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December 8, 2011
Nine Bucks? Lites and Gaglardi Drop Dallas Stars Ticket Prices to Reunion Arena Levels.
Dallas StarsTom Gaglardi, at center, is new to town. He's trying to make a good impression. Jim Lites, at right, is helping him do that.Dallas Stars President Jim Lites says: No, this was not his idea. He wants to be clear about that. Interim team president Tony Tavares was already working on a p ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
DISD Parents Can Vote on School Calendars, Both of Which Run Well Into June. Unless ...
So much for that proposal to stretch some Dallas Independent School District students' calendars till July 26. Still: District parents have till Monday to vote on two calendar options, down from the five presented to trustees earlier this month, and on the surface, at least, both run longer than ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Except For the 30 Percent of Dallas County Children Living Below the Poverty Line
Shortly before Thanksgiving 2007, Timothy Bray and co-author Nathan Berg of the University of Texas at Dallas issued a report that hasn't aged a day since its initial publication: Access to Grocery Stores and Food Security in Dallas, which began the ongoing conversation concerning the so-called " ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Demi Lovato, Ray Benson and This Weekend's Top Shows
A lot of people are home for Thanksgiving nursing food hangovers and hanging out with family, which explains why most of this weekend's shows are from local acts. That doesn't mean there aren't some big shows happening this weekend, like the one from Dallas' own Demi Lovato tomorrow at Verizon Th ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Eat Pie First, and More Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating
I approach Thanksgiving with the full intent of it being a colossal eating event. Sleeves rolled up, I slide all my chips across the table and sit back with an air of indifference. Let's do this. It made me wonder, how much damage can we do in one day? So, I called the Cooper Clinic and spoke with ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Laugh Your Way Right Out of Mall Hell
I approach Thanksgiving with the full intent of it being a colossal eating event. Sleeves rolled up, I slide all my chips across the table and sit back with an air of indifference. Let's do this. It made me wonder, how much damage can we do in one day? So, I called the Cooper Clinic and spoke with ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Skip Black Friday for Canton in the City
I approach Thanksgiving with the full intent of it being a colossal eating event. Sleeves rolled up, I slide all my chips across the table and sit back with an air of indifference. Let's do this. It made me wonder, how much damage can we do in one day? So, I called the Cooper Clinic and spoke with ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
100 Holidays Ranked By Deliciousness
Known: Thanksgiving is one of the best food holidays ever. So, where do the other 99 holidays we could think of rank? We're so glad you asked. 1. Day After Thanksgiving: All the food, none of the family. Plus you get Leftovers Sandwiches. Choose to deny that this is the best food holiday of all foo ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Take a Holiday Art Break
Known: Thanksgiving is one of the best food holidays ever. So, where do the other 99 holidays we could think of rank? We're so glad you asked. 1. Day After Thanksgiving: All the food, none of the family. Plus you get Leftovers Sandwiches. Choose to deny that this is the best food holiday of all foo ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
On the Road for Turkey, Pies, Burgers, Jams and Bail Bonds
Lauren Drewes DanielsThis weekend we loaded up the wagon for a trip to Rhineland Farm, just a few miles south of Glen Rose, to pick up a heritage turkey for Thanksgiving. The Rebstocks raise chickens, quail, goats, sheep and guinea fowl; there's also a hen raising a duckling (their granddaugh ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Rudolph's Meat Market: Old-School Butchery Since Before the Art Was Cool
A story that ran in the New York Times this week detailed the resurgence of artisanal butchery in New York City. I couldn't read it and not think about Rudolph's Market in Deep Ellum. While the new young butchers are fancying up an old world craft, Rudolph's has been breaking down meat since ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Leon Lett Finally Apologizes for His Cowboys Blunders. Sorta. With a Snickers.
Got this letter the other day, from "The Desk of Leon Lett": Even though I have three Super Bowl rings, made two Pro Bowl appearances and recorded 22 sacks during my 10-year NFL career, I'm only remembered for two mistakes. Including one monumental mistake I committed on an icy Thanksgivi ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
NFL Films, Snickers Get Leon Lett to Seek "Redemption" For '93 Thanksgiving Eff-Up
No doubt you recall where you were at the exact moment Leon Lett cost the Dallas Cowboys a Thanksgiving Day victory over the Miami Dolphins in 1993. Me? I was icebound in Farmersville, cooped up with out-of-town family convinced it would be just fine to drive up to Collin County during a sleetsto ... More >>
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September 5, 2011
Labor Day 2011: Let's Work This Out
One of the best things about being a sportswriter? Getting paid to go to games. One of the worst things about being a sportswriter? Working on holidays. Not that I'm complaining. I've got lots of media friends who are without full-time jobs, and there's nothing more stressful than trying to ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
And The Libertine Holiday Beer Dinner Winner Is...
