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  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    The Problems with Smithfield Pork and the Way to Guilt-Free-ish Bacon

    Be nice to her before you fry her delicious parts.​McDonald's is closing out its second week of McRib season, giving the Atlantic a hook to ponder the evils of its pork supplier, Smithfield Foods. The article points out that in the midst of Smithfield's increased welfare practices intended to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Chaos Ensues at ZestFest as Judges Sample Heat Capsaicin

    ​A medical emergency this morning at a judging session for the Fiery Food Challenge, the spicy food contest held in conjunction with ZestFest, served as a visceral reminder of how much heat capsaicin extract packs -- and raised questions about whether the chemical should be allowed in competit ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 12, 2009

    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Nose, Hair and Mouth--And That's A Good Thing

    ​A medical emergency this morning at a judging session for the Fiery Food Challenge, the spicy food contest held in conjunction with ZestFest, served as a visceral reminder of how much heat capsaicin extract packs -- and raised questions about whether the chemical should be allowed in competit ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Mexicans--you want your voice to be heard? Gustavo tells them its time to take things to the streets—again.

    ​A medical emergency this morning at a judging session for the Fiery Food Challenge, the spicy food contest held in conjunction with ZestFest, served as a visceral reminder of how much heat capsaicin extract packs -- and raised questions about whether the chemical should be allowed in competit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Handle The Proof: Pernod Absinthe

    They bill themselves as founding distillers of the infamous spirit. But Pernod should be ashamed of themselves after a performance given by their representative last Friday at Morton's.Pernod teamed with the downtown steakhouse for an "introduction to absinthe" session, which included cocktails and ... More >>

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada

    Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Now the Question Is: How the Hell Will Hillwood Save Victory Park? Maybe By the Slice? Or With a Bowling Ball?

    This is the Victory Park Ross Perot Jr. dreams of when he goes to bed every night.When Pulle wrote his obituary for Victory Park in January, Ross Perot Jr. and Hillwood execs refused to talk to him about the fate of the taxpayer-subsidized development crumbling around the American Airlines Center. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    10 Questions: Ian Green

    A native of Liverpool, Green has been pulling pints...well, not quite pints...in local pubs for as long as any of us with shortened attentions spans can remember. Long a fixture at The Londoner in Addison, he moved to The Idle Rich in 2004.In his spare time he both plays soccer and watches, via sate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2007

    Zzzzz...Huh? Oh Yeah. That Mayor Thingy.

    A native of Liverpool, Green has been pulling pints...well, not quite pints...in local pubs for as long as any of us with shortened attentions spans can remember. Long a fixture at The Londoner in Addison, he moved to The Idle Rich in 2004.In his spare time he both plays soccer and watches, via sate ... More >>

  • Film

    June 1, 2006

    Deep-Sixed

    Hollywood pounces on 6-6-06 with a needless Omen revival

  • News

    February 9, 2006

    The End Is Near

    Famine, pestilence, war, death--at Dallas Theological Seminary, the Apocalypse is the horse to bet on

  • Culture

    December 23, 2004

    Texas Tribalism

    The Barrett Collection is all about being primitive in the present

  • Dining

    March 11, 2004

    Biting the Appellation

    Is it right to produce alcohol in the wrong country?

  • News

    February 12, 2004

    Shipshape?

    Awash in oil, the Spanish victims of a tanker disaster seek justice from a Texas company

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Green Giant

    Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug is credited with saving the lives of 1 billion people. So why is a small cadre of activists bent on tarnishing his legacy?

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    All Quiet on the Eastern Front

    Did a business deal with Bell Helicopter doom a resolution to recognize the Armenian genocide?

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Fooling with Mother Nature

    Plano-based Frito-Lay finds it's better to be safe than sorry with genetically modified foods

  • Dining

    January 14, 1999

    Hash Over

    Plano-based Frito-Lay finds it's better to be safe than sorry with genetically modified foods

  • Dining

    December 3, 1998

    Hash Over

    Plano-based Frito-Lay finds it's better to be safe than sorry with genetically modified foods

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Scam Without A Country

    For con men the world over, there is no place like the Dominion of Melchizedek because it is no place

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