Organic Foods

Whole Bull?

Farm to Market

North Haven Gardens gets fresh with you

Hot Dish

North Haven Gardens gets fresh with you

Hot Dish

North Haven Gardens gets fresh with you

Food For Thought 3.05.09

"Consumer awareness for natural and organic foods is so much stronger now that more retailers want to imitate what we do." (Mark Dixon, southwest region president for Whole Foods, staking a trendsetting claim. As quoted in a Dallas Morning News story on the opening of a new Lakewood branch of the gr ... More >>

Best Health-food Store

Ann's Health Food Center

A Cold Day In He...nderson Avenue

We're not sure what we did before Natsumi. One of the first responders to Dallas' need for fancy yet natural fro-yo has kept us in "healthi" cold treats for one year now. And we couldn't be more grateful. It even earned our "Best Ice Cream" designation in the 2008 Best of Dallas Awards. Well, they ... More >>

Fly Cook

Jeff Moschetti joins team ZaZa

Dead Kennedy

Plus: J.Ho, The Human Weed

Un-Super Size Me: One Week of Eating Local

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

Green Is Our Signature Color

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

The Dirt Doctor

How radio show host Howard Garrett pushed Dallas to the center of the organic gardening movement through passion, principle and molasses

Review: Villa-O

The "O" is for original and organic.

Not Easy Being Green

The "O" is for original and organic.

Green Yule

The "O" is for original and organic.

Best Free Lunch

Whole Foods Market

Best Herb

Redentas Organic Gardening Center

Doctor's In

It's easy being green

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?

One Benefit of Having Urban Chickens? They Manufacture Some Great Garden Fertilizer.

Courtesy Leslie Finical HalleckThis would be Leslie's Polish hen Phyllis. Friend of the show Leslie Halleck is a horticulturist of some renown who chronicles her "Adventures in Urban Organic Gardening..." on her blog GrowLively. She's also general manager at North Haven Gardens and a veggie test-gar ... More >>

The Science Diet

So much to rant about this week--the Dewhurst Bill, consideration of a code of ethics for food bloggers, that sort of thing. But an email this morning about "culinary constructivism," as practiced by chefs at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental, raised a few questions.Well, one question, really: why?Accor ... More >>

The Bees Needs

So much to rant about this week--the Dewhurst Bill, consideration of a code of ethics for food bloggers, that sort of thing. But an email this morning about "culinary constructivism," as practiced by chefs at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental, raised a few questions.Well, one question, really: why?Accor ... More >>

Country Grammar

So much to rant about this week--the Dewhurst Bill, consideration of a code of ethics for food bloggers, that sort of thing. But an email this morning about "culinary constructivism," as practiced by chefs at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental, raised a few questions.Well, one question, really: why?Accor ... More >>

Doing Good In The Garden

So much to rant about this week--the Dewhurst Bill, consideration of a code of ethics for food bloggers, that sort of thing. But an email this morning about "culinary constructivism," as practiced by chefs at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental, raised a few questions.Well, one question, really: why?Accor ... More >>

Down on the Farm: Are Women Being Denied Credit for Changes to Eating Habits?

In a less patriarchal and oppressive society, she'd be holding the pitchfork.​Ms. Magazine took on food politics this month, arguing in a cover story that women aren't getting enough credit for their contributions to the changing culinary landscape. Author Jennifer Cognard-Black fingers a "fa ... More >>

Get Ready for the Next Hard Liquor Made Organically--Texas-made Bourbon

​A Texas distillery has a shot at releasing the world's first organic bourbon, but the makers of a pioneering organic vodka say the spirit may not be an easy sell. Garrison Brothers Distillery, Texas' first legal whiskey distillery, is already producing bourbon that's organic in all but name. ... More >>

Five CSAs That Aren't Just For Earth Day

​Earth Day is this week's cause celebre. Everyone from food trucks and arts institutions to television networks and giants of industry has jumped on the green bandwagon. Come Monday, many will have forgotten the simple message of how each of us can do our part to protect our planet. One method ... More >>

Farm Fresh: Two Twentysomethings Dig In to Create a Sustainable Ag Project in Ponder

Photos by Anthony MarksDan Moon and Amanda Austin, faces for a new version of Grant Wood's "American Gothic."​Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma might have changed my thinking about food, but it sure didn't produce any big changes in my actions. Oh sure, there was plenty of stomping aroun ... More >>

Whole Foods' Ramadan Promotion Controversy

​There's a storm brewing, but sadly for Dallas, this one won't bring rain. CNN jas followed up on a story from our sister blog in Houston, which reported that the food retailer pandered to right-wing pressure and canceled promotions related to the ongoing Ramadan holiday. Eating Our Words br ... More >>

Churning Desire: The Making of Dallas' Newest Artisanal Ice Cream

Penelope Ryholt of Pearl Brand Ice Cream​Even though Penelope Ryholt is a professional pastry chef, at night she dreams of even sweeter things. In a light pink chef's coat that accentuates her auburn hair and ivory skin, Ryholt says: "I use to lay in bed at night and dream of the kind of ice ... More >>