Thanks to all who shared their tales of holiday embarrassment, trauma, blackouts and illness in our latest commenting contest. It was a lot of fun (and sometimes just sad) reading them, and also oddly comforting to know that I'm not alone in finding that the holidays aren't just a nonstop barrage ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Terrence Malick Shot Tree of Life All Over Texas. Including, Turns Out, in Downtown Dallas.
The view of the Chapel of Thanksgiving that appears, briefly, in the new Tree of Life trailerLast night, in the comments of the Good Guys-are-gone item, Friend of Unfair Park "Urban Observer" observed: At the 1:39-minute mark of the just-released trailer for writer-director Terrence Malick's looo ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Ming's Place: Great Fried Rice in the Heart
Of a Tex-Mex Zone
A couple of weeks ago, on an otherwise familiar route home from the gym, an unfamiliar sign caught my eye. There, next to the Potbelly and Starbucks on the corner of Lemmon Avenue and Inwood Road, was a Grand Opening sign for Ming's Place China Bistro. Hmm... While I will admit that a high ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
JS Chen's Crab Fried Rice: Tackling
The Mythical Beast
Photos by Kristy YangMaybe tackling JS Chen's prodigious crab fried rice the day after Thanksgiving wasn't such a great idea, after all. Wanting to refresh our palates from turkey and stuffing bombardment, boyfriend and I took a breather from our half-hearted Black Friday shopping to pay a ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
Fake Chanukah, Real Potato Latkes:
An Accommodation
Photos by Adam DonaldContemplating the meaning of Fake Chanukah for a kid...presentsDeeply 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 >>
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November 29, 2010
Hash Over: 'Tis the Season of Giving and Grease
Photo by Jose Ralat MaldonadoIt's always hard to go back to work after Thanksgiving, especially if you spent the last few days chilling out in your Snuggie like we did. Before you polish off that cherry pie, check out what's happening this week at these restaurants. We also have suggestions f ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
Saints 30, Cowboys 27: My Top 10 Observer-ations
10. The end of the modest two-game winning streak also means the end of the disappointing season. At 3-8 the Cowboys are officially dead. Tony Romo should be put on injured reserve today. 9. Down 20-3 there was no way the Cowboys were going to win. Then up 27-23 with Roy Williams headed towa ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
The Scariest Thanksgiving Food Pile Ever
foodnetwork.com via Random Good StuffHope your Thanksgiving didn't look like this. Or maybe it did, after you blended all the leftovers.You may have already guessed what this is: Yes, this "pie" is a Paula Deen creation. The only thing more disturbing than the creamy pile in the photo of Paul ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
Banfi Vinyards Targets Growing Hispanic Wine Market with DFW Billboards
Banfi Vineyards has put up Spanish-language billboards for Riunite wine around the DFW area, porque hay muchos mas hispanios beber vino. As recently reported by Advertising Age, wine consumption among Hispanics has surged in the past five years, growing at three times the rate of the general mar ... More >>
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November 25, 2010
Waddle, Then Gobble
Banfi Vineyards has put up Spanish-language billboards for Riunite wine around the DFW area, porque hay muchos mas hispanios beber vino. As recently reported by Advertising Age, wine consumption among Hispanics has surged in the past five years, growing at three times the rate of the general mar ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Listomania: The Songs That Give Thanks, a Field Guide
Not a song, but we sure are thankful for this.It's hard to argue with Charlie Brown: Thanksgiving is here, man (paraphrased). Over on our on food blog, City of Ate, the writers are counting down to Thanksgiving with odes to their favorite T-Day foods. DC9's thinking: why can't we join in on t ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Five Things About Local Music to be Thankful For
Hey, we're still excited about the Old 97's new record being great.It's turkey time once again, but there are many other things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. Here are five music-related items that North Texas residents should be thankful for having. 1. The Old 97's finally ma ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Trying Texas-Made Oatmeal Stout, IPA and Barleywine, Plus Thanksgiving Beer Help
Jesse HugheyEarlier this month I spent a weekend in Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest, where I was able to spend some time in the very cool Black Star Co-op brewpub and also bring back a few beers that I hadn't seen in Dallas. One of the Austin-made brews that really made an impression on me was Jester ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
City Offers Love Field Fliers Some Tips on How to Have a "Safe and Pleasant Experience"
Love Field does not look like this. Not yet. But it will. One day. So they say.As you're no doubt aware by now, Love Field's starting to get its extreme makeover -- otherwise known as the Love Field Modernization Program, for those now quite with the program. But, see, maybe you're headed out for ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Auctioning Off Seven Good Guys Goody Backpacks for North Texas Food Bank
On the side of the hat it reads: "SEASON 1 DALLAS"; on the back it says, "Let's Go Bust Some Punks."Before the auction, an update of sorts: This afternoon I got an e-mail from Michael Roach, the FOX Broadcasting publicist charged with publicizing The Good Guys. I'd sent him a note Saturday about ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Stephan Pyles Thanksgiving Cooking Class: You'll Never Want Another Butterball
Stephan PylesAmong other things, the Thanksgiving cooking class at Stephan Pyles taught me that the main things I know about journalism are wrong. I had a journalism professor open his class with, "You think you're going to be happy? You're not. You think this career is going to be easy? I ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Go Paint, Junior
Stephan PylesAmong other things, the Thanksgiving cooking class at Stephan Pyles taught me that the main things I know about journalism are wrong. I had a journalism professor open his class with, "You think you're going to be happy? You're not. You think this career is going to be easy? I ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Sadler's Smokhouse Donates 6.5 Tons of Meat
To North Texas Food Bank
Sadler's Smokehouse this week donated 13,000 pounds of pit-smoked brisket, ribs, pork and chicken to the North Texas Food Bank, a gift that poses a holiday cooking quandary for recipients: Just how do you build a Thanksgiving celebration around a nontraditional protein? According to Katherin ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Turkey Mole With Balls: Torchy's Tacos and Whole Foods Have You Covered
Mole, complicated in both production and flavor, is one of Mexico's traditional sauces, so traditional, in fact, its name translates to sauce in English. Mole is also one of my favorite delicacies. It's a delicacy because its making is reserved for large family gatherings and celebrations in the ... More >>
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October 29, 2010
Rounding Up the Pumpkin Frozen Yogurt Sightings This Holiday Season
Patrick MichelsPinkberry's new pumpkin flavor will be around through the end of the year. Today's the greatest day of the year around City of Ate headquarters, where most of us are decked out in costumes of varying degrees of good taste, reminding everyone else in the building why they're sorry to ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
Six Fast Foods That Look Disgusting, Even In Their Professional Photos
McDonald'sHappy returns, pork patty thing!A very special time is approaching, a time of warmth and family-gathering. It will be a time of great celebration under the crisp autumn leaves: The nationwide return of the McRib on November 2nd. For the first time in 16 years, the shaped-pork patty ... More >>
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November 26, 2009
Here Comes Santa Claus
McDonald'sHappy returns, pork patty thing!A very special time is approaching, a time of warmth and family-gathering. It will be a time of great celebration under the crisp autumn leaves: The nationwide return of the McRib on November 2nd. For the first time in 16 years, the shaped-pork patty ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Hophead: Do Right By The Pilgrims And Have Beer With Your Thanksgiving Meal
If barley be wanting to make into maltWe must be content and think it no fault For we can make liquor to sweeten our lipsOf pumpkins and parsnips and walnut-tree chips. --Anonymous colonist, 1630Though some dispute the story, many beer lovers cling to the legend that the Pilgrims landed at Plymou ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Getting Under Your Skin
If barley be wanting to make into maltWe must be content and think it no fault For we can make liquor to sweeten our lipsOf pumpkins and parsnips and walnut-tree chips. --Anonymous colonist, 1630Though some dispute the story, many beer lovers cling to the legend that the Pilgrims landed at Plymou ... More >>
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November 16, 2009
Hash Over: Drink Like A Millionaire, Eat Heart-Healthy, And More
Golden Spirits has come up with an idea so perfectly suited to the artificial luxury embodied by Dallas ultra-lounges that you'd think the Madison, Wisconsin distillery was based here. Well, to use the old bumper-sticker phrase, Million Vodka wasn't born here, but it got here as fast as it could. ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Wednesday's Unverified Fact About Philadelphia
The 'Boys venture into this Wilmington suburb on Sunday night. To help us all to know the cracked bell city a little better...In honor of Ben Franklin, the NFL's Philadelphia franchise was originally known as the Turkeys. They changed their name to the Eagles in 1973 after a Thanksgiving promoti ... More >>
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September 24, 2009
Folds Gives Best Imitation Of Himself
The 'Boys venture into this Wilmington suburb on Sunday night. To help us all to know the cracked bell city a little better...In honor of Ben Franklin, the NFL's Philadelphia franchise was originally known as the Turkeys. They changed their name to the Eagles in 1973 after a Thanksgiving promoti ... More >>
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June 26, 2009
Shopping Is Such Murder
The 'Boys venture into this Wilmington suburb on Sunday night. To help us all to know the cracked bell city a little better...In honor of Ben Franklin, the NFL's Philadelphia franchise was originally known as the Turkeys. They changed their name to the Eagles in 1973 after a Thanksgiving promoti ... More >>
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November 27, 2008
Turkey For Hire
The Gaylord cooks it up
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March 27, 2008
Giving Up The Goat
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November 22, 2007
Tryptophan Salvation
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November 15, 2007
Hobble Off The Gobble
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November 23, 2006
Racing Poultry
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March 2, 2006
Riverdance-ing by the Numbers
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January 19, 2006
Liquor Rep
What does your drink say about you?
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January 6, 2005
And The Band Played On
Take one Last Waltz at the Inwood
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