Trinity River Audubon Center, which feels very ... out of town.​The librarians have landed, as today's the first day of the estimable American Library Association Midwinter Meeting at the Dallas Convention Center, so you know what that means. Good timi ... More >>

In One Easy-to-Read Chart, Where All the 2006 Bond Money Has (And Hasn't) Been Spent

Our 2006 bond election keepsake​A few weeks ago, following City Manager Mary Suhm's sneak peek at the 2012 bond program that will be but a fraction of a fraction of its mammoth $1.35-billion '06 predecessor, I asked City Hall spokesman Frank Librio if there's a doc listing all the things that have ... More >>