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The Viral Video Conundrum: Riff Raff, Kitty Pryde and Krispy Kreme Walk Into a Bar

When Sean Parker was asked by David Kirkpatrick at a roundtable web summit how and why videos go viral, the Silicon Valley visionary shifted in his seat, nervously adjusting his tortoise shell-framed glasses and skinny tie. The Napster co-founder posited, "Videos go viral because people share them. ... More >>

Before She Goes Vegan, Our Five Favorite Paula Deen Recipes (Or Are They Murder Plots?)

Oh, Paula, Paula, Paula. What happened? One day we're fat and happy making ooey-gooey monkey bread, the next we're being secretly photographed eating a burger on a cruise ship. Our gluttony has caught up with us. But Paula and I go way back. Ours is a tried and true relationship, whipped together ... More >>

It's National Doughnut Day. UPDATE: Homer Simpson Weighs In. Seriously.

No specials on bacon doughnuts? Anyone?​UPDATE 1:53 p.m.: We called FOX Broadcasting Company to see if Homer Simpson wanted to weigh in. We got a response. This is what Homer (THE Homer Simpson) had to say:"In honor of National Donut Day I will take a moment to remember all the brave donuts that ... More >>

Beastie Boys: If That Rap Thing Doesn't Pan Out, Maybe They Can Do a Food Network Show

Beastie Boys​The first concert I went to without a parent was the Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, at the Summit in Houston, circa 1986. I was 11 and my brother was 16. We had floor seats, and I remember it being a crazy show. Afterward, we walked to a hotel across the street to use a pay phone ... More >>

A Really Long Walk for Doughnuts and Toast in Bangkok

​Hello from Bangkok. I'm on a four-country work jaunt for the next three weeks, so no Dallas Walk the Wok, but you'll be hearing all about what's giving me gastrointestinal problems in Asia! After a 24-hour stop in Ho Chi Minh City to meet up with my mom, the first leg of our duties is in Ban ... More >>

Get a Sugar Rush at Shipley Do-Nuts

​Some may argue that a Bloody Mary or a little hair of the dog is the best cure for a nasty hangover, but a cup of black coffee and a dozen or so doughnuts always seem to do the trick for us. Serious hangovers call for serious doughnuts, and the airy, almost dough-less consistency of Krispy K ... More >>

Fort Worth Apron Collectors Can Tie One On

​The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is now giving restaurant apron collectors the chance to beef up their Fort Worth holdings. In conjunction with its showing of "The Apron Chronicles," a traveling photographic exhibit managed by The Women's Museum of Dallas, the museum's raffling o ... More >>

Lumi's Susie Bui On Holiday Stress and an Intriguing Burger Idea

Aaron YoungSusie Bui​Yesterday, we gave you the goods on Susie Bui, co-owner of Lumi Empanada and Dumpling Kitchen. Today, we asked Bui to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow, she shares one of her small plate recipes. I was born and raised in... Fort Worth, and I went to school in Arlington. ... More >>

Central Market Canvassing For Cheese Votes

Central Market is hoping its patrons can muster more enthusiasm for Limburger and Gouda than they've shown for the current crop of political candidates. ​The grocer is rolling out a cheese promotion tomorrow that calls upon shoppers to vote for their favorite cheeses in an online poll. "Which c ... More >>

West Meets East and Comes Back
With a Full Stomach

All photos by Kristy YangAt the Food Court in Thailand​I've been away for the past few weeks tending to some family stuff in Asia and have been a tad too busy to do any blogging. I'm sure the editor's ulcer will be relieved to know that I'm back now with my one measly post a week. While away, ... More >>

Sportatorium: Happy Birthday To ... Us!

​I'm like you, I didn't know if this thing would make it two weeks. But, whatdya know, all the sudden it's been two years. Seems like just yesterday we launched this lil' corner of the blogosphere. After 730 days, 1,370 items and more than 20,500 comments we've survived to our second bir ... More >>

Music and the Munchies: A Day of Mourning

I attempt to lift my pen peck my keyboard today with a heavy heart, and an empty stomach. For, alas, two staples of my life's diet are no more. R.I.P., NIN. And Luby's, 4:45 p.m. dinners will never taste the same. Trent Reznor, one of the most chaotic, rhythmic, unique and dark nois ... More >>

GOP County Chair Jonathan Neerman Responds to Kick to the Crotch from DMN'er

Hal SamplesFamily reasons? Give us a break, Neerman. Geez, like we haven't heard that one before. On Tuesday, DMN'er Gromer Jeffers reported on one of the paper's 423 blogs (apparently they have one named after the Portland Trail Blazers) that Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman (a ... More >>

Top Five Surprises In DFW Stadium Food

Patrick MichelsAre you buying what he's selling? Or are you waiting for the cart?​Seattle has ballpark sushi, San Francisco spawned a garlic fry renaissance, and the world can thank St. Louis' Gateway Grizzlies for the Krispy Kreme burger. But there was a time when Dallas ran on the cutting edge o ... More >>

Poll Position

The View from the Village; Also, Provisionally Voting, Provisionally

Free I-Voted-Today Doughnuts. Is There Anything They Can't Do?

Time to Make the Doughnuts

Zales Corp. smells sweet success in expanding Dunkin' Donuts

The Lachaise Lounge

Mingle with curvy babes at the Nasher

Dunkin' Donuts Back in Dallas? That's So Last Year's News.

The Hunted

Minutemen train their sights on a new target: Hispanic day laborers

Think Globally, Watch Locally

All His Children

A Number of clones visits Undermain Theatre; Bootstraps kicks up laughs at the Bath House

Usher in the Love

How to make a puff piece: an instructional transcript

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Best/Worst One-Two Punch

Krispy Kreme opening next to Central Market

Best Hot Bagel

Bagel Chain

Best Cup of Coffee

Krispy Kreme

Drug-free in '03!

And 149 other things I swear I'll do next year

Tale of Three Cities

Dallas independent restaurants learn from Addison, eye Frisco

The Hole Truth

Doughnut chains barely glaze the Dallas market

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX